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More Than A Feeling: Emotion And The First Amendment, Rebecca Tushnet
More Than A Feeling: Emotion And The First Amendment, Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
First Amendment law has generally been leery of government attempts to change the marketplace of emotions—except when it has not been. Scientific evidence indicates that emotion and rationality are not opposed, as the law often presumes, but rather inextricably linked. There is no judgment, whether moral or otherwise, without emotions to guide our choices. Judicial failure to grapple with this reality has produced some puzzles in the law.
Part I of this Symposium contribution examines the intersection of private law, the First Amendment, and attempts to manipulate and control emotions. Only false factual statements can defame, not mere derogatory opinions. …
Campaign Finance Regulation And The Marketplace Of Emotions, Barry P. Mcdonald
Campaign Finance Regulation And The Marketplace Of Emotions, Barry P. Mcdonald
Pepperdine Law Review
This essay examines the validity, in light of new empirical research, of the free speech theory the U.S. Supreme Court uses to justify the doctrines it currently employs to assess the constitutionality of campaign finance regulations. The Court’s model, which Professor McDonald terms the theory of 'stimulated democratic deliberation,' assumes that an unlimited quantity of campaign-related communications will result in increased public deliberation about ideas and better informed citizens, which in turn will result in better decisions about candidates for political office. In short, this model assumes that rational thought and deliberation about important issues of the day drive voter …