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Curriculum Censorship Of Lgbtq+ Identity: Modern Adaptation Of Vintage "Save Our Children" Rhetoric Is Still Just Discrimination, Cathryn M. Oakley
Curriculum Censorship Of Lgbtq+ Identity: Modern Adaptation Of Vintage "Save Our Children" Rhetoric Is Still Just Discrimination, Cathryn M. Oakley
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
Underpinning Florida’s 2022 “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law is the same vintage, discriminatory rhetoric that has been invoked to harm LGBTQ+ people for decades: that LGBTQ+ people are deviant and fundamentally sexual, therefore even the most chaste acknowledgement of the existence of LGBTQ+ people is inherently inappropriate for children. LGBTQ+ students, students with LGBTQ+ family members, and LGBTQ+ school employees are protected by the constitution, including the First and Fourteenth amendments as well as federal civil rights law. Whether censorship of LGBTQ+ identities is effectuated directly, as in Florida, or indirectly through opt-outs, the dignitary harm is done. Curriculum …
Locating Free-Exercise Most-Favored-Nation-Status (Mfn) Reasoning In Constitutional Context, Alan E. Brownstein, Vikram David Amar
Locating Free-Exercise Most-Favored-Nation-Status (Mfn) Reasoning In Constitutional Context, Alan E. Brownstein, Vikram David Amar
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
This Article examines the theoretical and doctrinal origins and consequences of a potentially game-changing approach to processing claims brought under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Since 1990, and the decision in Employment Division v. Smith, the Court has read that Clause not to require accommodation of religious activity via exemptions from religion-neutral and generally applicable laws and regulations. What the Free Exercise Clause does prohibit, according to Smith, is government action targeting or discriminating against religion. But the Court’s decision a year ago in Tandon v. Newsom provides some powerful evidence about how this doctrine …
The Establishment Clause, Civil Rights, And The Accomodationist Path Forward, Lisa Shaw Roy
The Establishment Clause, Civil Rights, And The Accomodationist Path Forward, Lisa Shaw Roy
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court’s First Amendment Religion Clause doctrine is undergoing a transition between the Court’s older, strict separationist decisions and its current accommodationist approach. This shift can be seen in the Court’s most recent Establishment and Free Exercise Clause decisions, and in particular, in its unanimous Free Speech Clause decision in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a case which found that the challenger, Harold Shurtleff, had a First Amendment right to raise a flag with a cross on a city flagpole. In many ways, Shurtleff exemplifies the Court’s incremental movement toward an accommodationist Establishment Clause doctrine, and this …
Introduction To Issue Three, Paul W. Kucinski
Introduction To Issue Three, Paul W. Kucinski
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Federal Election Commission V. Ted Cruz For Senate: How The Supreme Court Is Clearing The Way For Corruption In Politics, Sarah B. Gleason
Federal Election Commission V. Ted Cruz For Senate: How The Supreme Court Is Clearing The Way For Corruption In Politics, Sarah B. Gleason
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
Political speech lies at the heart of the First Amendment. Candidates for office have the constitutional right to raise funds to express their viewpoints, run campaigns, and associate with their supporters. However, leaving this flow of money unchecked creates a risk that candidates will sell the promise of political favors for increased monetary support from voters. Congress passed Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act to prevent the risk of quid pro quo corruption, which is heightened when donors contribute money to candidates after the election for the sole purpose of retiring the candidates’ personal loans. Section 304 restricted …
Constructing The Establishment Clause, Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Kate Hardiman Rhodes
Constructing The Establishment Clause, Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Kate Hardiman Rhodes
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
In this Article, we attempt to document how the history of the Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause jurisprudence is a history of constructionism, much of it—though not all—originalist in flavor. We use “construction” in a technical sense and in contradistinction to “interpretation.” Construction is the act of importing meaning into the constitutional text. To document and explain how leading Supreme Court justices have engaged in originalist constructionism, we employ the interpretation-construction distinction as well as two additional analytical concepts recently discussed by leading legal scholars: Sam Bray’s recovery of “the mischief rule” and Jack Balkin’s textual typology of principles, standards, and …
Justice Alito, Originalism, And The Aztecs, Andrew Koppelman
Justice Alito, Originalism, And The Aztecs, Andrew Koppelman
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Is Church Autonomy Jurisdictional?, Lael Weinberger
Is Church Autonomy Jurisdictional?, Lael Weinberger
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
The First Amendment’s religion clauses create what courts have called “church autonomy doctrine,” protecting the internal self-governance of religious institutions. But courts are divided as to whether this doctrine is simply an affirmative defense for religious institutions or a jurisdictional limitation on courts’ ability to adjudicate internal religious matters. Scholars, meanwhile, have long debated whether church autonomy is jurisdictional at a higher level of abstraction, speaking of jurisdiction as a concept of authority rather than a technical term for civil procedure. This Article engages this multilevel debate with an argument for unbundling. First, it urges unbundling conceptual jurisdiction from judicial …
God Is My Roommate? Tax Exemptions For Parsonages Yesterday, Today, And (If Constitutional) Tomorrow, Samuel D. Brunson
God Is My Roommate? Tax Exemptions For Parsonages Yesterday, Today, And (If Constitutional) Tomorrow, Samuel D. Brunson
Faculty Publications & Other Works
In 2019, the Seventh Circuit decided an Establishment Clause question that had been percolating through the courts for two decades. It held that the parsonage allowance, which permits “ministers of the gospel” to receive an untaxed housing allowance, does not violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. It grounded its conclusion in part on the “historical significance” test the Supreme Court established in its Town of Greece v. Galloway decision.
In coming to that conclusion, the Seventh Circuit cited a 200-year unbroken history of property tax exemptions for religious property. According to the Seventh Circuit, that history demonstrated that both …
Why Do The Poor Not Have A Constitutional Right To File Civil Claims In Court Under Their First Amendment Right To Petition The Government For A Redress Of Grievances?, Henry Rose
Faculty Publications & Other Works
Since 1963, the United States Supreme Court has recognized the constitutional right of entities and persons to pursue civil legal claims in American courts under the First Amendment right to petition government for redress of grievances. However, in a series of three cases decided by the Supreme Court in the early 1970’s - Boddie v. Connecticut, United States v. Kras and Ortwein v. Schwab - the Court inexplicably declined to address the appellants’ claims that they have a constitutional right to access the courts to seek resolution of their civil legal claims. In each of these three cases, the indigent …
Hate Wins, Courtney Lauren Anderson
Hate Wins, Courtney Lauren Anderson
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
The controversy surrounding the conflict between hate crimes and the First Amendment makes the task of even defining hate crimes difficult. Actions that some find prejudicial are simply expressive to others. This diversion obstructs efforts to collect data on hate crimes and deploy a unified legal or prosecutorial response. The antidiscrimination purpose of the Fair Housing Act is known, despite questions surrounding the Act’s breadth, and the inconsistent prioritization and interpretation of the Act that comes with changing the person who holds the position of the Secretary of the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This paper sets forth …
A Dangerous Concoction: Pharmaceutical Marketing, Cognitive Biases, And First Amendment Overprotection, Cynthia M. Ho
A Dangerous Concoction: Pharmaceutical Marketing, Cognitive Biases, And First Amendment Overprotection, Cynthia M. Ho
Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article argues that pharmaceutical marketing to doctors should be more critically evaluated and entitled to less First Amendment protection, contrary to a trend dating back to the Supreme Court's 2011 decision in Sorrell. In particular, the Article argues that more information to doctors in the form of pharmaceutical marketing does not necessarily result in better patient outcomes. The Article adds a significant critique based on the existence and impact of cognitive bias literature that has thus far not been recognized in this area. If courts fully embrace this understanding, they should recognize that the government, through the Food and …
Deliberate Democracy, Truth, And Holmesian Social Darwinism, Alexander Tsesis
Deliberate Democracy, Truth, And Holmesian Social Darwinism, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
JUSTICE Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s “marketplace of ideas” analogy continues to deeply influence First Amendment doctrine. It provides a rational substratum upon which the political or self-realization characterizations of free speech are built. However, typically overlooked is the Social Darwinistic root of the Justice's thought. He championed the spread of ideas and the political sway of majority opinions. That analytical insight is key to many of the Supreme Court's free speech precedents. On the one hand, the concept is invaluable for defending free discussions about philosophy, political science, the arts, humanities, pedagogy, and social sciences. In these areas, the …
Data Subjects' Privacy Rights: Regulation Of Personal Data Retention And Erasure, Alexander Tsesis
Data Subjects' Privacy Rights: Regulation Of Personal Data Retention And Erasure, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
The European Union's right to erasure came into effect May 25, 2018, as Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). Unlike the U.S. "marketplace of ideas" model of free speech, the GDPR gives greater weight to data subjects' privacy interests than to audiences' curiosity about others' intimate lives. The U.S. and EU models advance human thirst for knowledge through open and uninhibited debates, whereas the internet marketplace tends to favor social media companies' commercial interests: put more specifically, free speech is not entirely harmonious with the interests of social media intermediaries whose algorithms tend to favor companies' bottom …
Marketplace Of Ideas, Privacy, And The Digital Audience, Alexander Tsesis
Marketplace Of Ideas, Privacy, And The Digital Audience, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
The availability of almost limitless sets of digital information has opened a vast marketplace of ideas. Information service providers like Facebook and Twitter provide users with an array of personal information about products, friends, acquaintances, and strangers. While this data enriches the lives of those who share content on the internet, it comes at the expense of privacy. Social media companies disseminate news, advertisements, and political messages, while also capitalizing on consumers' private shopping, surfing, and traveling habits. Companies like Cambridge Analytica, Amazon, and Apple rely on algorithmic programs to mash up and scrape enormous amounts of online and otherwise …
Categorizing Student Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Categorizing Student Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Campus Speech And Harassment, Alexander Tsesis
Campus Speech And Harassment, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Social Media Accountability For Terrorist Propaganda, Alexander Tsesis
Social Media Accountability For Terrorist Propaganda, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
Terrorist organizations have found social media websites to be invaluable for disseminating ideology, recruiting terrorists, and planning operations. National and international leaders have repeatedly pointed out the dangers terrorists pose to ordinary people and state institutions. In the United States, the federal Communications Decency Act's § 230 provides social networking websites with immunity against civil law suits. Litigants have therefore been unsuccessful in obtaining redress against internet companies who host or disseminate third-party terrorist content. This Article demonstrates that § 230 does not bar private parties from recovery if they can prove that a social media company had received complaints …
Informed Consent As Compelled Professional Speech: Fictions, Facts, And Open Questions, Nadia N. Sawicki
Informed Consent As Compelled Professional Speech: Fictions, Facts, And Open Questions, Nadia N. Sawicki
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Balancing Free Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Balancing Free Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
This article develops a theory for balancing free speech against other express and implied constitutional, statutory, and doctrinal values. It posits that free speech considerations should be connected to the underlying purpose of constitutional governance. When deciding difficult cases involving competing rights, judges should examine (1) whether unencumbered expression is likely to cause constitutional, statutory, or common law harms; (2) whether the restricted expression has been historically or traditionally protected; (3) whether a government policy designed to benefit the general welfare weighs in favor of the regulation; (4) the fit between the disputed speech regulation and the public end; and …
Multifactoral Free Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Multifactoral Free Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article presents a multifactoral approach to free speech analysis. Difficult cases present a variety of challenges that require judges to weigh concerns for the protection of robust dialogue, especially about public issues, against concerns that sound in common law (such as reputation), statutory law (such as repose against harassment), and in constitutional law (such as copyright). Even when speech is implicated, the Court should aim to resolve other relevant individual and social issues arising from litigation. Focusing only on free speech categories is likely to discount substantial, and sometimes compelling, social concerns warranting reflection, analysis, and application. Examining the …
Defamation And The Government Employee: Redefining Who Constitutes A Public Official, Jeffrey Omar Usman
Defamation And The Government Employee: Redefining Who Constitutes A Public Official, Jeffrey Omar Usman
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Antisemitism And Hate Speech Studies, Alexander Tsesis
Antisemitism And Hate Speech Studies, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Of Word Grenades And Impermeable Walls: Imperial Scholarship Then And Now, Juan F. Perea
Of Word Grenades And Impermeable Walls: Imperial Scholarship Then And Now, Juan F. Perea
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Inflammatory Speech: Outrage Versus Intimidation, Alexander Tsesis
Inflammatory Speech: Outrage Versus Intimidation, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Foia The First Amendment: Representative Democracy And The People’S Exclusive “Right To Know”, Barry Sullivan
Foia The First Amendment: Representative Democracy And The People’S Exclusive “Right To Know”, Barry Sullivan
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
Internet Filters And The First Amendment: Public Libraries After United States V. American Library Association, Leah Wardak
Internet Filters And The First Amendment: Public Libraries After United States V. American Library Association, Leah Wardak
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Regulating Intimidating Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Regulating Intimidating Speech, Alexander Tsesis
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
An Emotion-Based Approach To Freedom Of Speech, R. George Wright
An Emotion-Based Approach To Freedom Of Speech, R. George Wright
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
No abstract provided.
National Do-Not-Call Registry To Stay: Opt-In Feature May Be Its Saving Grace, Amanda Strainis-Walker
National Do-Not-Call Registry To Stay: Opt-In Feature May Be Its Saving Grace, Amanda Strainis-Walker
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.