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Cheer On Separation Of School, Religious Messages, Alan E. Garfield Dec 2012

Cheer On Separation Of School, Religious Messages, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Ponders Drug-Detection Dog's 'Sniff Test', Alan E. Garfield Oct 2012

Supreme Court Ponders Drug-Detection Dog's 'Sniff Test', Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Affirmative Action In Education Weighed Again, Alan E. Garfield Oct 2012

Affirmative Action In Education Weighed Again, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


What's Wrong With Us Political System?, Alan E. Garfield Sep 2012

What's Wrong With Us Political System?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Health Care Back Where It Belongs, Before The Voters, Alan E. Garfield Jul 2012

Health Care Back Where It Belongs, Before The Voters, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Religious Right Versus Government Interest, Alan E. Garfield May 2012

Religious Right Versus Government Interest, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Obama Didn't Deny Court's Right Of Review, Alan E. Garfield Apr 2012

Obama Didn't Deny Court's Right Of Review, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Liberty Isn't The Issue In Health Care Case, Alan E. Garfield Mar 2012

Liberty Isn't The Issue In Health Care Case, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


When Is A Lie An Affront To The Law?, Alan E. Garfield Feb 2012

When Is A Lie An Affront To The Law?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Dropping F-Bombs At The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield Jan 2012

Dropping F-Bombs At The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield Dec 2011

To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield

Alan E Garfield

This essay considers the provocative question of whether it is strategically wise for a lawyer to use foul language during a Supreme Court oral argument. This issue doesn’t come up often. But it does when a lawyer claims his client’s First Amendment rights were violated when the government punished him for using foul language. If the lawyer doesn’t use his client’s offensive words, he risks conceding that these words are so horrid they warrant suppression. But if he does use the words, he risks alienating justices who find the words unseemly. The essay uses the “fleeting expletives” case that was …