1. Robert L "Bob" Corn-Revere was born on Robert L Corn, October 15,1954 and is an American First Amendment lawyer.
18 Facts About Robert Corn-Revere
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Robert Corn-Revere is the author of The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor's Dilemma, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.
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From 1997 to 1999, Corn-Revere served as lead counsel alongside attorneys from People for the American Way for plaintiffs in the Mainstream Loudoun v Loudoun County Library case in which the court declared public library internet filtering to be unconstitutional.
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In 2000, Corn-Revere argued United States v Playboy Entertainment Group on behalf of respondent Playboy Entertainment Group before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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In 2005, Corn-Revere was lead counsel in Huminski v Corsones, in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that individual members of the public have a First Amendment right to attend court proceedings.
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Also in 2009, Robert Corn-Revere represented Michael James Berger in a suit against the City of Seattle which challenged the constitutionality of the city's restrictions of the public forum in the Seattle Center, a multipurpose cultural and entertainment venue.
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In 2010, Robert Corn-Revere served as local counsel for the successful legal defense of adult film producer John Stagliano.
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In 2012, Corn-Revere was lead counsel in Barnes v Zaccari, in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reaffirmed that a student in a state university has a right to due process before he may be punished or expelled.
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In 2015, Robert Corn-Revere won a ruling from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals holding that a local sheriff's use of threats to coerce credit card companies into ceasing providing service to an online classified advertising website violated the First Amendment.
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In 2021, Robert Corn-Revere won a ruling on behalf of independent filmmaker Gordy Price, holding a federal law that required commercial filmmakers to obtain a permit and pay a fee before conducting any filmmaking on federally-controlled land violated the First Amendment.
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In 2003, Robert Corn-Revere successfully petitioned New York Governor George Pataki to issue a posthumous pardon for comedian Lenny Bruce, who had been convicted for obscenity in 1964.
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In 2005, Robert Corn-Revere was commissioned by the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center to draft a legal analysis of the potential consequences of the proposal then pending in the 109th Congress.
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From 1987 to 2001, Robert Corn-Revere was an adjunct professor at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.
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From 2000 to 2002, Robert Corn-Revere served on the board of the American Library Association Freedom to Read Foundation.
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Robert Corn-Revere joined the organization's staff as its Chief Counsel in 2023.
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Robert Corn-Revere was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Eastern Illinois University in 2009, and in 2012 was commencement speaker at EIU, at which time he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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Robert Corn-Revere received the Davis Wright Tremaine Willard J Wright Award for community service in 2011.
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Robert Corn-Revere graduated with a Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1983.