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The Charitable Choice Program And The Lown Case: A Reasonable Solution, Matthew Strabone Sep 2006

The Charitable Choice Program And The Lown Case: A Reasonable Solution, Matthew Strabone

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Establishing Anti-Foundationalism Through The Pledge Of Allegiance Cases, Anthony R. Picarello Jr. Sep 2006

Establishing Anti-Foundationalism Through The Pledge Of Allegiance Cases, Anthony R. Picarello Jr.

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Tough Pill To Swallow: Does The First Amendment Prohibit Wv From Regulating Pharmaceutical Companies' Advertising Expenses To Lower The Cost Of Prescription Drugs?, Brienne Taylor Greiner Sep 2006

A Tough Pill To Swallow: Does The First Amendment Prohibit Wv From Regulating Pharmaceutical Companies' Advertising Expenses To Lower The Cost Of Prescription Drugs?, Brienne Taylor Greiner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Most Important Right We Think We Have But Don't: Freedom From Religious Discrimination In Education, Kenneth L. Marcus Sep 2006

The Most Important Right We Think We Have But Don't: Freedom From Religious Discrimination In Education, Kenneth L. Marcus

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Media Influence And The Modern American Democracy: Why The First Amendment Compels Regulation Of Media Ownership, Sean Michael Mcguire Aug 2006

Media Influence And The Modern American Democracy: Why The First Amendment Compels Regulation Of Media Ownership, Sean Michael Mcguire

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that the First Amendment necessitates government regulation of media ownership to safeguard democracy. It posits that while the First Amendment initially protected against government interference, evolving societal and technological changes require active regulation to ensure a diverse "marketplace of ideas." The author contends that without such regulation, media consolidation leads to a decline in viewpoint diversity, diminished content quality, and undue corporate influence, undermining democratic discourse.


Concurring In Part & Concurring In The Confusion, Sonja R. West Aug 2006

Concurring In Part & Concurring In The Confusion, Sonja R. West

Scholarly Works

When a federal appellate court decided last year that two reporters must either reveal their confidential sources to a grand jury or face jail time, the court did not hesitate in relying on the majority opinion in the Supreme Court's sole comment on the reporter's privilege--Branzburg v. Hayes. "The Highest Court has spoken and never revisited the question. Without doubt, that is the end of the matter," Judge Sentelle wrote for the three-judge panel on the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. By this declaration, the court dismissed with a wave of its judicial hand the arguments …


The Religious Origins Of Disestablishment Principles, Marci A. Hamilton, Rachel Steamer Jun 2006

The Religious Origins Of Disestablishment Principles, Marci A. Hamilton, Rachel Steamer

Articles

No abstract provided.


Student Speech Rights In The Modern Era, Brett Thompson May 2006

Student Speech Rights In The Modern Era, Brett Thompson

Mercer Law Review

Many things have changed since the United States Supreme Court's last major student speech case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, was decided in 1988. In 1999 a tragic school shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado. During that same time period, there were a number of other occurrences of major violence at public schools. Since then, schools and legislatures have scrambled to prevent the occurrence of similar incidents. For example, a number of states have enacted anti-bullying statutes. Some were motivated to do so by a U.S. Secret Service report indicating that bullying played a role in many …


Protecting Islam's Garden From The Wilderness: Halal Fraud Statutes And The First Amendment, Elijah L. Milne May 2006

Protecting Islam's Garden From The Wilderness: Halal Fraud Statutes And The First Amendment, Elijah L. Milne

Journal of Food Law & Policy

Like all religions, Islam needs protection from governmental encroachment. As early as 1644, Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, recognized that state involvement in religious matters defiles religion. "When they have opened a gap in the hedge or wall of separation between the garden of [religion] and the wilderness of the world," wrote Williams, "God hath ever broke down the wall itself, removed the candlestick, and made His garden a wilderness ... ." Although Williams was mostly concerned about the government's impact on Christianity, his oft-quoted metaphor applies equally to the government's influence on Islam. This Article will discuss …


Testimony Before The House Committee On Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs, In Support Of H.R. 5037, The "Respect For America's Fallen Heroes Act,", David Forte Apr 2006

Testimony Before The House Committee On Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs, In Support Of H.R. 5037, The "Respect For America's Fallen Heroes Act,", David Forte

Law Faculty Presentations and Testimony

H.R. 5037, entitled the ”Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act,” seeks to limit ”certain demonstrations” in cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or on the property of Arlington National Cemetery. The bill defines what constitutes a demonstration disruptive of the memorial services or funerals being held in or within 500 feet of such cemeteries, but allows an exception for demonstrations on cemetery grounds if ” approved by the cemetery superintendent.” There are thus two constitutional issues to be confronted: (1) Does the ban on ”certain” demonstrations meet the requirements of First Amendment law as laid down in …


Freedom Of The Press Box: Classifying High School Athletes Under The Gertz Public Figure Doctrine, Jonathan Deem Apr 2006

Freedom Of The Press Box: Classifying High School Athletes Under The Gertz Public Figure Doctrine, Jonathan Deem

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulating Food Advertisements: Some First Amendment Issues, John M. A. Dipippa Apr 2006

Regulating Food Advertisements: Some First Amendment Issues, John M. A. Dipippa

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cutter And The Preferred Position Of The Free Exercise Clause, Steven Goldberg Apr 2006

Cutter And The Preferred Position Of The Free Exercise Clause, Steven Goldberg

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Speech And The Self-Governance Value, Brian C. Murchison Apr 2006

Speech And The Self-Governance Value, Brian C. Murchison

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


A Clearing In The Forest: Infusing The Labor Union Dues Dispute With First Amendment Values, Harry G. Hutchinson Apr 2006

A Clearing In The Forest: Infusing The Labor Union Dues Dispute With First Amendment Values, Harry G. Hutchinson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This article deploys public choice theory and postmodem identity claims to develop a far-reaching understanding of the union dues dispute, which suggests that the burden of proof on the existence of and/or the possibility of an enduring union community should be placed on proponents of this view. While the postmodern project can be seen as an unsettled approach that is riven by coherency issues, not the least, its insistence on offering the good without the true, it supplies modest benefits by revealing the conceivably infinite varieties of human preferences in contemporary America. The absence of preference convergence, understood from the …


Rethinking Regulation Of Advertising Aimed At Children, William A. Ramsey Apr 2006

Rethinking Regulation Of Advertising Aimed At Children, William A. Ramsey

Federal Communications Law Journal

In 1990, Congress passed the Children's Television Act ("CTA"), which directed the FCC to establish standards for broadcasters regarding the amount of children's programming aired and to enforce limits on the amount of commercial time aired during children's programming. The limits are meant to protect children from various harms caused by advertising aimed at children. This Note examines the constitutionality and the effectiveness of these commercial limits. The Note concludes that while the CTA's commercial limits are probably constitutional under the Court's test for regulations of commercial speech, the limits do not provide children with adequate protection from the harms …


The Court's Purpose: Secular Or Anti-Strife?, Bernadette Meyler Apr 2006

The Court's Purpose: Secular Or Anti-Strife?, Bernadette Meyler

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Property, Place, And Public Discourse, Timothy Zick Apr 2006

Property, Place, And Public Discourse, Timothy Zick

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Contents, First Amendment Law Review Mar 2006

Contents, First Amendment Law Review

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Holy Scriptures And Unholy Strictures: Why The Enforcement Of A Religious Orthodoxy In North Carolina Demands A More Refined Establishment Clause Analysis Of Courtroom Oaths, Daniel Blau Mar 2006

Holy Scriptures And Unholy Strictures: Why The Enforcement Of A Religious Orthodoxy In North Carolina Demands A More Refined Establishment Clause Analysis Of Courtroom Oaths, Daniel Blau

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Protecting Homosexual Rights: A Contradiction In First Amendment Jurisprudence, Quinn White Mar 2006

Protecting Homosexual Rights: A Contradiction In First Amendment Jurisprudence, Quinn White

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interpreting Commercial Speech Under The Lanham Act's Commercial Use Requirement: Tension Between Online Trademark And First Amendment Free Speech Rights, R. Kent Warren Mar 2006

Interpreting Commercial Speech Under The Lanham Act's Commercial Use Requirement: Tension Between Online Trademark And First Amendment Free Speech Rights, R. Kent Warren

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Velazquez V. Legal Services Corporation: Unconstitutional Conditions And First Amendment Rights Of Nonprofit Organizations And Their Donors, Edward Chaney Mar 2006

Velazquez V. Legal Services Corporation: Unconstitutional Conditions And First Amendment Rights Of Nonprofit Organizations And Their Donors, Edward Chaney

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulation Of Political Signs In Private Homeowner Associations: A New Approach, Brian J. Fleming Mar 2006

Regulation Of Political Signs In Private Homeowner Associations: A New Approach, Brian J. Fleming

Vanderbilt Law Review

The concept of the home as a zone of nearly unfettered individual liberty is one of the bedrock principles of American law and culture. Chief among the liberties safeguarded from governmental interference within this zone is freedom of speech, a liberty protected by the First Amendment. While the First Amendment prevents the government from infringing on an individual's speech in many settings, its protection is especially strong in the home. As Justice Stevens wrote in City of Ladue v. Gilleo, any attempt by the government to prohibit certain forms of speech in the home is so antithetical to our common …


A Missed Opportunity To Abandon The Reasonable Observer Framework In Sacred Text Cases: Mccreary County V. Aclu Of Kentucky And Van Orden V. Perry, Susan Hanley Kosse Mar 2006

A Missed Opportunity To Abandon The Reasonable Observer Framework In Sacred Text Cases: Mccreary County V. Aclu Of Kentucky And Van Orden V. Perry, Susan Hanley Kosse

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Neuroscience And The In Corpore-Ted First Amendment, Rodney J.S. Deaton Mar 2006

Neuroscience And The In Corpore-Ted First Amendment, Rodney J.S. Deaton

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hot Coffee And Freeze-Dried First Amendment Analysis: The Dubious Constitutionality Of Using Private Ratings For Public Regulation Of Video Games, William Cross Mar 2006

Hot Coffee And Freeze-Dried First Amendment Analysis: The Dubious Constitutionality Of Using Private Ratings For Public Regulation Of Video Games, William Cross

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Holy Moses: What Do We Do With The Ten Commandments?, Haynes Maier, Eric R. Mull Mar 2006

Holy Moses: What Do We Do With The Ten Commandments?, Haynes Maier, Eric R. Mull

Mercer Law Review

In McCreary County v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court held displays of the Ten Commandments in two county courthouses unconstitutional because the displays violated the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. However, in Van Orden v. Perry, the United States Supreme Court held that a display of the Ten Commandments on the Texas State Capitol grounds did not violate the Establishment Clause. This obvious contradiction does little to resolve the uncertainty of current Establishment Clause jurisprudence. In McCreary the Court reaffirmed the Establishment Clause test articulated in Lemon v. Kurtzman, while at the same time …


The Equal Protection Of Free Exercise: Two Approaches And Their History, Bernadette Meyler Mar 2006

The Equal Protection Of Free Exercise: Two Approaches And Their History, Bernadette Meyler

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Contrary to critics of the Supreme Court's current equal protection approach to religious liberty, this Article contends that, from the very first federal free exercise cases, the Equal Protection and Free Exercise Clauses have been mutually intertwined. The seeds of an equal protection analysis of free exercise were, indeed, planted even before the Fourteenth Amendment within the constitutional jurisprudence of the several states. Furthermore, this Article argues, equal protection approaches should not be uniformly disparaged. Rather, the drawbacks that commentators have observed result largely from the Supreme Court's application of an inadequate version of equal protection. By ignoring the lessons …


Establishment Clause Jurisprudence And The Free Exercise Dilemma: A Structural Unitary-Accommodationist Argument For The Constitutionality Of God In The Public Square, Carolyn A. Deverich Mar 2006

Establishment Clause Jurisprudence And The Free Exercise Dilemma: A Structural Unitary-Accommodationist Argument For The Constitutionality Of God In The Public Square, Carolyn A. Deverich

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.