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Selected Works

2009

First Amendment

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Generally Applicable Laws And The First Amendment, David S. Bogen Mar 2009

Generally Applicable Laws And The First Amendment, David S. Bogen

David S. Bogen

No abstract provided.


Balancing Freedom Of Speech, David S. Bogen Feb 2009

Balancing Freedom Of Speech, David S. Bogen

David S. Bogen

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court's Interpretation Of The Guarantee Of Freedom Of Speech, David S. Bogen Feb 2009

The Supreme Court's Interpretation Of The Guarantee Of Freedom Of Speech, David S. Bogen

David S. Bogen

No abstract provided.


First Amendment Ancillary Doctrines, David S. Bogen Feb 2009

First Amendment Ancillary Doctrines, David S. Bogen

David S. Bogen

No abstract provided.


Culture, Religion, And Indigenous People, David S. Bogen, Leslie F. Goldstein Jan 2009

Culture, Religion, And Indigenous People, David S. Bogen, Leslie F. Goldstein

David S. Bogen

The Constitution treats culture, religion, and government as separate concepts. Different clauses of the First Amendment protect culture and religion from government. For several decades, the Supreme Court of the United States interpreted the First Amendment as offering religion greater protection against interference than was offered to culture, but the Supreme Court largely dissolved these constitutional differences when confronted with issues posed by the religious practices of Native Americans. With some indigenous Americans, the lines between culture, religion, and even government blur – challenging the Supreme Court’s assumptions about the Constitution. The uniqueness of the claims of Native Americans pushed …


Empathy And Pragmatism In The Choice Of Constitutional Norms For Religious Land Use Disputes, Elizabeth Reilly Jan 2009

Empathy And Pragmatism In The Choice Of Constitutional Norms For Religious Land Use Disputes, Elizabeth Reilly

Elizabeth Reilly

From the perspective of both religious entities and local governments, religious land use requests are best resolved quickly, locally and cooperatively. The traditional framework for addressing religious land use disputes, which the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)1 adopted, is ill-suited to those goals. Legally, disputes have long been framed as denials of the free exercise of religion – the broadest of all claims and the one requiring the most intrusive and subjective determinations about a particular religious group and its proposed use (what religion is, what a particular sect requires and how religion qua religion is affected …


Cross Burning A Hate Speech Under The First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Wilson Huhn Jan 2009

Cross Burning A Hate Speech Under The First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Wilson Huhn

Wilson R. Huhn

Under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, ‘hate speech’ is constitutionally protected unless the circumstances of the case indicate that the speaker intended to threaten violence or provoke an immediate act of violence. While a person may be removed from a classroom or fired from employment for engaging in ‘hate speech’, under the First Amendment a person may be charged with a crime only if their statements constitute a threat or provocation of immediate violence. Moreover, even in cases where it is clear that a person is threatening violence or that violence is imminent, the person …