First Amendment Clinic News And Events
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Fox v. Faison
The Vanderbilt Law School Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic filed suit against Tennessee state representative Jeremy Faison on behalf of Tennessee citizen Dean Fox in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Plaintiff brought suit after Representative Faison deleted Mr. Fox’s comments from the official “State Representative… Read MoreSep. 6, 2022
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Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic wins case for Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws
Students in the clinic, directed by Gautam Hans, worked with Daniel Horwitz ’13 to defend a nonprofit group’s satirical mailer criticizing a Tennessee state representative. Read MoreAug. 10, 2020
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Stanton Foundation First Amendment clinic settles case in a win for clients
Clinic students served as co-counsel in Human Rights Defense Center v. Marshall County, Tennessee, which claimed that the county sheriff’s department engaged in unconstitutional censorship. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2020
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First Amendment Clinic files amicus brief in Georgia v. Public Resource addressing public access to state law
Supreme Court case addresses the right of citizens to freely access official statutory codes as a means of ensuring effective participation in democratic self-government. Read MoreOct. 17, 2019
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Gautam Hans launches First Amendment Clinic at VLS
Funded through a grant from The Stanton Foundation, the clinic will give students opportunities to development and use legal strategies while working on cases addressing First Amendment rights. Read MoreNov. 7, 2018