Mary Anne Franks

Nov 22, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Mary Anne Franks

. Oct. 2024. 256p. ISBN 9781645030539. $29. LAW COPY ISBN Franks (intellectual property, technology, and civil rights, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Law; The Cult of the Constitution) delivers a blistering takedown of the view that the First Amendment allows all speech. She points out that the law applies to government restrictions, not private ones, and the government can restrict speech to protect society.

Oct 21, 2024 | hachettebookgroup.com | Mary Anne Franks

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Oct 18, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Mary Anne Franks

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2,  “Burning Women” of Mary Anne Franks’ Fearless Speech: Breaking Free From the First Amendment. “Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.” These lines from [Justice Louis] Brandeis’ concurring opinion in Whitney v. California (1927) are among the most famous and eloquent in First Amendment history.

Jun 21, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Mary Anne Franks

Friday morning, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a law restricting firearms access for a narrow class of individuals subject to a specific kind of domestic violence restraining order does not violate the Second Amendment. The ruling is a “win” in much the same way the Court’s ruling in the mifepristone case FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine earlier this month is a win: The Court did the “bare minimum” necessary to cling to the last vestiges of its legitimacy.

Mar 28, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Mary Anne Franks

The lead plaintiff in the mifepristone case heard before the Supreme Court this week is a shadowy organization calling itself the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM). The group’s name is clearly intended to evoke the Hippocratic oath, popularly understood as the commitment of doctors to “first do no harm.” AHM has existed for less than two years, having been incorporated immediately after the Supreme Court’s July 2022 ruling in Dobbs.