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Aba Model Rule 8.4(G), Discriminatory Speech, And The First Amendment, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe
Aba Model Rule 8.4(G), Discriminatory Speech, And The First Amendment, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe
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The ABA adopted Model Rule 8.4(g), which targets certain speech and conduct that are based on “race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status.” In particular, according to the accompanying comment, Rule 8.4(g) reaches speech that is “derogatory and demeaning” or that “manifests bias or prejudice towards others” and is “harmful” (including, presumably, emotionally harmful). This rule targets a significant amount of speech that would be constitutionally protected if it were uttered by a nonlawyer. This article argues that there is no justification for treating lawyers differently from others in many …
Beyond The Fourth Amendment: Additional Constitutional Guarantees That Mass Surveillance Violates, Nadine Strossen
Beyond The Fourth Amendment: Additional Constitutional Guarantees That Mass Surveillance Violates, Nadine Strossen
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The ongoing dragnet communications surveillance programs raise multiple statutory and constitutional problems. Each problem alone, and even more so the whole combination, provides a serious ground at least for vastly curbing such programs, if not ending them. This Article reviews constitutional challenges to these programs to evaluate the likely success of current and future litigants.
Make Your Own Kind Of Music: Queer Student Groups And The First Amendment, Doni Gewirtzman
Make Your Own Kind Of Music: Queer Student Groups And The First Amendment, Doni Gewirtzman
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As openly gay and lesbian students become a more regular presence in public high schools, students in many schools have started lesbian and gay student organizations. In response, some school districts and state legislatures have attempted to prevent the clubs from meeting, either through categorical bans on all extracurricular groups or through legislation specifically designed to prevent the gay clubs from meeting. This Comment examines the First Amendment issues raised by these efforts. It argues that the Supreme Court's current approach to student speech, which focuses on whether the speech is school sponsored and on the application of public forum …
Consolidation, Coordination, Competition, And Coherence: In Search Of A Forward Looking Communications Policy, Mark D. Director, Michael Botein
Consolidation, Coordination, Competition, And Coherence: In Search Of A Forward Looking Communications Policy, Mark D. Director, Michael Botein
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Original Intent, History And Levy’S Establishment Clause. Book Review Of The Establishment Clause: Religion And The First Amendment, By Leonard W. Levy, Ruti Teitel
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Freedom Of Conscience: Separating Church And State, Jethro K. Lieberman
Freedom Of Conscience: Separating Church And State, Jethro K. Lieberman
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Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel
Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel
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The Supreme Court’S 1984–85 Church-State Decisions: Judicial Paths Of Least Resistance, Ruti G. Teitel
The Supreme Court’S 1984–85 Church-State Decisions: Judicial Paths Of Least Resistance, Ruti G. Teitel
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Regulation Of Cable Television In The United States, Michael Botein
Regulation Of Cable Television In The United States, Michael Botein
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Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Regulations A First Steptowards Creation Of A Right Of Access To The Mass Media, Michael Botein
Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Regulations A First Steptowards Creation Of A Right Of Access To The Mass Media, Michael Botein
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