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Chief Justice Mogoeng V Africa4palestine And Others [2021] Jsc/819/20; Jsc/825/20; And Jsc/ 826/20, Dunia P. Zongwe Nov 2022

Chief Justice Mogoeng V Africa4palestine And Others [2021] Jsc/819/20; Jsc/825/20; And Jsc/ 826/20, Dunia P. Zongwe

SAIPAR Case Review

This is a judgment against the first judge among his peers: the Chief Justice. Handed down by the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) of South Africa’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC), this judgment involves the remarks made in 2020 by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at a webinar hosted by a pro-Israel, conservative, Zionist newspaper. During that webinar, Mogoeng criticized the South African government’s official policy on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Following Mogoeng’s faux pas and a loud public outcry, three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) lodged complaints with the JCC against Mogoeng for his Israel comments.

This appeal judgment largely confirms the JCC’s earlier complaint …


A Democratic Political Economy For The First Amendment, Nelson Tebbe Mar 2020

A Democratic Political Economy For The First Amendment, Nelson Tebbe

Cornell Law Review

In this Article, I begin building an interpretation of the First Amendment that promotes the practical conditions for a vital democracy. I argue that considerations of distributive justice do properly affect interpretation of free speech and religious liberty. This is true even assuming that those provisions have priority over ordinary law, including economic regulation.


Does The Clear And Present Danger Test Survive Cost-Benefit Analysis?, Cass R. Sunstein Nov 2019

Does The Clear And Present Danger Test Survive Cost-Benefit Analysis?, Cass R. Sunstein

Cornell Law Review

Under American regulatory law, the dominant contemporary test involves cost-benefit analysis. The benefits of regulation must justify the costs; if they do, regulation is permissible and even mandatory. Under American free speech law, in sharp contrast, an important contemporary test for the regulation of speech involves "clear and present danger." In general, officials cannot censor or regulate political speech on the ground that the benefits of regulation justify the costs. They may proceed only if the speech is likely to produce imminent lawless action. In principle, it is not simple to explain why the free speech test does not involve …


When Schools Refuse To Say Gay: The Constitutionality Of Anti-Lgbtq No-Promo-Homo Public School Policies In The United States, Ashley E. Mcgovern Jan 2012

When Schools Refuse To Say Gay: The Constitutionality Of Anti-Lgbtq No-Promo-Homo Public School Policies In The United States, Ashley E. Mcgovern

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Marginality Of Citizens United, Michael C. Dorf Jan 2011

The Marginality Of Citizens United, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


El Salvador: Repression In The Name Of Anti-Terrorism, Mirna Cardona Jan 2009

El Salvador: Repression In The Name Of Anti-Terrorism, Mirna Cardona

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Global Gag Rule: Undermining National Interests By Doing Unto Foreign Women And Ngos What Cannot Be Done At Home, Nina J. Crimm Oct 2007

The Global Gag Rule: Undermining National Interests By Doing Unto Foreign Women And Ngos What Cannot Be Done At Home, Nina J. Crimm

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Overextension Of Copyright Protection And The Unintended Chilling Effects On Fair Use, Free Speech, And Innovation, Derek J. Schaffner Oct 2004

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Overextension Of Copyright Protection And The Unintended Chilling Effects On Fair Use, Free Speech, And Innovation, Derek J. Schaffner

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White: The End Of Judicial Election Reform, Lindsay E. Lippman Oct 2003

Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White: The End Of Judicial Election Reform, Lindsay E. Lippman

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin Jul 2002

The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Performance And Politics: An Argument For Expanded First Amendment Protection Of Homosexual Expression, Jennifer Minear Apr 2001

Performance And Politics: An Argument For Expanded First Amendment Protection Of Homosexual Expression, Jennifer Minear

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Picketing And Prayer: Restricting Freedom Of Expression Outside Churches , Alan Phelps Jan 1999

Picketing And Prayer: Restricting Freedom Of Expression Outside Churches , Alan Phelps

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Promises Of Silence: Contract Law And Freedom Of Speech , Alan E. Garfield Jan 1998

Promises Of Silence: Contract Law And Freedom Of Speech , Alan E. Garfield

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Obscenity On-Line: A Transactional Approach To Computer Transfers Of Potentially Obscene Material , Donald T. Stepka May 1997

Obscenity On-Line: A Transactional Approach To Computer Transfers Of Potentially Obscene Material , Donald T. Stepka

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Speech On The Electronic Village Green: Applying The First Amendment Lessons Of Cable Television To The Internet, Robert Kline Oct 1996

Freedom Of Speech On The Electronic Village Green: Applying The First Amendment Lessons Of Cable Television To The Internet, Robert Kline

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Racist Speech Outsider Jurisprudence And The Meaning Of America , Steven H. Shiffrin Nov 1994

Racist Speech Outsider Jurisprudence And The Meaning Of America , Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Images Of The Outsider In American Law And Culture: Can Free Expression Remedy Systemic Social Ills, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic Sep 1992

Images Of The Outsider In American Law And Culture: Can Free Expression Remedy Systemic Social Ills, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Racist Speech The First Amendment And Public Universities: Taking A Stand On Neutrality , David Rosenberg Jan 1991

Racist Speech The First Amendment And Public Universities: Taking A Stand On Neutrality , David Rosenberg

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Framework For Evaluating Equal Access Claims By Student Religious Groups: Is There A Window For Free Speech In The Wall Separating Church And State , Nadine Strossen Nov 1985

Framework For Evaluating Equal Access Claims By Student Religious Groups: Is There A Window For Free Speech In The Wall Separating Church And State , Nadine Strossen

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Adjudication Of Freedom Of Expression Cases Under Israel’S Unwritten Constitution, Daniel J. Rothstein Jul 1985

Adjudication Of Freedom Of Expression Cases Under Israel’S Unwritten Constitution, Daniel J. Rothstein

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


How Useful Is Judicial Review In Free Speech Cases, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1984

How Useful Is Judicial Review In Free Speech Cases, Robert F. Nagel

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Requiem For A Heavyweight: A Farewell To Warren And Brandeis’S Privacy Tort, Diane L. Zimmerman Mar 1983

Requiem For A Heavyweight: A Farewell To Warren And Brandeis’S Privacy Tort, Diane L. Zimmerman

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Better Understanding Of The Prior Restraint Doctrine: A Reply To Professor Mayton, Howard O. Hunter Jan 1982

Toward A Better Understanding Of The Prior Restraint Doctrine: A Reply To Professor Mayton, Howard O. Hunter

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Theory Of First Amendment Process: Injunctions Of Speech Subsequent Punishment And The Costs Of The Prior Restraint Doctrine, William T. Mayton Jan 1982

Toward A Theory Of First Amendment Process: Injunctions Of Speech Subsequent Punishment And The Costs Of The Prior Restraint Doctrine, William T. Mayton

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.