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Obscenity, The Law And Religion, Thomas A. Long
Obscenity, The Law And Religion, Thomas A. Long
IUSTITIA
The long history of the relation between Western religion and secular law is both interesting and complex.' In what follows I shall discuss one current social issue which is illustrative of this relation,namely, the relatively recent legal-moral controversy over obscenity.
Meek V. Pittinger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Meek V. Pittinger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
The Future Of First Amendment Overbreadth, J. W. Torke
The Future Of First Amendment Overbreadth, J. W. Torke
Vanderbilt Law Review
In Broadrick, Justice White suggests that the willingness of the Court in the past to accord standing to litigants to raise the over-broad aspects of a statute without regard to their own conduct'depended on a "judicial prediction or assumption" regarding the threat to liberty that the statute posed.' The spirit with which the Court makes such predictions would appear to be determinative not only of the underlying standing issue but of the overbreadth claimas well." The key to discovering the paths by which the Court is "retreating" from its overbreadth holiday of the sixties lies in the recognition that the …
First Amendment Rights And The Use Of Public Facilities By Private Groups With Discriminatory Membership Policies: National Socialist White People's Party V. Ringers, Charles Baily Tomb
First Amendment Rights And The Use Of Public Facilities By Private Groups With Discriminatory Membership Policies: National Socialist White People's Party V. Ringers, Charles Baily Tomb
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Constitutional Law-Blockbusting-Antiblockbusting Section Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1968 Held Not Violative Of First Amendment. Finding Of "Group Pattern Or Practice" Does Not Require A Showing Of Conspiracy Or Concerted Action
Fordham Urban Law Journal
An action was brought by the Attorney General against the president of a realty group and four other real estate brokers to enjoin alleged violations of anti-blockbusting provisions of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Defendants were accused of individually and collectively engaging in a practice to prevent the enjoyment of rights granted by the Fair Housing Act and that a group of persons was denied rights as a result. It was alleged the defendant's agents made unlawful representations to white homeowners concerning changes in the racial composition of their neighborhood in order to induce sales. The trial court found …