Quiz #63 (Freedom of Expressive Association)

Today’s Religion Law Quiz was inspired by an active reader of the Religion Law Quizzes who brought to my attention the concept that is the subject of today’s quiz. 

 

What is the “freedom of expressive association”? 

 

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Answer: Here’s how the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals defined that right in a 2005 decision where it stated: 

 

The first, freedom of expressive association, arises from the First Amendment and ensures the right to associate for the purpose of engaging in activities protected by the First Amendment. See Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 617–18, 104 S.Ct. 3244, 82 L.Ed.2d 462 (1984); Klug v. Chicago Sch. Reform Bd. of Trustees, 197 F.3d 853, 857 (7th Cir.1999).

 

Montgomery v. Stefaniak, 410 F.3d 933, 937 (7th Cir. 2005).  For a more recent decision discussing the freedom of expressive association see Slattery v. Hochul, 61 F.4th 278 (2d Cir. 2023).

 

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