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Full-Text Articles in First Amendment
Virtual Politics And The 2000 Election: Does First Amendment Protection Extend To Political Speech On The Internet?, Amity Hough Farrar
Virtual Politics And The 2000 Election: Does First Amendment Protection Extend To Political Speech On The Internet?, Amity Hough Farrar
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
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The 'Press,' Then & Now, Sonja R. West
The 'Press,' Then & Now, Sonja R. West
Scholarly Works
Does the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of “the press” simply mean that we all have the right to use mass communication technology to disseminate our speech? Or does it provide constitutional safeguards for a particular group of speakers who function as government watchdogs and citizen surrogates? This question defines the current debate over the Press Clause. The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, along with recent work by Michael McConnell and Eugene Volokh, suggests the answer is the former. This article pushes back on that view.
It starts by expanding the scope of the relevant historical evidence. Discussions about the …
Local Government Land Use Restrictions And Selected First Amendment Issues, Barbara Jo Nelson
Local Government Land Use Restrictions And Selected First Amendment Issues, Barbara Jo Nelson
LLM Theses and Essays
A local government's power to enact zoning regulations falls within the general power to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizenry. This thesis addresses a few selected First Amendment issues as they apply to zoning and land use restrictions in Georgia. Free speech review of zoning ordinances applies to zoning for adult sex businesses, such as adult book stores and cinemas. The First Amendment balancing test that is applicable to adult entertainment ordinances is discussed in Chapter One. The free speech impact of restrictions on signs and billboards is discussed in Chapter Two. Finally, in Chapter Three, …