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Censorship 101, Sonja R. West
Censorship 101, Sonja R. West
Popular Media
This article looks at censorship in the public school setting.
War Of The Words: Why False Statements Should Be Guaranteed First Amendment Protection, Virginia R. Priddy
War Of The Words: Why False Statements Should Be Guaranteed First Amendment Protection, Virginia R. Priddy
Georgia Law Review
In Haley v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld
the conviction of Andrew Scott Haley for making a false
statement. Haley created a username and posted videos to
the Internet in which he claimed to have committed a
series of murders, goading his audience to try to solve the
"mysteries." Haley was convicted under a Georgia statute
that proscribes the making of a false statement within the
jurisdiction of an agency or department of state of Georgia.
After discussing the historical legal and philosophical
underpinnings of the First Amendment right to free
speech, this Note argues that the Georgia statute …