Brechner First Amendment Project Joins Amicus Brief in Florida First Amendment Case

On April 26, 2016, the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, along with the ACLU Foundation of Florida and multiple medical societies, filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the long-running case of Wollschlaeger v. Florida, First Amendment Project director Clay Calvert announced today. The case centers on a First Amendment challenge to a Florida statute that negatively affects the ability of physicians in the Sunshine State to discuss firearm possession with their patients.  The brief argues the Florida statute should be subject to the rigorous strict scrutiny standard of judicial review and, in turn, should be struck down as an unconstitutional instance of viewpoint based censorship.

Posted: May 3, 2016
Category: College News, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project News
Tagged as: Clay Calvert, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project