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First Amendment And Specialty License Plates: The Choose Life Controversy, The, Stephanie S. Bell
First Amendment And Specialty License Plates: The Choose Life Controversy, The, Stephanie S. Bell
Missouri Law Review
This summary will examine the models of specialty license plate creation, the history of "Choose Life" specialty license plates, the litigation surrounding the controversy, and the two differing standards courts have used to distinguish government and private speech: the Fourth Circuit's four-factor test and the Johanns test.
Preparing Students For Democratic Participation: Why Teacher Curricular Speech Should Sometimes Be Protected By The First Amendment, Anne Gardner
Missouri Law Review
This note will examine the legal basis and educational framework for First Amendment protection of classroom speech. The Supreme Court of the United States has not directly addressed the constitutional issues implicated in teacher classroom speech. As a result, the circuit courts are split in the application of an appropriate analysis.15 In most circuits, teacher curricular speech is not protected speech.' 6 Among the circuit courts, teacher curricular speech is governed by three competing doctrines: public employee speech, student speech, and academic freedom. 1 7 While the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits have applied the Pickering public employee analysis,' …
Right To Remain Silent: A First Amendment Analysis Of Abortion Informed Consent Laws, The, Whitney D. Pile
Right To Remain Silent: A First Amendment Analysis Of Abortion Informed Consent Laws, The, Whitney D. Pile
Missouri Law Review
Since the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion in the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, the law governing the regulation of abortions has been in a constant state of flux. After the legalization of abortion, states began enacting informed consent laws in order to regulate what information a woman must be given before terminating her pregnancy; today, a total of 32 states have an informed consent law of some kind. Many informed consent laws, such as that of Missouri, require that a woman receive information at least 24 hours before undergoing an abortion and that the abortion providers disclose the …