Show Notes - First Amendment Beats Police Defendants

Watch Episode #55 - “First Amendment Beats Police Defendants”

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Today on Legalese we look at two recent cases that would pit private citizens and the First Amendment against qualified immunity and police defendants. In Jordan v Adam's County Sheriff's Office a man was arrested for criticizing two shitty cops who got very upset when their authority was questioned. And in Bailey v Iles we find a man who was charged with a State anti-terrorism law for posting a joke on Facebook. In both cases the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (respectively) would stand with the private citizens who did nothing wrong over the police who violated those citizen's rights, vastly exceeded their lawful authority then sought summary judgement to have the charges dismissed by hiding behind qualified immunity.

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Links

• Bailey v. Iles, No. 22-30509 (5th Cir. 2023)

• Bailey v Iles District Court Western District of Louisiana (2022)

• Bailey v. Iles - Cato Institute Amicus Brief

• Joshua A. Katz, Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for First Amendment Violation, (July 21, 2023)

• Jordan v. Adams County Sheriff's Office, et al., No. 22-1154 (10th Cir. 2023)

• 42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

• FIRE Amici Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant – Bailey v. Iles

• FIRE Bailey v Iles Case Overview

• Jordan v. Adams County Sheriff's Office et al Docket Page

• Louisiana Revised Statute § 14:40.1. Terrorizing; menacing

• City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987)

• Mink v. Knox, 613 F.3d 995 (10th Cir. 2010)

• Morris v. Noe, 672 F.3d 1185, 1190 (10th Cir. 2012)

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Tags: Law, Constitution, Politics, legal theory, Moral Philosophy, Current Events, first amendment, 1A, qualified immunity, section 1983, terrorism, police, cops, defendant, federal court, Jordan v Adams County, Bailey v Iles, fifth circuit, tenth circuit