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First Amendment Lochnerism & The Origins Of The Incorporation Doctrine, James Y. Stern Jan 2020

First Amendment Lochnerism & The Origins Of The Incorporation Doctrine, James Y. Stern

Faculty Publications

The 20th century emergence of the incorporation doctrine is regarded as a critical development in constitutional law, but while issues related to the doctrine's justification have been studied and debated for more than fifty years, the causes and mechanics of its advent have received relatively little academic attention. This Essay, part of a symposium on Judge Jeffrey Sutton's recent book about state constitutional law, examines the doctrinal origins of incorporation, in an effort to help uncover why the incorporation doctrine emerged when it did and the way it did. It concludes that, for these purposes, incorporation is best understood as …


'Serial' Should Release Bergdahl Interviews, Jeffrey Bellin Aug 2016

'Serial' Should Release Bergdahl Interviews, Jeffrey Bellin

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Remarks Of William Van Alstyne On The Brandenburg Panel, William W. Van Alstyne Oct 2011

Remarks Of William Van Alstyne On The Brandenburg Panel, William W. Van Alstyne

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The First Amendment In Trans-Border Perspective: Toward A More Cosmopolitan Orientation, Timothy Zick May 2011

The First Amendment In Trans-Border Perspective: Toward A More Cosmopolitan Orientation, Timothy Zick

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This Article examines the First Amendment’s critical trans-border dimension—its application to speech, association, press, and religious activities that cross or occur beyond territorial borders. Judicial and scholarly analysis of this aspect of the First Amendment has been limited, at least as compared to consideration of more domestic or purely local concerns. This Article identifies two basic orientations with respect to the First Amendment—the provincial and the cosmopolitan. The provincial orientation, which is the traditional account, generally views the First Amendment rather narrowly—i.e., as a collection of local liberties or a set of limitations on domestic governance. First Amendment provincialism does …


Report Of The Coalition For A New America: Platform Section On Communications Policy, Rodney A. Smolla Jan 1993

Report Of The Coalition For A New America: Platform Section On Communications Policy, Rodney A. Smolla

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No abstract provided.


Limiting Disclosure Of Rape Victims' Identities, Paul Marcus, Tara L. Mcmahon Jan 1991

Limiting Disclosure Of Rape Victims' Identities, Paul Marcus, Tara L. Mcmahon

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No abstract provided.


The Press Clause Constructed In Context: The Journalists' Right Of Access To Places, Tom A. Collins Oct 1987

The Press Clause Constructed In Context: The Journalists' Right Of Access To Places, Tom A. Collins

Faculty Publications

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Has The First Amendment Arrived For Broadcasting?, Tom A. Collins Jan 1987

Has The First Amendment Arrived For Broadcasting?, Tom A. Collins

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Congressional Power And Free Speech: Levy’S Legacy Revisited, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1986

Congressional Power And Free Speech: Levy’S Legacy Revisited, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

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What Standards Apply When Freedoms Collide?, Neal Devins Jan 1984

What Standards Apply When Freedoms Collide?, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

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The First Amendment And The Free Press: A Comment On Some New Trends And Some Old Theories, William W. Van Alstyne Oct 1980

The First Amendment And The Free Press: A Comment On Some New Trends And Some Old Theories, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

Responding to the trend of media rights being subjugated through the legal process, this article examines Justice Stewart's suggestion that the media should be treated with extra deference in First Amendment cases. This examination looks at the sufficiency of the press's claim of judicial harshness, whether the press should be treated differently than other speakers, and also compares press freedom in foreign nations.


Free Press-Fair Trial: Restrictive Orders After Nebraska Press, Doug R. Rendleman Jan 1979

Free Press-Fair Trial: Restrictive Orders After Nebraska Press, Doug R. Rendleman

Faculty Publications

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The Future Of Cable Communications And The Fairness Doctrine, Tom A. Collins Jul 1975

The Future Of Cable Communications And The Fairness Doctrine, Tom A. Collins

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Commentary On Press Photographers And The Courtroom, William F. Swindler Nov 1955

Commentary On Press Photographers And The Courtroom, William F. Swindler

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.