Bench & Bar January/February 2026

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COLLEGE HOLDS LESSONS IN THE LAW PROGRAM ON VOTING AND ELECTIONS

U niversity of Kentucky J. David Rosen berg College of Law hosted its latest Peter Perlman Lessons in the Law program on Wednesday, Nov. 12. “The ABCs (or Nuts and Bolts) of Elections and Voting” was held in the multipurpose room of Fay ette County Circuit Court in downtown Lexington. The panel included Josh Douglas, associate dean for research and J. David Rosenberg Professor of Law; Ben Chandler, former Democratic member of the Kentucky State Board of Elections; and Cory Skolnick, cur rent Republican member of the Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retired Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Mary Noble mod erated the event, which explored various topics and current issues surrounding elec tions and voter participation. The Lessons in the Law series invites the public to learn about the law from legal experts in our community. The series was the vision of alumnus Peter Perlman and named in honor of his hard work to imple ment this type of public service program for the community.

#UKLawProfResearch Highlight Professor John Blevins recently published an article, Retaliation by Raised Eyebrow , in the Georgia Law Review. The article examines the FCC’s recent use of its informal enforcement powers against media companies. He argues that the FCC is using these powers in an unprecedented way to retaliate against perceived unfavorable media coverage. The threats to the Jimmy Kimmel show were only one example of a much larger pattern of behavior that has been criticized in a bipartisan way. He argues that the FCC's actions threaten core First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press. YOU CAN FIND THE ARTICLE HERE: https://papers.ssrn. com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5503698.

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