In Defense Of "Super Pacs" And Of The First Amendment,
2013
Brooklyn Law School
In Defense Of "Super Pacs" And Of The First Amendment, Joel Gora
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Allocation Of New Top-Level Domain Names And The Effect Upon Religious Freedom, 12 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 697 (2013),
2013
UIC School of Law
Allocation Of New Top-Level Domain Names And The Effect Upon Religious Freedom, 12 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 697 (2013), N. Cameron Russell
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
The monopoly provided when trademark protection is given to a religious name is in direct tension with an individual’s right to freedom of religion. One’s ability to freely use a particular religious name in spiritual practice, and to identify one’s belief system with the words that commonly describe it, are weakened when trademark law designates just one owner. This Article explores the impact of the impending issuance of brand new top-level domains utilizing religious names, and how the providing of an exclusive right for one entity to govern over a religious top-level domain, in addition to the existence of a …
Contents,
2013
University of North Carolina School of Law
From Berne To Beijing: A Critical Perspective,
2013
Vanderbilt University Law School
From Berne To Beijing: A Critical Perspective, David Lange
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Remarking on the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances at the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law's Symposium, From Berne to Beijing, Professor Lange expressed general misgivings about exercising the Treaty Power in ways that alter the nature of US copyright law and impinge on other constitutional rights. This edited version of those Remarks explains Professor Lange's preference for legislation grounded squarely in the traditional jurisprudence of the Copyright Clause, the First Amendment, and the public domain, and his preference for contracting around established expectations rather than reworking default rules through treaties. It continues by exploring the particular costs associated …
A Requiem For Protest: Anglo-American Perspectives On Protest Post-9/11, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (2013),
2013
UIC School of Law
A Requiem For Protest: Anglo-American Perspectives On Protest Post-9/11, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (2013), Christopher Newman
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Religious Freedom Legislation In The 2013 Virginia General Assembly,
2013
University of Richmond
Religious Freedom Legislation In The 2013 Virginia General Assembly, Ellis M. West
Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest
This article consists of the following sections: Section one presents the content of the proposed amendment and explains the ways in which it is unclear, redundant, and otherwise poorly written. Section two addresses the issue of whether the provisions intended to protect religious expression, including prayer, are necessary and can solve the problems they are intended to solve. It also identifies the crucial challenge in cases involving religious expression - namely, determining correctly whether it is the government or a private individual or group that is expressing or promoting a religious belief or practice. This determination must be made because …
Cyber Bullying And Free Speech: Striking An Age-Appropriate Balance,
2013
University of Texas
Cyber Bullying And Free Speech: Striking An Age-Appropriate Balance, Raul R. Calvoz, Bradley W. Davis, Mark A. Gooden
Cleveland State Law Review
Cyber bullying has generally been dealt with by the courts using one of two legal analyses: the “true threats” doctrine, or the Tinker substantial disruption test. This law review, the Cleveland State Law Review, recently published Anti-Cyber Bullying Statutes: Threat to Student Free Speech (referred to herein as “the Threat to Speech article”), which addressed these two theories, and argued that the current evolution of cyber bullying legislation simply goes too far. For example, Hayward states Anti-cyber bullying laws are the greatest threat to student speech because they seek to censor it anytime it occurs, using “substantial disruption” of school …
Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred In Not Revisiting Citizens United,
2013
George Washington University Law School
Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred In Not Revisiting Citizens United, William Alan Nelson Ii
Cleveland State Law Review
The Article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in Western Tradition Partnership v. AG and not revisiting its holding in Citizens United v. FEC. The Article begins by discussing the holding in the Western Tradition Partnership case and analyzing both the majority and dissenting opinions. The Article then analyzes how the Montana Supreme Court distinguished Citizens United, with the Court specifically looking at the “unique” political history in Montana and finding that Montana’s ban on corporate independent political spending served a compelling state interest and was narrowly tailored to that interest. The …
Symmetry For Symmetry’S Sake: Why Bose Does Not Require Independent Review Of A Trial Court’S First-Amendment-Favorable Findings Of Fact,
2013
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Symmetry For Symmetry’S Sake: Why Bose Does Not Require Independent Review Of A Trial Court’S First-Amendment-Favorable Findings Of Fact, Joshua Wurtzel
Cardozo Law Review de•novo
This Note argues that Bose does not support the symmetrical application of independent review of facts by appellate courts in First Amendment cases, regardless of whether the First Amendment claimant won or lost below. While symmetrical procedures and results may be desirable in most parts of the law, symmetry is not required where that symmetry will inhibit a greater constitutional interest. In the independent review context, symmetrical application of Bose results in the reversal of First Amendment wins that would otherwise be upheld under clear error review. This result is clearly antithetical to Bose’s purpose of enhancing First Amendment protections.
Docs Versus Glocks: N.R.A. Takes Aim At Florida Physicians’ Freedom Of Speech: Leaving Patients’ Health, Safety, And Welfare At Risk,
2013
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Docs Versus Glocks: N.R.A. Takes Aim At Florida Physicians’ Freedom Of Speech: Leaving Patients’ Health, Safety, And Welfare At Risk, Michelle Foody
Cardozo Law Review de•novo
Part I of this Note provides background on the Act at issue, its legislative history, the current status of the Supreme Court’s free speech jurisprudence, and it also introduces the constitutional interests at stake. Part II considers the constitutionality of the Act under the existing First Amendment standard and addresses the State’s assertions under the Second Amendment. Part III proposes that the Court’s standard ought to be recalibrated, taking into account the would-be listeners’ cognizable interest in the information. Part III goes on to legitimate the proposal by reconciling this new examination standard with existing free speech jurisprudence and justifications, …
Finding Reality In The Right Of Publicity,
2013
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Finding Reality In The Right Of Publicity, Lindsay Korotkin
Cardozo Law Review de•novo
This Note takes a critical look at the right of publicity in the context of the growth of the reality television industry and, for strong policy reasons, proposes a broad fair use defense to limit reality television stars’ right of publicity claims. Part I traces the formulation of the right to privacy at common law and the development of the right of publicity as a right distinct from privacy. Part II discusses whom the right of publicity protects, what reality television is, and how reality television stars are different from talent-based celebrities. Part III examines how broad publicity protection can …
What Is The Meaning Of Like: The First Amendment Implications Of Social-Media Expression,
2013
American University Washington College of Law
What Is The Meaning Of Like: The First Amendment Implications Of Social-Media Expression, Ira Robbins
Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals
Everywhere the Internet goes, new legal problems are sure to follow. As social media expands and infiltrates our daily lives, society must grapple with how to extend the law to modern situations. This problem becomes increasingly pressing as more and more of our social interactions take place online. For example, Facebook has become a colossal gathering place for friends, families, co-workers, frenemies, and others to disseminate their ideas and share information. Sometimes Facebook replaces old institutions; other times it augments them. Where once a neighbor would show allegiance to a political candidate by staking a sign on the front lawn, …
Lefemine V. Wideman: Entrenching Judicial Confusion And Beckoning A More Streamlined Analysis Of First Amendment Violations In The Anti-Abortion Protest Context,
2013
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Lefemine V. Wideman: Entrenching Judicial Confusion And Beckoning A More Streamlined Analysis Of First Amendment Violations In The Anti-Abortion Protest Context, Blake Lauren Walsh
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
University Imprimaturs On Student Speech: The Certification Cases,
2013
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
University Imprimaturs On Student Speech: The Certification Cases, Emily Gold Waldman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The Article begins in Part I by describing these three student speech cases and then examining what makes them a distinct category within the larger student speech landscape. As I discuss, the student speech framework was largely developed by the Supreme Court in the K-12 public school context. Conflicts over student speech in universities, in turn, have generally centered on the extent to which the K-12 framework should carry over to the higher education context, given the greater independence and maturity of university students. Recent cases about universities' ability to control student publications, for example, fall into this mold, with …
Outing The Majority: Gay Rights, Public Debate, And Polarization After Doe V. Reed,
2013
University of Michigan Law School
Outing The Majority: Gay Rights, Public Debate, And Polarization After Doe V. Reed, Marc Allen
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
In 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Doe v. Reed that Washington citizens who signed a petition to eliminate legal rights for LGBT couples did not have a right to keep their names secret. A year later, in ProtectMarriage.com v. Bowen, a district court in California partially relied on Reed to reject a similar request from groups who lobbied for California Proposition 8-a constitutional amendment that overturned the California Supreme Court's landmark 2008 gay marriage decision. These holdings are important to election law, feminist, and first amendment scholars for a number of reasons. First, they flip the traditional …
Baring Inequality: Revisiting The Legalization Debate Through The Lens Of Strippers' Rights,
2013
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
Baring Inequality: Revisiting The Legalization Debate Through The Lens Of Strippers' Rights, Sheerine Alemzadeh
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
The debate over legalization of prostitution has fractured the feminist legal community for over a quarter century. Pro-legalization advocates promote the benefits attending government regulation of prostitution, including the ability to better prosecute sex crimes, increase public health and educational resources for individuals in the commercial sex trade, and apply labor and safety regulations to the commercial sex industry in the same manner as they are applied to other businesses. Some anti-legalization advocates identify themselves as "new abolitionists," and argue that government recognition of prostitution reinforces gender inequality. Often, this debate is framed in the hypothetical: What would happen if …
The North Carolina Woman’S Right To Know Act: An Unconstitutional Infringement On A Physician’S First Amendment Right To Free Speech,
2013
University of Michigan Law School
The North Carolina Woman’S Right To Know Act: An Unconstitutional Infringement On A Physician’S First Amendment Right To Free Speech, Ryan Bakelaar
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
The North Carolina Woman’s Right to Know Act represents the crossroads of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment, informed consent, and abortion-related jurisprudence. The Act requires physicians to perform an obstetric ultrasound, verbally convey specific information regarding ultrasonographic findings, and communicate a host of other information to patients seeking abortions. The purported goal of the Act is to ensure that physicians obtain appropriate informed consent from such patients. By compelling a physician to convey this information, the State violates the physician’s First Amendment rights. Indeed, the State may not compel an individual to convey the State’s ideological message. Further, any statute …
Algorithms And Speech,
2013
Duke Law School
Algorithms And Speech, Stuart M. Benjamin
Faculty Scholarship
One of the central questions in free speech jurisprudence is what activities the First Amendment encompasses. This Article considers that question in the context of an area of increasing importance – algorithm-based decisions. I begin by looking to broadly accepted legal sources, which for the First Amendment means primarily Supreme Court jurisprudence. That jurisprudence provides for very broad First Amendment coverage, and the Court has reinforced that breadth in recent cases. Under the Court’s jurisprudence the First Amendment (and the heightened scrutiny it entails) would apply to many algorithm-based decisions, specifically those entailing substantive communications. We could of course adopt …
Striking A Balance Between Privacy And Online Commerce,
2013
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Striking A Balance Between Privacy And Online Commerce, Mark Bartholomew
Utah OnLaw: The Utah Law Review Online Supplement
It is becoming commonplace to note that privacy and online commerce are on a collision course. Corporate entities archive and monetize more and more personal information. Citizens increasingly resent the intrusive nature of such data collection and use. Just noticing this conflict, however, tells us little. In Informing and Reforming the Marketplace of Ideas: The Public-Private Model for Data Production and the First Amendment, Professor Shubha Ghosh not only notes the tension between the costs and benefits of data commercialization, but suggests three normative perspectives for balancing privacy and commercial speech. This is valuable because without a rich theoretical framework …
Compelled Investigatory And Testimonial Speech: An Overdue Clarification Of The Public Employee Speech Doctrine That Rehabilitates "All Of The Values At Stake",
2013
University of Kentucky
Compelled Investigatory And Testimonial Speech: An Overdue Clarification Of The Public Employee Speech Doctrine That Rehabilitates "All Of The Values At Stake", Molly K. Smith
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
