Caroline Mala Corbin

You can find me at #Mastodon or #Bluesky A couple of my #law papers that seem more relevant than ever: Trump's Lies: The Unconstitutionality of Government Propaganda papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… The Supreme Court Facilitation of White Christian Nationalism: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Are you looking for good constitutional law content? May I suggest checking out Mastodon or Bluesky as an alternative? Bluesky is especially hopping today, and Mastodon is generally a pleasure. Both are much nicer places. #Bluesky #Mastodon

Floridians are challenging the state's six-week #abortion access law in the upcoming election. Constitutional scholar Professor @CarolineMCorbin discusses the national landscape on the #MiamiLaw Explainer podcast. 🎧 Listen in at ow.ly/cVzE50TVSIu

.@CarolineMCorbin (@MiamiLawSchool) lays out the restrictions public school teachers face in speaking about LGBTQ issues and reminds us that the First Amendment protects not only the rights of speakers but also those of their audiences. knightcolumbia.org/content/regula…

Corbin on The Government Speech Doctrine Ate My Class: First Amendment Capture and Curriculum Bans @CarolineMCorbin @StanLRev @MiamiLawSchool lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof…

My son sent me this

When conservative justices want to eliminate women's/LGBTQ+ rights, they ridicule implying unwritten rights from the Constitution's structure. Penumbras? What a joke! But when they want immunize an executive from crimes, suddenly implied, unwritten rights is perfectly fine.

going to celebrate the Fourth of July, marking the United States’s successful escape from the absolute rule of a single man, by reading this new Supreme Court decision

Major slapdown of Fifth Circuit in #Netchoice cases "But it is necessary to say more about how the First Amendment relates to the laws’ content-moderation provisions, ... That need is especially stark for the Fifth Circuit." #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

My final exam for conlaw I had a presidential immunity hypo. Almost every student thought that to make the President absolutely immune from criminal prosecution would be to treat him like a king and that no American should be above the law. #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #immunity

In other words, whether Trump can be criminally prosecuted for his conduct while President depends on whether his actions are considered offical acts or unofficial acts. #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt

From syllabus: "... absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts."

The Supreme Court's final decision for the term is on presidential immunity written by Roberts: supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… Absolute immunity for official acts w/in his authority Presumptive immunity for official acts None for unofficial #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #President

Justice Kagan wrote decision Procedural issues but platforms have a first amendment right to moderate and curate their content

Major decision from the Supreme Court: Here are the NetChoice cases: supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt

First Supreme Court decision is Corner Post Not on my radar, but if it on yours: supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #LawProf

Everyone is really nervous, right? #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

The Supreme Court has just overruled Chevron supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… #law #lawFedi #LawProf #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

City of Grant's Pass v. Johnson, Supreme Court reverses 9th Circuit, holding that laws re camping on public property used to punish homeless are not cruel and unusual punishment supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #EighthAmendment #homeless

After 10 years (and a stop at the U.S. Supreme Court), a legal case involving a government-sponsored Christian prayer vigil in Ocala, FL has been resolved... for now. The city "violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment," said the judge. friendlyatheist.com/p/federal-judg…