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Free Speech, Strict Scrutiny And A Better Way To Handle Speech Restrictions, Aaron Pinsoneault Feb 2021

Free Speech, Strict Scrutiny And A Better Way To Handle Speech Restrictions, Aaron Pinsoneault

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

When it comes to unprotected speech categories, the Roberts Court has taken an amoral and inaccurate approach. When the Court first created unprotected speech categories-- defined categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment-- it was unclear what rendered a category of speech unprotected. One school of thought argued that speech was unprotected if it provided little or no value to society. The other school of thought argued that speech was unprotected if it fell into a certain category of speech that was simply categorically unprotected. Then, in 2010, the Court strongly sided with the latter approach, …


Racial Justice Protests & Protestor Rights (July 15, 2020), Timothy Zick, Mikaela Phillips Jul 2020

Racial Justice Protests & Protestor Rights (July 15, 2020), Timothy Zick, Mikaela Phillips

Racial Justice & Social Reform Speaker Series

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Of Speech And Sanctions: Toward A Penalty-Sensitive Approach To The First Amendment, Michael Coenen Jun 2012

Of Speech And Sanctions: Toward A Penalty-Sensitive Approach To The First Amendment, Michael Coenen

Journal Articles

Courts confronting First Amendment claims do not often scrutinize the severity of a speaker’s punishment. Embracing a “penalty-neutral” understanding of the free-speech right, these courts tend to treat an individual’s expression as either protected, in which case the government may not punish it at all, or unprotected, in which case the government may punish it to a very great degree. There is, however, a small but important body of “penalty-sensitive” case law that runs counter to the penalty-neutral norm. Within this case law, the severity of a speaker’s punishment affects the merits of her First Amendment claim, thus giving rise …


Renewing The Chase: The First Amendment, Campaign Advertisements, And The Goal Of An Informed Citizenry, John Stewart Fleming Apr 2012

Renewing The Chase: The First Amendment, Campaign Advertisements, And The Goal Of An Informed Citizenry, John Stewart Fleming

Indiana Law Journal

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Kiddie Porn In The Gallery: Defending The Artist's Corpus Or Invading The Corporal Integrity Of The Subject, Jessica N. White Jan 2011

Kiddie Porn In The Gallery: Defending The Artist's Corpus Or Invading The Corporal Integrity Of The Subject, Jessica N. White

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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Essay: The First Amendment Right Of Access To Clients And Counsel: Hrc V. Baker, Siobhan Helene Shea, Richard Daniel Tannenbaum Jul 1992

Essay: The First Amendment Right Of Access To Clients And Counsel: Hrc V. Baker, Siobhan Helene Shea, Richard Daniel Tannenbaum

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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