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The Buck Stops Here: Illinois Criminalizes Support For International Terrorism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 871 (1997), Victoria Meyerov Jan 1997

The Buck Stops Here: Illinois Criminalizes Support For International Terrorism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 871 (1997), Victoria Meyerov

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Doma: An Unconstitutional Establishment Of Fundamentalist Christianity, James M. Donovan Jan 1997

Doma: An Unconstitutional Establishment Of Fundamentalist Christianity, James M. Donovan

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

According to the text of the Act, DOMA's purposes are "to define and protect the institution of marriage," where marriage is defined to exclude same-sex partners. To be constitutionally valid under the Establishment Clause, this notion that heterosexual marriages require "protection" from gay and lesbian persons must spring from a secular and not religious source. This Article posits that DOMA has crossed this forbidden line between the secular and the religious. DOMA, motivated and supported by fundamentalist Christian ideology, and lacking any genuine secular goals or justifications, betrays the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.


The First Amendment In The Supreme Court: The Future Lies Ahead, Joel Gora Jan 1997

The First Amendment In The Supreme Court: The Future Lies Ahead, Joel Gora

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Personal Use Principle Under Copyright Law, Hsin-Chih Cheng Jan 1997

An Analysis Of The Personal Use Principle Under Copyright Law, Hsin-Chih Cheng

LLM Theses and Essays

Personal use is when an individual uses a copyrighted work for private purposes, such as learning or entertainment. Personal use is a right given in the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution, however, an issue arises when the individual wants to make a copy of the copyrighted work. New technologies like photocopying and videotaping make this issue more prominent today. Some copyright owners think that the individual’s copying for private use is harmful to their potential market and they argue for compensation. Does the individual have the right under the personal use principle to reproduce the copyrighted work for private …


Fair Use In American And Continental Laws, Omar M.A. Obeidat Jan 1997

Fair Use In American And Continental Laws, Omar M.A. Obeidat

LLM Theses and Essays

Intellectual property, unlike tangible property, does not exclusively occupy one place at a designated time. Instead, intellectual property is composed of information which can be reproduced or used in multiple places at any given time. This fundamental difference between intellectual and tangible property is reflected in the legal provisions that regulate these types of property. There are two dominant theories that justify the legal protection of intellectual property: the individualistic European approach, and the commercial Anglo-American approach. Under the European approach, the protection of the creation is a natural right guaranteed to the author. In other words, natural law guarantees …


The First Amendment Status Of Commercial Speech: Why The Fcc Regulations Implementing The Telephone Consumer Protection Act Of 1991 Are Unconstitutional, Deborah L. Hamilton Jun 1996

The First Amendment Status Of Commercial Speech: Why The Fcc Regulations Implementing The Telephone Consumer Protection Act Of 1991 Are Unconstitutional, Deborah L. Hamilton

Michigan Law Review

This Note considers the constitutionality of the FCC's regulations implementing the no-recorded-message provision of the 1991 TCPA and concludes that they violate the First Amendment because they impermissibly distinguish between commercial and noncommercial speech. Part I explains the structure of the FCC's recorded-message regulations and demonstrates that the regulations explicitly distinguish commercial recorded messages from other recorded messages. Part II examines First Amendment protection for commercial speech in light of three 1993 Supreme Court decisions that restructured commercial speech doctrine by holding that the government can single out commercial speech for regulation only in response to a distinct harm arising …


Religious Liberty And Fair Housing: Must A Landlord Rent Against His Conscience, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (1996), James C. Geoly, Kevin R. Gustafson Jan 1996

Religious Liberty And Fair Housing: Must A Landlord Rent Against His Conscience, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (1996), James C. Geoly, Kevin R. Gustafson

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pulling The Plug: Controversial Programming On Public Access Television And The Cable Television Consumer Protection And Competition Act Of 1992, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 399 (1995), Bradley J. Howard Jan 1995

Pulling The Plug: Controversial Programming On Public Access Television And The Cable Television Consumer Protection And Competition Act Of 1992, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 399 (1995), Bradley J. Howard

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Information Superhighway Or Technological Sewer: What Will It Be?, Robert W. Peters Dec 1994

Information Superhighway Or Technological Sewer: What Will It Be?, Robert W. Peters

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Second Chance, Newton N. Minow Dec 1994

Second Chance, Newton N. Minow

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


In The Battle Over Tv Violence, The Communications Act Should Be Cheered, Not Changed!, Carl R. Ramey Dec 1994

In The Battle Over Tv Violence, The Communications Act Should Be Cheered, Not Changed!, Carl R. Ramey

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Fairness And The Public Trustee Concept: Time To Move On, Henry Geller Oct 1994

Fairness And The Public Trustee Concept: Time To Move On, Henry Geller

Federal Communications Law Journal

Symposium: The Transformation of Television News


"Rejecting The Parasite And Motivating The Laggard". A Constitutional Analysis Of The District Of Columbia's Aggressive Panhandling Statute, Katherine S. Broderick Mar 1994

"Rejecting The Parasite And Motivating The Laggard". A Constitutional Analysis Of The District Of Columbia's Aggressive Panhandling Statute, Katherine S. Broderick

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Delicate Balance: Bill 10-77 And Protecting Access To Abortion Clinics And Anti-Abortion Protesters' Right To Demonstrate, Rudolph Schreiber Mar 1994

A Delicate Balance: Bill 10-77 And Protecting Access To Abortion Clinics And Anti-Abortion Protesters' Right To Demonstrate, Rudolph Schreiber

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abortion On The Air: Broadcasters And Indecent Political Advertising, Milagros Rivera-Sanchez, Paul H. Gates Jr. Mar 1994

Abortion On The Air: Broadcasters And Indecent Political Advertising, Milagros Rivera-Sanchez, Paul H. Gates Jr.

Federal Communications Law Journal

Section 315(a) of the Communications Act--the anti-censorship provision--allows for the presentation of candidates' unvarnished positions on issues important to the voting public. In the 1990s, ads centered around abortion caused a collision between the interests of political candidates and broadcasters. The Article reviews broadcasters' attempts to use the indecency provisions of the Communications Act to channel controversial political advertisements. The Authors conclude that airing potentially indecent political ads is unlikely to result in sanctions for broadcasters.


The Children's Hour Revisited: The Children's Television Act Of 1990, Diane Aden Hayes Mar 1994

The Children's Hour Revisited: The Children's Television Act Of 1990, Diane Aden Hayes

Federal Communications Law Journal

The Children's Television Act of 1990 was created to reduce advertising during children's programming and increase the number of educational programs for children. But by 1993 media watchers found that violations were frequent, and that what was purported to be educational television was often little more than cartoons. This Note argues that the apparent failure of the Act stems primarily from its vague standards. To correct these problems, more explicit regulations are necessary. Because new regulations can only go so far before they invade broadcasters' First Amendment rights, broadcasters and the FCC will have to compromise to create a workable …


The Cable-Telco Cross-Ownership Prohibition: First Amendment Infringement Through Obsolescence, Michael G. Oxley Dec 1993

The Cable-Telco Cross-Ownership Prohibition: First Amendment Infringement Through Obsolescence, Michael G. Oxley

Federal Communications Law Journal

Since 1970, the FCC has prohibited all telephone companies from providing video programming in their local service areas. The primary rationale behind this prohibition was to promote the cable industry. Since 1984, however, the cable industry has seen tremendous growth with very little competition. New technology and market demands have now necessitated a reevaluation of the ban on cable-telco cross-ownership. The Author argues that with the changes that have occurred in the marketplace, the ban is now both an invalid prior restraint and an infringement on commercial expression and thus a violation of the First Amendment rights of telephone companies. …


The Cable Act And Municipal Ownership: A Growing First Amendment Confrontation, Carl R. Ramey Dec 1993

The Cable Act And Municipal Ownership: A Growing First Amendment Confrontation, Carl R. Ramey

Federal Communications Law Journal

In many communities across the nation cable subscribers depend on government-owned cable television systems for their communication services. This phenomenon may have started out to be fairly insignificant, but as a result of the cable explosion, government ownership of cable systems presents a threat to free expression. Governmental overbuilding and direct competition with private cable service providers have been the subject of unsuccessful First Amendment challenges. The threat of government control of cable systems, though, is potentially dramatic and poses serious First Amendment questions. The Author concludes that private ownership should be encouraged, and public ownership should only be allowed …


The Television Violence Act Of 1990: A New Program For Government Censorship?, Julia W. Schlegel Dec 1993

The Television Violence Act Of 1990: A New Program For Government Censorship?, Julia W. Schlegel

Federal Communications Law Journal

The Television Violence Act of 1990 is designed to encourage the networks, the cable industry, and independent stations to reduce the amount of violence currently shown on television. To accomplish this goal, the Act grants a three-year antitrust exemption to the television industry so that it may meet and develop joint standards aimed at reducing the amount of violence currently shown on television. The Act's sponsor, Senator Paul Simon, emphasized that the Act simply encouraged the broadcast industry to set standards; it did not require them to do so. However, in December 1992, when the television industry had still not …


Black And White Images, John H. Garvey Jan 1993

Black And White Images, John H. Garvey

Scholarly Articles

In 1989 the National Endowment for the Arts (the "NEA") caused a stir by funding two exhibitions of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano. The pictures were vulgar and irreverent, and many people thought that the NEA should not sponsor them with tax money. Whether the NEA can actually control the content of speech that it pays for is a hard First Amendment question. I want to look at how Congress has tried to answer it. Congress seriously considered two solutions, and adopted one of them in 1990. Both rely on analogies drawn from the area of race relations. …


Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law Of Obscenity And The Assault On Genius, Chapter 30, Edward De Grazia Jan 1993

Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law Of Obscenity And The Assault On Genius, Chapter 30, Edward De Grazia

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Belief/Conduct Paradigm In The Supreme Court's Free Exercise Jurisprudence: A Theological Account Of The Failure To Protect Religious Conduct, Marci A. Hamilton Jan 1993

The Belief/Conduct Paradigm In The Supreme Court's Free Exercise Jurisprudence: A Theological Account Of The Failure To Protect Religious Conduct, Marci A. Hamilton

Articles

No abstract provided.


The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn Mar 1992

The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

This article does two things: it articulates a vision and it lays out a specific blueprint. The core of the vision regards legal representation as "a form of enfranchisement, as an attempt to institutionalize the functions of dissent and criticism, and as a means of revitalizing the democratic process." This explains why the article triggered a movement that was perceived as going beyond the orthodox delivery of legal aid. While others legislate or purport to breath life into the democratic process, lawyers, in their unique role as advocates, discharge a constitutionally protected role. And in light of the retaliation to …


On The Brink: The First Amendment In The Rehnquist Court, 1990-91 Term, Joel Gora Jan 1992

On The Brink: The First Amendment In The Rehnquist Court, 1990-91 Term, Joel Gora

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Banning Broadcasting – A Transatlantic Perspective, Geoffrey Bennett, Russel L. Weaver Jan 1992

Banning Broadcasting – A Transatlantic Perspective, Geoffrey Bennett, Russel L. Weaver

Journal Articles

The British Government's decision to prohibit radio and television networks from airing interviews or statements by members of certain Northern Ireland organizations, or by allies and sympathizers of such organizations (the Broadcasting Ban or Ban) is analyzed in context. From an analysis of the Ban, some conclusions are drawn about the nature of judicial review.


Foreword, David Rudenstine Jun 1991

Foreword, David Rudenstine

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor, Management, And The First Amendment: Whose Rights Are These, Anyway?, Richard Michael Fischl Feb 1989

Labor, Management, And The First Amendment: Whose Rights Are These, Anyway?, Richard Michael Fischl

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Privacy, Pornography, And The Supreme Court, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 755 (1988), Richard F. Hixson Jan 1988

Privacy, Pornography, And The Supreme Court, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 755 (1988), Richard F. Hixson

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts On The Historical Origins Of The United States Constitution And The Establishment Clause, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 239 (1988), Marvin E. Aspen Jan 1988

Some Thoughts On The Historical Origins Of The United States Constitution And The Establishment Clause, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 239 (1988), Marvin E. Aspen

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hard-Core Pornography: A Proposal For A Per Se Rule, Bruce A. Taylor Jan 1988

Hard-Core Pornography: A Proposal For A Per Se Rule, Bruce A. Taylor

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Part I of this Article discusses the history and pervasiveness of the pornography problem. Part II explains the current legal test for obscenity, as evolved from Miller v. California, with an emphasis on terms commonly used in the definition of obscenity. Part III examines the problems in applying Miller that suggest that the application of a per se hard-core pornography rule may be appropriate. Finally, Part IV presents a proposal for a per se hard-core pornography rule, similar to child pornography laws existing in many jurisdictions and upheld by the Supreme Court in New York v. Ferber. This Article concludes …