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Rethinking Selective Enforcement In The First Amendment Context, Karl S. Coplan
Rethinking Selective Enforcement In The First Amendment Context, Karl S. Coplan
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Note argues for the use of a balancing-of-interests approach in place of the current two-part test when enforcement policies are challenged on first amendment grounds. The Note begins by explaining the current two-part test and analyzing how it conflicts with other first amendment doctrines. Next, an inquiry into the development of current law reveals that the origins of both the selective prosecution defense and its motive requirement lie in equal protection review of administrative action. These roots suggest a defect in the application of an equal protection test in place of a direct application of the first amendment. The …
Curtailment Of Early Election Predictions: Can We Predict The Outcome?, Leslie Yalof Garfield
Curtailment Of Early Election Predictions: Can We Predict The Outcome?, Leslie Yalof Garfield
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This note analyzes the constitutional ramifications of legislative attempts to restrict early election predictions. First, specific congressional proposals and state legislative enactments will be examined. Secondly, the various standards of review the Supreme Court applies when government regulation threatens to infringe upon first amendment free speech will be examined. Lastly, this paper will examine the competing interests involved in early election predictions and will conclude that limitations on this process would be an unconstitutional impairment of the public's first amendment rights.