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Free Speech, Court Of Appeals: Rogers V. New York City Transit Authority Jan 1998

Free Speech, Court Of Appeals: Rogers V. New York City Transit Authority

Touro Law Review

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Free Speech, Court Of Appeals: People V. Tichenor Jan 1998

Free Speech, Court Of Appeals: People V. Tichenor

Touro Law Review

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Free Speech, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Macfarlane V. Village Of Scotia Jan 1998

Free Speech, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Macfarlane V. Village Of Scotia

Touro Law Review

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Free Speech, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Urbach V. Farrell Jan 1998

Free Speech, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Urbach V. Farrell

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Et Tu Judge Bork Will Solipsism Destroy Conservative Ideology?, Sol Wachtler, David S. Gould Jan 1998

Et Tu Judge Bork Will Solipsism Destroy Conservative Ideology?, Sol Wachtler, David S. Gould

Touro Law Review

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High Drama On The High Court: The First Amendment In The 1996 Term, Marjorie Heins Jan 1998

High Drama On The High Court: The First Amendment In The 1996 Term, Marjorie Heins

Touro Law Review

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Food For The Lions: Excessive Damages For Newsgathering Torts And The Limitations Of Current First Amendment Doctrines , Andrew B. Sims Jan 1998

Food For The Lions: Excessive Damages For Newsgathering Torts And The Limitations Of Current First Amendment Doctrines , Andrew B. Sims

Faculty Scholarship

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Political Association, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Kalkstein V. Dinapoli Jan 1998

Political Association, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department: Kalkstein V. Dinapoli

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Establishment Of Religion, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department: Robbins V. Bright Jan 1998

Establishment Of Religion, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department: Robbins V. Bright

Touro Law Review

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Make Your Own Kind Of Music: Queer Student Groups And The First Amendment, Doni Gewirtzman Jan 1998

Make Your Own Kind Of Music: Queer Student Groups And The First Amendment, Doni Gewirtzman

Articles & Chapters

As openly gay and lesbian students become a more regular presence in public high schools, students in many schools have started lesbian and gay student organizations. In response, some school districts and state legislatures have attempted to prevent the clubs from meeting, either through categorical bans on all extracurricular groups or through legislation specifically designed to prevent the gay clubs from meeting. This Comment examines the First Amendment issues raised by these efforts. It argues that the Supreme Court's current approach to student speech, which focuses on whether the speech is school sponsored and on the application of public forum …


Permissible Content Discrimination Under The First Amendment: The Strange Case Of The Public Employee, Lawrence Rosenthal Dec 1997

Permissible Content Discrimination Under The First Amendment: The Strange Case Of The Public Employee, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

The speech of public employees poses special problems under the First Amendment. As Justice O'Connor once explained, a rule that forbids employees who deal with the public from being rude to customers should be permissible in the public sector, even though a statute containing the very same prohibition would be considered impermissibly vague when applied to private-sector employees. Recognizing that a special rule for public employees is necessary, the Supreme Court has held that only when public employees speak on a matter of public concern does their speech qualify for constitutional protection, and even then, the employee's interest must be …