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Chandler V. James: Welcoming Student Prayer Back In The Schoolhouse Gate, Sarah Beth Mabery
Chandler V. James: Welcoming Student Prayer Back In The Schoolhouse Gate, Sarah Beth Mabery
Mercer Law Review
In Chandler v. James, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court's order permanently enjoining enforcement of an Alabama statute that permitted student-initiated religious speech in public schools. The court of appeals concluded that permitting student initiated religious speech did not violate the Establishment Clause and such speech is protected by the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment.
Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n V. United States: A Retreat From Full First Amendment Protection For Commercial Speech, Frances Clay
Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n V. United States: A Retreat From Full First Amendment Protection For Commercial Speech, Frances Clay
Mercer Law Review
In Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n v. United States, the United States Supreme Court considered whether 18 U.S.C. § 1304 which prohibits the broadcast of gambling advertisements, violated First Amendment protection of commercial speech—speech related only to the speaker's and the audience's economic interests—when applied to broadcast advertisements within states that have legalized casino gambling. Many critics expected, and perhaps hoped, the Supreme Court would seize this opportunity to discard, or at least drastically modify, the Central Hudson balancing test that the Court has used in commercial speech cases for almost twenty years. The Court refused to do so, …