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The Continuing Threshold Test For Free Exercise Claims, Andy G. Olree Oct 2008

The Continuing Threshold Test For Free Exercise Claims, Andy G. Olree

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

When a claimant challenges some governmental law or action under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, courts have long required the claimant to make out a prima facie case that the government has burdened the exercise of the claimant's sincerely held religious beliefs. This requirement has been referred to as the threshold test for free exercise claims, since claimants must make this showing as a threshold matter before courts will proceed to evaluate the burden and the governmental interest at stake under some standard of scrutiny. This Article argues that although the Supreme Court of the United States …


Civil Procedure And The Establishment Clause: Exploring The Ministerial Exception, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, And The Freedom Of The Church, Gregory A. Kalscheur Oct 2008

Civil Procedure And The Establishment Clause: Exploring The Ministerial Exception, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, And The Freedom Of The Church, Gregory A. Kalscheur

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

What sort of defense is provided by the ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims? The ministerial exception bars civil courts from reviewing the decisions of religious organizations regarding the employment of their ministerial employees. While the exception itself is widely recognized by courts, there is confusion with respect to the proper characterization of the defense provided by the exception: should it be seen as a subject matter jurisdiction defense, or as a challenge to the legal sufficiency of the plaintiff's claim? This Article argues that articulating the right answer to this question of civil procedure is crucial to a proper …


Possession Is Nine Tenths Of The Law: But Who Really Owns A Church's Property In The Wake Of A Religious Split Within A Hierarchical Church?, Meghaan Cecilia Mcelroy Oct 2008

Possession Is Nine Tenths Of The Law: But Who Really Owns A Church's Property In The Wake Of A Religious Split Within A Hierarchical Church?, Meghaan Cecilia Mcelroy

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Clear And Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, And The First Amendment, Peter Margulies Oct 2008

The Clear And Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, And The First Amendment, Peter Margulies

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The State Of The First Amendment, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

The State Of The First Amendment, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


The Fleeting Expletives Case, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

The Fleeting Expletives Case, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


The Press And Preemptive Arrests, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

The Press And Preemptive Arrests, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Meatspaces, Cyberspaces, And (Relative) Expressive Freedom, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

Meatspaces, Cyberspaces, And (Relative) Expressive Freedom, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Expression Elsewhere, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

Freedom Of Expression Elsewhere, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


The Political Conventions And The First Amendment, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

The Political Conventions And The First Amendment, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


The Reaction To Convention Militarization, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

The Reaction To Convention Militarization, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Pole Dancing: The New Pilates?, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

Pole Dancing: The New Pilates?, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Porn Air, Timothy Zick Sep 2008

Porn Air, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


Academic Speech In The Post-Garcetti Environment, Robert M. O'Neil Sep 2008

Academic Speech In The Post-Garcetti Environment, Robert M. O'Neil

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


When Are Public Employees Not Really Public Employees - In The Aftermath Of Garcetti V. Ceballos, Ramona L. Paetzold Sep 2008

When Are Public Employees Not Really Public Employees - In The Aftermath Of Garcetti V. Ceballos, Ramona L. Paetzold

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Government Workers And Government Speech, Helen Norton Sep 2008

Government Workers And Government Speech, Helen Norton

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Drafting The Priests Of Our Democracy To Serve The Diplomatic, Informational, Military & Economic Dimensions Of Power, Robin Barnes Sep 2008

Drafting The Priests Of Our Democracy To Serve The Diplomatic, Informational, Military & Economic Dimensions Of Power, Robin Barnes

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Contents, First Amendment Law Review Sep 2008

Contents, First Amendment Law Review

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Against Legislation: Garcetti V. Ceballos And The Pradox Of Statutory Protection For Public Employees, Ruben J. Garcia Sep 2008

Against Legislation: Garcetti V. Ceballos And The Pradox Of Statutory Protection For Public Employees, Ruben J. Garcia

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Academic Freedom And The Post-Garcetti Blues, Sheldon Nahmod Sep 2008

Academic Freedom And The Post-Garcetti Blues, Sheldon Nahmod

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Garcetti'S Impact On The First Amendment Speech Rights Of Federal Employees, Paul M. Secunda Sep 2008

Garcetti'S Impact On The First Amendment Speech Rights Of Federal Employees, Paul M. Secunda

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Search Commission - Access, Fairness, And Accountability In The Law Of Search, Frank Pasquale, Oren Bracha Sep 2008

Federal Search Commission - Access, Fairness, And Accountability In The Law Of Search, Frank Pasquale, Oren Bracha

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Balancing Individual And Societal Interests Under The First Amendment: How The Eighth Circuit Saved Fantasy Baseball, Salvatore Vetrini Sep 2008

Balancing Individual And Societal Interests Under The First Amendment: How The Eighth Circuit Saved Fantasy Baseball, Salvatore Vetrini

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.


Morse V. Frederick: Evaluating A Supreme Hit To Students' First Amendment Rights, Kellie A. Cairns Sep 2008

Morse V. Frederick: Evaluating A Supreme Hit To Students' First Amendment Rights, Kellie A. Cairns

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.


If Obscenity Were To Discriminate, Barry P. Mcdonald Aug 2008

If Obscenity Were To Discriminate, Barry P. Mcdonald

NULR Online

No abstract provided.


Is Worship A Unique Subject Or A Way Of Approaching Many Different Subjects? Two Recent Decisions That Attempt To Answer This Question Set The Second And Ninth Circuits On A Course Toward State Entanglement With Religion, John Tyler Jul 2008

Is Worship A Unique Subject Or A Way Of Approaching Many Different Subjects? Two Recent Decisions That Attempt To Answer This Question Set The Second And Ninth Circuits On A Course Toward State Entanglement With Religion, John Tyler

Mercer Law Review

Does exclusion of worship services from a limited public forum constitute discrimination on the basis of viewpoint or subject matter? Is worship a unique subject matter or a way of expressing views on many different subjects? And if worship is a unique subject matter, what expressive activities fall within that category? In other words, what is the legal definition of worship?

These are the questions that the United States Supreme Court's seminal decision in Good News Club v. Milford Central School left unanswered. Good News Club was a case from New York that involved a constitutional challenge to the local …


Where's The Harm?: Free Speech And The Regulation Of Lies, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky Jul 2008

Where's The Harm?: Free Speech And The Regulation Of Lies, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

UF Law Faculty Publications

False factual information has no First Amendment value, and yet the United States Supreme Court has accorded lies a measure of First Amendment protection. The First Amendment imposes something in the nature of a presumption against government interference in public discourse. This presumption is rooted in suspicion of the State's ability to distinguish facts from falsehoods as well as its motives for doing so. However, the presumption against regulation of false speech is not absolute. It can be overcome when verifiably false speech poses a direct threat of harm to individual interests. Unlike other countries, the United States has never …


Standing Room Only: Federal Taxpayers Denied Standing To Challenge President's Faith-Based Programs In Hein V. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Patricia Mary Quinlan Jul 2008

Standing Room Only: Federal Taxpayers Denied Standing To Challenge President's Faith-Based Programs In Hein V. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Patricia Mary Quinlan

Mercer Law Review

During the 2006-2007 Term, the United States Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether federal taxpayers have standing to challenge the constitutionality of executive expenditures that allegedly violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., the plaintiffs, asserting standing based on their status as federal taxpayers, objected to the use of congressional appropriations to fund a faith-based program created by President George W. Bush as a violation of the Establishment Clause. Although no single analysis commanded five votes, a majority of the Court agreed to dismiss the case for lack …


Eclecticism, Nelson Tebbe Jul 2008

Eclecticism, Nelson Tebbe

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This short piece comments on Kent Greenawalt's new book, Religion and the Constitution: Establishment and Fairness. It argues that although Greenawalt's eclectic approach carries certain obvious costs, his theory cannot be evaluated without comparing its advantages and disadvantages to those of its competitors. It concludes by giving some sense of what that comparative calculus might look like.


Regulation Of Blog Campaign Advocacy On The Internet: Comparing U.S., German, And Eu Approaches, Allison R. Hayward Jul 2008

Regulation Of Blog Campaign Advocacy On The Internet: Comparing U.S., German, And Eu Approaches, Allison R. Hayward

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

This essay examines how U.S., German, and EU laws have treated the regulation of political commentary on the Internet. As political blogging grows in popularity, the reach of these web sites, and their influence in political campaigns, may make them a target for regulation by rivals and incumbents, both at home and abroad. Since ordinarily any URL can be reached from anywhere with Internet access, conflicting domestic rules about what can be said (and who can say it) present potential for conflicting rules on blogging.

In brief, U.S. law protects blogging content, but may impose restrictions on the source of …