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What's Wrong With This Picture?: The National Endowment For The Arts And The "Decency And Respect" Standard, Lillian M. Spiess Jan 1999

What's Wrong With This Picture?: The National Endowment For The Arts And The "Decency And Respect" Standard, Lillian M. Spiess

Touro Law Review

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The Establishment Clause And Government Religious Displays: The Court That Stole Christmas, Jennifer H. Greenhalgh Jan 1999

The Establishment Clause And Government Religious Displays: The Court That Stole Christmas, Jennifer H. Greenhalgh

Touro Law Review

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Nea V. Finley: A Decision In Search Of A Rationale, Lackland H. Bloom Jr. Jan 1999

Nea V. Finley: A Decision In Search Of A Rationale, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

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Debate has raged over whether Congress can constitutionally restrict, or at least influence, the ability of the National Endowment for the Arts (“NEA”) to award grants to artists and institutions for the creation or display of art work that a significant segment of the public would consider highly offensive. In the October 1997 Term, the Supreme Court, by an 8-1 margin in NEA v. Finley, upheld section 954(d), a 1991 congressional amendment to the NEA Act that requires the Chairperson of the NEA to ensure that, in establishing regulations and procedures for assessing artistic excellence and artistic merit, “general standards …