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Indecency Four Years After Fox Television Stations: From Big Papi To A Porn Star, An Egregious Mess At The Fcc Continues, Clay Calvert, Minch Minchin, Keran Billaud, Kevin Bruckenstein, Tershone Phillips Jan 2017

Indecency Four Years After Fox Television Stations: From Big Papi To A Porn Star, An Egregious Mess At The Fcc Continues, Clay Calvert, Minch Minchin, Keran Billaud, Kevin Bruckenstein, Tershone Phillips

University of Richmond Law Review

Using the WDBJ case as an analytical springboard, this article examines the tumultuous state of the FCC's indecency enforcement regime more than three years after the Supreme Court's June 2012 opinion in Fox Television Stations. Part I of this article briefly explores the missed First Amendment opportunities in Fox Television Stations, as well as some possible reasons why the Supreme Court chose to avoid the free-speech questions in that case." Part II addresses the FCC's decision in September 2012 to target only egregious instances of broadcast indecency and, in the process, to jettison hundreds of thousands of complaints that had …


Causation In Whistleblowing Claims, Nancy M. Modesitt May 2016

Causation In Whistleblowing Claims, Nancy M. Modesitt

University of Richmond Law Review

his article attempts to bring coherence to the confusion of state whistleblower causation standards by: (1) explaining the causation standards presently used in federal whistleblower protection statutes; (2) identifying the proliferating causation standards used in whistleblower claims brought under state law; (3) assessing the most commonly used causation standards, including exploring the tort causation doctrine and theory that underlie some of these standards; and (4) proposing a uniform standard for causation in state whistle- blower litigation.


Are We Heading Toward A Charter School "Bubble"?: Lessons From The Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Preston C. Green Iii, Bruce D. Baker, Joseph O. Oluwole, Julie F. Mead Mar 2016

Are We Heading Toward A Charter School "Bubble"?: Lessons From The Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Preston C. Green Iii, Bruce D. Baker, Joseph O. Oluwole, Julie F. Mead

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No abstract provided.


A Federal Role In Education: Encouragement As A Guiding Philosophy For The Advancement Of Learning In America, Gerard Robinson Mar 2016

A Federal Role In Education: Encouragement As A Guiding Philosophy For The Advancement Of Learning In America, Gerard Robinson

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No abstract provided.


Housing Resource Bundles: Distributive Justice And Federal Low-Income Housing Policy, John J. Infranca May 2015

Housing Resource Bundles: Distributive Justice And Federal Low-Income Housing Policy, John J. Infranca

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No abstract provided.


Making Sure We Are Getting It Right: Repairing "The Machinery Of Death" By Narrowing Capital Eligibility, Ann E. Reid Mar 2015

Making Sure We Are Getting It Right: Repairing "The Machinery Of Death" By Narrowing Capital Eligibility, Ann E. Reid

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No abstract provided.


The Conforming Effect: First Amendment Implications Of Surveillance, Beyond Chilling Speech, Margot E. Kaminski, Shane Witnov Jan 2015

The Conforming Effect: First Amendment Implications Of Surveillance, Beyond Chilling Speech, Margot E. Kaminski, Shane Witnov

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No abstract provided.