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Revisiting User Control: The Emergence And Success Of A First Amendment Theory For The Internet Age, John B. Morris Jr., Cynthia M. Wong Sep 2009

Revisiting User Control: The Emergence And Success Of A First Amendment Theory For The Internet Age, John B. Morris Jr., Cynthia M. Wong

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Speech Regulation: Why An Injunction Should Be Permissible Under Workplace Discrimination But Is Problematic Under Defamation, Sarah Shyr Sep 2009

Speech Regulation: Why An Injunction Should Be Permissible Under Workplace Discrimination But Is Problematic Under Defamation, Sarah Shyr

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Teacher's Right To Remain Silent: Reasonable Accommodation Of Negative Speech Rights In The Classroom , Matthew Baker Sep 2009

A Teacher's Right To Remain Silent: Reasonable Accommodation Of Negative Speech Rights In The Classroom , Matthew Baker

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Media Subpoenas: Impact, Perception, And Legal Protection In The Changing World Of American Journalism, Ronnell Andersen Jones Aug 2009

Media Subpoenas: Impact, Perception, And Legal Protection In The Changing World Of American Journalism, Ronnell Andersen Jones

Washington Law Review

Forty years ago, at a time when the media were experiencing enormous professional change and a surge of subpoena activity, First Amendment scholar Vincent Blasi investigated the perceptions of members of the press and the impact of subpoenas within American newsrooms in a study that quickly came to be regarded as a watershed in media law. That empirical information is now a full generation old, and American journalism faces a new critical moment. The traditional press once again finds itself facing a surge of subpoenas and once again finds itself at a time of intense change—albeit on a different trajectory—as …


Introduction: The Paradox Of Informed Participation: What Universities Can Do For Freedom Of Information, Peter Molnar Jul 2009

Introduction: The Paradox Of Informed Participation: What Universities Can Do For Freedom Of Information, Peter Molnar

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that freedom of information (FOI) is a cornerstone of democratic societies, yet significant challenges persist in accessing information despite expanding legal frameworks. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing FOI as a fundamental human right and highlights the role of universities in promoting transparency and awareness through education and practical initiatives. The article also explores the "paradox of informed participation," where public engagement requires information that the public often lacks, and advocates for proactive measures to address this issue.


Regulating Hate And Racial Speech In Israel, Raphael Cohen-Almagor Jul 2009

Regulating Hate And Racial Speech In Israel, Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article explores the tension between regulating hate speech and protecting free expression in Israel, advocating for a balanced approach that allows legal intervention only when there is a clear and imminent threat of harm. It proposes a cautious use of legal measures, emphasizing education and counter-speech as preferred responses, while ensuring consistent regulation across all media platforms, including the internet.


What Can Be Done Against Cyber Hate? Freedom Of Speech Versus Hate Speech In The Council Of Europe, Isabelle Rorive Jul 2009

What Can Be Done Against Cyber Hate? Freedom Of Speech Versus Hate Speech In The Council Of Europe, Isabelle Rorive

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article examines the tension between freedom of speech and the regulation of hate speech on the internet, focusing on the challenges posed by conflicting international laws and jurisdictional issues. It highlights the Council of Europe's efforts to address cyber hate through legal frameworks like the Cybercrime Convention and the Additional Protocol, while discussing the limitations of these measures. The co-regulatory model, combining government oversight with private sector accountability, is presented as a potential solution, though concerns about censorship and free speech remain.


Protecting Freedom Of Expression: The Challenge Of Hate Speech In The European Court Of Human Rights Case Law, Mario Oetheimer Jul 2009

Protecting Freedom Of Expression: The Challenge Of Hate Speech In The European Court Of Human Rights Case Law, Mario Oetheimer

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article examines the European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) approach to balancing freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) with the need to combat hate speech. The Court systematically excludes certain forms of hate speech from protection, particularly racist and Holocaust denial speech, under Article 17, while affording strong protection to expression that contributes to public debate. The analysis highlights the Court's case-by-case approach, reliance on context, and the distinction between hate speech and incitement to violence.


Buying Back Elections: Extending Supreme Court Speech Limitations To Eliminate Leadership Pacs, Justin Luehman Jul 2009

Buying Back Elections: Extending Supreme Court Speech Limitations To Eliminate Leadership Pacs, Justin Luehman

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article critiques the current campaign finance system, arguing that the Supreme Court's interpretation of money as speech under the First Amendment has enabled undue influence by wealthy donors and political action committees (PACs), particularly leadership PACs. The author advocates for treating money as property rather than speech to allow stricter regulations and prevent corruption. By extending the "one person, one vote" principle to campaign finance, the article proposes a system where political influence is not dictated by wealth, ensuring equal representation and transparency.


First Amendment, Second Fiddle? Free Speech In New Hampshire‘S Constitution, Adam Rick Jun 2009

First Amendment, Second Fiddle? Free Speech In New Hampshire‘S Constitution, Adam Rick

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “A car dealer in Concord, New Hampshire recently challenged the city zoning board‘s denial of its application to replace its existing readerboard (with manually changeable letters) with an electronic sign. The dealer argued that the city‘s zoning ordinance, prohibiting “[s]igns which move or create an illusion of movement except those parts which solely indicate date, time, or temperature,” constituted an unconstitutional restriction on free speech under the First Amendment. The trial court agreed, but the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed, applying the Central Hudson test and finding that the ordinance reached no “broader than necessary to meet and advance …


Restraining False Light: Constitutional And Common Law Limits On A "Troublesome Tort", James B. Lake Jun 2009

Restraining False Light: Constitutional And Common Law Limits On A "Troublesome Tort", James B. Lake

Federal Communications Law Journal

The defamation tort is the common law's established remedy for false speech that causes reputational and emotional injury. That tort is subject to intricate constitutional, legislative, and common law rules that have evolved over decades. The false light invasion of privacy tort also provides a potential cause of action in response to injurious falsehood. False light, however, has been subject to much less judicial and legislative scrutiny than defamation. As a result, courts often are uncertain about the proper limits on false light and, in some cases, have countenanced false light claims that would have failed if filed as defamation …


Finding A Place For Embedded Advertising Without Eroding The First Amendment: An Analysis Of The Blurring Line Between Verisimilar Programming And Commercial Speech, Jacob J. Strain May 2009

Finding A Place For Embedded Advertising Without Eroding The First Amendment: An Analysis Of The Blurring Line Between Verisimilar Programming And Commercial Speech, Jacob J. Strain

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Conditions On Taking The Initiative: The First Amendment Implications Of Subject Matter Restrictions On Ballot Initiatives, Anna Skiba-Crafts May 2009

Conditions On Taking The Initiative: The First Amendment Implications Of Subject Matter Restrictions On Ballot Initiatives, Anna Skiba-Crafts

Michigan Law Review

Nearly half of U.S. states offer a ballot initiative process that citizens may use to pass legislation or constitutional amendments by a popular vote. Some states, however, impose substantive restrictions on the types of initiatives citizens may submit to the ballot for a vote-precluding, for example, initiatives lowering drug penalties or initiatives related to religion. Circuit courts are split on whether and how such restrictions implicate the First Amendment. This Note argues that-rather than limiting "expressive conduct" protected only minimally by the First Amendment, or limiting pure conduct that does not garner any First Amendment protectionsubject matter restrictions on ballot …


Guns And Speech Technologies: How The Right To Bear Arms Affects Copyright Regulations Of Speech Technologies, Edward Lee May 2009

Guns And Speech Technologies: How The Right To Bear Arms Affects Copyright Regulations Of Speech Technologies, Edward Lee

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article examines the possible effect the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller will have on future cases brought under the Free Press Clause.' Based on the text and history of the Constitution, the connection between the two Clauses is undeniable, as the Heller Court itself repeatedly suggested. Only two provisions in the entire Constitution protect individual rights to a technology: the Second Amendment's right to bear "arms" and the Free Press Clause's right to the freedom of the "press," meaning the printing press. Both rights were viewed, moreover, as pre-existing, natural rights to …


Zero-Sum Judicial Elections: Balancing Free Speech And Impartiality Through Recusal Reform, David K. Stott May 2009

Zero-Sum Judicial Elections: Balancing Free Speech And Impartiality Through Recusal Reform, David K. Stott

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Not Confused? Don't Be Troubled: Meeting The First Amendment Attack On Protection Of "Generic" Foreign Geographical Indications, Scott Danner May 2009

Not Confused? Don't Be Troubled: Meeting The First Amendment Attack On Protection Of "Generic" Foreign Geographical Indications, Scott Danner

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Whither Newspapers? Wither Newspapers?, Eric Easton Apr 2009

Whither Newspapers? Wither Newspapers?, Eric Easton

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Free Speech & (And) Election Law: Freedom Of Speech Vs. Anti-Discrimination Laws, David Bernstein, Andrew Koppelman, Kenneth L. Marcus, Eugene Volokh Apr 2009

Free Speech & (And) Election Law: Freedom Of Speech Vs. Anti-Discrimination Laws, David Bernstein, Andrew Koppelman, Kenneth L. Marcus, Eugene Volokh

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Establishing Inequality, Gene R. Nichol Apr 2009

Establishing Inequality, Gene R. Nichol

Michigan Law Review

Part I outlines Nussbaum's thesis and her similarly interesting, if perhaps not always completely consistent, applications of it. Part II touches on some challenges and potential shortcomings her theory presents-for clearly there are such. But, in Part III, I argue that her wide-ranging study of the work of the religion clauses nonetheless touches something residing at the core of American citizenship. No bosses. No masters. No insiders. None outcast. Finally, and far more idiosyncratically, in Part IV I explore and expand on Nussbaum's thesis in light of a modestly serious and rather public dispute over religious equality that occurred at …


Tinker And Viewpoint Discrimination, John E. Taylor Apr 2009

Tinker And Viewpoint Discrimination, John E. Taylor

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Egalitarian First Amendment: Its History And A Critique On The Grounds Of Text, Rights, Negative Liberty, And Our Republican Constitutional Structure, Zachary C. Larsen Apr 2009

The Egalitarian First Amendment: Its History And A Critique On The Grounds Of Text, Rights, Negative Liberty, And Our Republican Constitutional Structure, Zachary C. Larsen

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


A New Battleground For Free Speech: The Impact Of Snyder V. Phelps, Jason M. Dorsky Apr 2009

A New Battleground For Free Speech: The Impact Of Snyder V. Phelps, Jason M. Dorsky

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States put forth a set of constitutional amendments, ten of which would later become the Bill of Rights. The first of these amendments states, ―Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech . . . . In subsequent caselaw, the U.S. Supreme Court has applied this prohibition to the federal government, as well as state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment. Although this appears to be a simple standard to follow, history has proven otherwise, and …


Religion In The Workplace: A Report On The Layers Of Relevant Law In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne Apr 2009

Religion In The Workplace: A Report On The Layers Of Relevant Law In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Public's Domain In Trademark Law: A First Amendment Theory Of The Consumer, Laura A. Heymann Apr 2009

The Public's Domain In Trademark Law: A First Amendment Theory Of The Consumer, Laura A. Heymann

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Life Of The Mind And A Life Of Meaning: Reflections On Fahrenheit 451, Rodney A. Smolla Apr 2009

The Life Of The Mind And A Life Of Meaning: Reflections On Fahrenheit 451, Rodney A. Smolla

Michigan Law Review

Fahrenheit 451 still speaks to us, vibrantly and passionately, still haunts and vexes and disturbs. The novel has sold millions of copies, was reset for a fiftieth anniversary printing, and continues to be assigned reading in middle school, high school, and college courses. That power to endure is well worth contemplation, both for what it says about Ray Bradbury's literary imagination, and, more powerfully, for what it teaches us about our recent past, our present, and our own imagined future. First Amendment jurisprudence has taken giant leaps since Fahrenheit 451 was written, and American society has managed to avoid the …


Rationing The Infinite, Leonard M. Niehoff Apr 2009

Rationing The Infinite, Leonard M. Niehoff

Michigan Law Review

This Review raises a number of objections to Baker's arguments and proposals. Furthermore, this Review raises the fundamental question of whether Baker's central operating assumption-that media is a scarce resource that should be fairly distributed-remains timely in light of the far-reaching and fast-paced changes wrought by the internet. Nevertheless, this Review also recognizes that, as with Baker's prior works, Media Concentration and Democracy makes a serious contribution to the discussion of the political, social, and economic dynamics that challenge the existence of a strong and independent media. Media Concentration and Democracy does a better job of raising questions than of …


The Mother's Milk Of Politics Is Corrupting Absolutely, Dan Walker Mar 2009

The Mother's Milk Of Politics Is Corrupting Absolutely, Dan Walker

NULR Online

No abstract provided.


Student Speech In Public Schools: A Comprehensive Analytical Framework Based On The Role Of Public Schools In Democratic Education, Curtis G. Bentley Mar 2009

Student Speech In Public Schools: A Comprehensive Analytical Framework Based On The Role Of Public Schools In Democratic Education, Curtis G. Bentley

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Contents, First Amendment Law Review Mar 2009

Contents, First Amendment Law Review

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Punishing Public School Students For Bashing Principals, Teachers & Classmates In Cyberspace: The Speech Issue The Supreme Court Must Now Resolve, Clay Calvert Mar 2009

Punishing Public School Students For Bashing Principals, Teachers & Classmates In Cyberspace: The Speech Issue The Supreme Court Must Now Resolve, Clay Calvert

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.