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Cross-Burning Case Explores Free-Speech Controversy, John G. Douglass Jan 2003

Cross-Burning Case Explores Free-Speech Controversy, John G. Douglass

Law Faculty Publications

Virginia v. Black was Smolla's first oral argument before the Supreme Court, but his appearance on the national stage of First Amendment controversy was nothing new. Among academics, Smolla has long been regarded as a leading First Amendment voice. His publications include a widely-used casebook, top law review articles, plays, short stories, a forthcoming novel, and a nonfiction work that became the script for a popular movie. As a litigator of two decades experience, he has argued First Amendment appeals in dozens of state and federal courts around the nation. Early in his career, he had a knack for finding …


How The Overturn Of The Child Pornography Prevention Act Under Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition Contributes To The Protection Of Children, Emily D. Goldberg Jan 2003

How The Overturn Of The Child Pornography Prevention Act Under Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition Contributes To The Protection Of Children, Emily D. Goldberg

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note examines the Supreme Court's decision in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, which struck down portions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act (CPPA) as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The Court ruled that the CPPA's ban on virtual child pornography was overbroad, as it prohibited lawful speech that could have artistic, literary, or scientific value. The decision highlights the tension between protecting children from exploitation and safeguarding free speech, ultimately emphasizing the importance of allowing narratives that confront and address difficult issues like child sexual abuse.


What Marc Antony, Lady Macbeth, And Iago Teach Us About The First Amendment, Michael Vitiello Sep 2002

What Marc Antony, Lady Macbeth, And Iago Teach Us About The First Amendment, Michael Vitiello

Nevada Law Journal

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Virtual Child Pornography: Criminal Conduct Or Protected Speech?, Daniel S. Armagh Aug 2002

Virtual Child Pornography: Criminal Conduct Or Protected Speech?, Daniel S. Armagh

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And "Virtual" Child Pornography, Michael B. Landau Jul 2002

The First Amendment And "Virtual" Child Pornography, Michael B. Landau

Faculty Publications By Year

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Prosecuting Conduit Campaign Contributions - Hard Time For Soft Money, Robert D. Probasco Jul 2001

Prosecuting Conduit Campaign Contributions - Hard Time For Soft Money, Robert D. Probasco

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, there have been several high-profile prosecutions for violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act, involving contributions nominally by one individual but funded or reimbursed by another individual deemed to be the true contributor. Prosecutions of these “conduit contribution” cases have been surprising in at least three significant respects. First, the prosecutions have been based on violations of FECA’s reporting requirements and may not have involved any violations of the substantive prohibitions or limitations of contributions. Second, the defendants were the donors rather than campaign officials who actually filed reports with FECA. Third, the cases were prosecuted as …


Muzzling Death Row Inmates: Applying The First Amendment To Regulations That Restrict A Condemned Prisoner's Last Words, Kevin F. O'Neill Jan 2001

Muzzling Death Row Inmates: Applying The First Amendment To Regulations That Restrict A Condemned Prisoner's Last Words, Kevin F. O'Neill

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This Article asserts that the privilege to deliver a last dying speech— uttered in the presence of, and made audible to, the assembled witnesses in the moments just before one's execution—is a First Amendment right, and that prison policies departing from its traditional exercise are unconstitutional. After canvassing the state prison policies that govern last words, this Article will recount the long historical tradition surrounding their utterance—a history that reveals the extraordinary degree to which Anglo-American governments have honored the privilege.Next, this Article will draw a parallel between the right to utter one's last words and the well-established right of …


Alan Isaacman And The First Amendment: A Candid Interview With Larry Flynt's Attorney, Clay Calvert, Robert D. Richards Jan 2001

Alan Isaacman And The First Amendment: A Candid Interview With Larry Flynt's Attorney, Clay Calvert, Robert D. Richards

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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Constitutional Law And Criminal Procedure—Media Ride-Alongs Into The Home: Can They Survive A Head-On Collision Between First And Fourth Amendment Rights? Wilson V. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 (1999), Deleith Duke Gossett Jul 2000

Constitutional Law And Criminal Procedure—Media Ride-Alongs Into The Home: Can They Survive A Head-On Collision Between First And Fourth Amendment Rights? Wilson V. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 (1999), Deleith Duke Gossett

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Incitement To Violence On The World Wide Web: Can Web Publishers Seek First Amendment Refuge?, Lonn Weissblum Jun 2000

Incitement To Violence On The World Wide Web: Can Web Publishers Seek First Amendment Refuge?, Lonn Weissblum

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

The purpose of this comment is to analyze the potential First Amendment implications of the appearance of bomb-making instructions on the Web in the United States. Moreover, this comment will ultimately consider the notion that "because Brandenburg allows consideration of all the unique characteristics of the Web, there is no reason to formulate new jurisprudence merely because of new technology." Part II examines the seminal cases in the area of speech action, including Schenck v. United States, Hess v. Indiana, and Brandenburg v. Ohio, and the adulations and criticisms that resulted from these cases. Part III discusses the civil cases …


Video Voyeurism, Privacy, And The Internet: Exposing Peeping Toms In Cyberspace, Clay Calvert, Justin Brown Jan 2000

Video Voyeurism, Privacy, And The Internet: Exposing Peeping Toms In Cyberspace, Clay Calvert, Justin Brown

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Being Biased, Anthony M. Dillof Jan 2000

The Importance Of Being Biased, Anthony M. Dillof

Michigan Law Review

The war against bias crimes is far from finished. In contrast, the battle over bias-crime laws is largely over. Bias-crime laws, as commonly formulated, increase the penalties for crimes motivated by bias. The Supreme Court has held that such laws do not violate the First Amendment. Virtually every state has enacted some sort of biascrime law. Even the federal government, which may consider itself without power to enact a general bias-crime law, has made bias a sentence-aggravating factor for the range of federal criminal offenses. Bias-crime laws thus are an established feature of the legal landscape. Against this background, Frederick …


How The Grinch Stole Chanukah, Isaac M. Jaroslawicz Dec 1999

How The Grinch Stole Chanukah, Isaac M. Jaroslawicz

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Child Protection As A Judicial Burden On Religion And The Impact Of Religious Liberty Legislation, Robert J. Bruno Dec 1999

Child Protection As A Judicial Burden On Religion And The Impact Of Religious Liberty Legislation, Robert J. Bruno

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Punishing Hateful Motives: Old Wine In A New Bottle Revives Calls For Prohibition, Carol S. Steiker May 1999

Punishing Hateful Motives: Old Wine In A New Bottle Revives Calls For Prohibition, Carol S. Steiker

Michigan Law Review

Hate crimes are nothing new: crimes in which the victim is selected because of the victim's membership in some distinctive group (be it racial, ethnic, religious, or other) have been with us as long as such groups have coexisted within legal systems. What is relatively new is their recognition and designation as a discrete phenomenon. But as appellations like "sexual harassment" and "community policing" have begun to teach us, words are only the beginning of the life cycle of a new socio-legal concept. What follows are debates about whether the new category is really a coherent one, what activities should …


Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1997

Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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Policing Hatred: Police Bias Units And The Construction Of Hate Crime, Jeannine Bell Jan 1997

Policing Hatred: Police Bias Units And The Construction Of Hate Crime, Jeannine Bell

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Much of the scholarly debate about hate crime laws focuses on a discussion of their constitutionality under the First Amendment. Part of a larger empirical study of police methods of investigating hate crimes, this Note attempts to shift thinking in this area beyond the existing debate over the constitutionality of hate crime legislation to a discussion of how low-level criminal justice personnel, such as the police, enforce hate crime laws. This Note argues that, since hate crimes are an area in which police have great discretion in enforcing the law, their understanding of the First Amendment and how it relates …


Post-Verdict Interviews: The Key To Understanding The Decision Behind The Verdict, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 507 (1997), Christine J. Iversen Jan 1997

Post-Verdict Interviews: The Key To Understanding The Decision Behind The Verdict, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 507 (1997), Christine J. Iversen

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Section 1983 In The Second Circuit, Honorable George C. Pratt Jan 1997

Section 1983 In The Second Circuit, Honorable George C. Pratt

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Brainwashing" Claims And Minority Religions Outside The United States: Cultural Diffusion Of A Questionable Concept In The Legal Arena, James T. Richardson Nov 1996

"Brainwashing" Claims And Minority Religions Outside The United States: Cultural Diffusion Of A Questionable Concept In The Legal Arena, James T. Richardson

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Garbage In: Emerging Media And Regulation Of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitiations, Michael W. Carroll Jan 1996

Garbage In: Emerging Media And Regulation Of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitiations, Michael W. Carroll

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Sexual Harassment On Campus: Does The Accused Have Any Rights?, Richard C. Cahn Jan 1995

Sexual Harassment On Campus: Does The Accused Have Any Rights?, Richard C. Cahn

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Double Jeopardy Jan 1995

Double Jeopardy

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


What's Happening With Respect To The Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt Jan 1995

What's Happening With Respect To The Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Eye On Justice, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1995

Eye On Justice, Roger J. Miner '56

Legal History

No abstract provided.


N.O.W. V. Scheidler: Rico Meets The First Amendment, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1995

N.O.W. V. Scheidler: Rico Meets The First Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

Articles by Maurer Faculty

A look at the controversial N.O.W. v. Scheidler case.


New York's Son Of Sam Law: Alive And Well Today, Steven P. Vargas Jan 1995

New York's Son Of Sam Law: Alive And Well Today, Steven P. Vargas

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Partial Republican, John O. Mcginnis Jul 1994

The Partial Republican, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

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Notes On Criminal Coercion And Freedom Of Speech, Wendy J. Gordon, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1993

Notes On Criminal Coercion And Freedom Of Speech, Wendy J. Gordon, Kent Greenawalt

Scholarship Chronologically

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Constitutional Identity, George P. Fletcher Jan 1993

Constitutional Identity, George P. Fletcher

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.