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Say Cheese! Examining The Constitutionality Of Photostops, Molly Bruder Aug 2008

Say Cheese! Examining The Constitutionality Of Photostops, Molly Bruder

American University Law Review

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Enacting A Reasonable Federal Shield Law: A Reply To Professors Clymer And Eliason, James Thomas Tucker, Wermiel Jun 2008

Enacting A Reasonable Federal Shield Law: A Reply To Professors Clymer And Eliason, James Thomas Tucker, Wermiel

American University Law Review

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The Problems With The Reporter's Privilege, Eliason D. Eliason Jun 2008

The Problems With The Reporter's Privilege, Eliason D. Eliason

American University Law Review

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Foreword: Left Out In The Cold - Welcome Remarks, Nadine Strossen Jun 2008

Foreword: Left Out In The Cold - Welcome Remarks, Nadine Strossen

American University Law Review

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Transcript: Left Out In The Cold? The Chilling Of Speech, Association, And The Press In Post-9/11 America , American University Law Review Jun 2008

Transcript: Left Out In The Cold? The Chilling Of Speech, Association, And The Press In Post-9/11 America , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

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Reforming Fourth Amendment Privacy Doctrine, Jim Harper Jun 2008

Reforming Fourth Amendment Privacy Doctrine, Jim Harper

American University Law Review

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Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, And The Perils Of Leaking, William E. Lee Jun 2008

Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, And The Perils Of Leaking, William E. Lee

American University Law Review

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The Espionage Act And National Security Whistleblowing After Garcetti, Stephen I. Vladeck Jun 2008

The Espionage Act And National Security Whistleblowing After Garcetti, Stephen I. Vladeck

American University Law Review

Should government employees ever have a right to disseminate classified national security information to the public? As a general matter, of course, the answer is "no." It is necessarily tautological that the central purpose of classifying information is to keep that information secret. But what if the information pertains to what we might describe as "unlawful secrets," and the individual in question has exhausted all possible non-public remedies - and to no avail? Are there any circumstances in which the law enables the government employee to come forward? Should there be? As this Essay suggests, because of the broad language …


Does The Supreme Court Still Matter?, Timothy B. Dyk Apr 2008

Does The Supreme Court Still Matter?, Timothy B. Dyk

American University Law Review

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Speaking Against Norms: Public Discourse And The Economy Of Racialization In The Workplace, Terry Smith Feb 2008

Speaking Against Norms: Public Discourse And The Economy Of Racialization In The Workplace, Terry Smith

American University Law Review

Free speech controversies erupt from reactions to outlier voices, and these voices are often those of subordinated citizens such as racial minorities. Employing the tools of narrative, interviews with litigants and subjects, and interdisciplinary analysis of case law, Professor Terry Smith probes whether the social inequality of government employees of color affects the rigor of the First Amendment protection afforded their speech. Professor Smith argues that all public sector employees lack sufficient protection because their speech typically does not receive the highest constitutional scrutiny and because of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos, which stripped public sector …


Arbitrary And F^@#$*! Capricious: An Analysis Of The Second Circuit's Rejection Of The Fcc's Fleeting Expletive Regulation In Fox Television Stations, Inc. V. Fcc (2007), Justin Winquist Feb 2008

Arbitrary And F^@#$*! Capricious: An Analysis Of The Second Circuit's Rejection Of The Fcc's Fleeting Expletive Regulation In Fox Television Stations, Inc. V. Fcc (2007), Justin Winquist

American University Law Review

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Blocking Access To Assets: Compromising Civil Rights To Protect National Security Or Unconstitutional Infringement On Due Process And The Right To Hire An Attorney? , Danielle Stampley Feb 2008

Blocking Access To Assets: Compromising Civil Rights To Protect National Security Or Unconstitutional Infringement On Due Process And The Right To Hire An Attorney? , Danielle Stampley

American University Law Review

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Big Boi, Dr. Seuss, And The King: Expanding The Constitutional Protections For The Satirical Use Of Famous Trademarks , Aaron Jaroff Feb 2008

Big Boi, Dr. Seuss, And The King: Expanding The Constitutional Protections For The Satirical Use Of Famous Trademarks , Aaron Jaroff

American University Law Review

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Vicarious Criminal Liability And The Constitutional Dimensions Of Pinkerton, Alex Kreit Jan 2008

Vicarious Criminal Liability And The Constitutional Dimensions Of Pinkerton, Alex Kreit

American University Law Review

This article considers what limits the constitution places on holding someone criminally liable for another's conduct. While vicarious criminal liability is often criticized, there is no doubt that it is constitutionally permissible as a general matter. Under the long-standing felony murder doctrine, for example, if A and B rob a bank and B shoots and kills a security guard, A can be held criminally liable for the murder. What if, however, A was not involved in the robbery but instead had a completely separate conspiracy with B to distribute cocaine? What relationship, if any, does the constitution require between A's …


The "High-Crime Area" Question: Requiring Verifiable And Quantifiable Evidence For Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis [Pdf], Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Damien Bernache Jan 2008

The "High-Crime Area" Question: Requiring Verifiable And Quantifiable Evidence For Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis [Pdf], Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Damien Bernache

American University Law Review

This article proposes a legal framework to analyze the "high crime area" concept in Fourth Amendment reasonable suspicion challenges. Under existing Supreme Court precedent, reviewing courts are allowed to consider that an area is a "high crime area" as a factor to evaluate the reasonableness of a Fourth Amendment stop. See Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000). However, the Supreme Court has never defined a "high crime area" and lower courts have not reached consensus on a definition. There is no agreement on what a "high-crime area" is, whether it has geographic boundaries, whether it changes over time, whether …


Resolved, Or Is It? The First Amendment And Giving Money To Terrorists, Jeff Breinholt Jan 2008

Resolved, Or Is It? The First Amendment And Giving Money To Terrorists, Jeff Breinholt

American University Law Review

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Extraordinary Rendition: The Price Of Secrecy, Louis Fisher Jan 2008

Extraordinary Rendition: The Price Of Secrecy, Louis Fisher

American University Law Review

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