Charter Schools, The Establishment Clause, And The Neoliberal Turn In Public Education,
2013
Fordham University School of Law
Charter Schools, The Establishment Clause, And The Neoliberal Turn In Public Education, Aaron J. Saiger
Faculty Scholarship
Regardless whether the American charter school can improve academic performance and provide effective alternatives to traditional public schools, its steady entrenchment as an institution portends significant, destabilizing changes across education law. In no area will its impact be more profound than the law of religion and schooling. Despite the general view that charter schools are public schools, charters’ neoliberal character — they are privately created and managed, and chosen by consumers in a marketplace — makes them private schools for Establishment Clause purposes, notwithstanding their public subsidy. This conclusion, which rests in substantial part on the Zelman v. Simmons-Harris vouchers …
Real Masks And Real Name Policies: Applying Anti-Mask Case Law To Anonymous Online Speech,
2013
University of Colorado Law School
Real Masks And Real Name Policies: Applying Anti-Mask Case Law To Anonymous Online Speech, Margot E. Kaminski
Publications
The First Amendment protects anonymous speech, but the scope of that protection has been the subject of much debate. This Article adds to the discussion of anonymous speech by examining anti-mask statutes and cases as an analogue for the regulation of anonymous speech online. Anti-mask case law answers a number of questions left open by the Supreme Court. It shows that courts have used the First Amendment to protect anonymity beyond core political speech, when mask-wearing is expressive conduct or shows a nexus with free expression. This Article explores what the anti-mask cases teach us about anonymity online, including proposed …
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, …
'Simple' Takes On The Supreme Court,
2013
American University Washington College of Law
'Simple' Takes On The Supreme Court, Robert Tsai
Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals
This essay assesses black literature as a medium for working out popular understandings of America’s Constitution and laws. Starting in the 1940s, Langston Hughes’s fictional character, Jesse B. Semple, began appearing in the prominent black newspaper, the Chicago Defender. The figure affectionately known as “Simple” was undereducated, unsophisticated, and plain spoken - certainly to a fault according to prevailing standards of civility, race relations, and professional attainment. Butthese very traits, along with a gritty experience under Jim Crow, made him not only a sympathetic figure but also an armchair legal theorist. In a series of barroom conversations, Simple ably critiqued …
Should Public Buildings Be Used For Worship,
2013
American University Washington College of Law
Should Public Buildings Be Used For Worship, Stephen Wermiel
Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals
No abstract provided.
Drone Federalism: Civilian Drones And The Things They Carry,
2012
University of Colorado Law School
Drone Federalism: Civilian Drones And The Things They Carry, Margot E. Kaminski
Publications
Civilian drones are scheduled to be permitted in the national airspace as early as 2015. Many think Congress should establish the necessary nationwide regulations to govern both law enforcement and civilian drone use. That thinking, however, is wrong. This Essay suggests drone federalism instead: a state-based approach to privacy regulation that governs drone use by civilians, drawing on states’ experience regulating other forms of civilian-on-civilian surveillance. This approach will allow necessary experimentation in how to best balance privacy concerns against First Amendment rights in the imminent era of drone-use democratization. This Essay closes by providing some guidance to states as …
The Justices And News Judgment: The Supreme Court As News Editor,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
The Justices And News Judgment: The Supreme Court As News Editor, Amy Gajda
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Not A Free Press Court?,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
Appellate Division, First Department - Parkhouse V. Stringer,
2012
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Appellate Division, First Department - Parkhouse V. Stringer, Alyssa Dunn
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beyond The Schoolhouse Gate: Should Schools Have The Authority To Punish Online Student Speech?,
2012
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Beyond The Schoolhouse Gate: Should Schools Have The Authority To Punish Online Student Speech?, Brittany L. Kaspar
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This note analyzes the current circuit split over whether schools should have the authority to punish students for speech made on the Internet. Part I discusses the First Amendment generally and the four Supreme Court cases that have refined its application with respect to on-campus student speech. Part II presents the ensuing circuit split over the constitutionality of disciplining students for online, off-campus speech. Specifically, this section will explain both of the existing perspectives and why neither of the two is ideal. Part III attempts to devise a solution to the current divide by advocating a compromise position. In particular, …
Talking Chalk: Defacing The First Amendmen In The Public Forum,
2012
Hamline University School of Law
Talking Chalk: Defacing The First Amendmen In The Public Forum, Marie A. Failinger
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Morse V. Frederick: Tinkering With School Speech: Can Five Years Of Inconsistent Interpretation Yield A Hybrid Content—Effects-Based Approach To School Speech As A Tool For The Prevention Of School Violence?,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
Morse V. Frederick: Tinkering With School Speech: Can Five Years Of Inconsistent Interpretation Yield A Hybrid Content—Effects-Based Approach To School Speech As A Tool For The Prevention Of School Violence?, Ronald C. Schoedel Iii
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ferlinghetti On Trial: The Howl Court Case And Juvenile Delinquency,
2012
University at Buffalo School of Law
Ferlinghetti On Trial: The Howl Court Case And Juvenile Delinquency, Joel E. Black
Journal Articles
In spring 1957 the Juvenile Division of the San Francisco Police Department seized copies of Howl and charged the poem's publisher, Lawrence Felinghetti, with obscenity. Tried in summer 1957 and defended by the American Civil Liberties Union, Ferlinghetti was exonerated by a District Court judge. Scholars typically place the Howl trial at the beginning of a cultural and social revolution that flourished in the 1960s or place it amid the personal lives and rebellions of the actors composing the Beat Generation. However, these treatments do not fully consider the ways the prosecution reflected trends in law, shaped debates over juvenile …
An Incompetent's Right To Withdraw From Treatment: Cruzan V. Missouri Department Of Health ,
2012
Pepperdine University
An Incompetent's Right To Withdraw From Treatment: Cruzan V. Missouri Department Of Health , Mary A. Watson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment , Paul A. Monopoli
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Free Exercise Clause Gets A Costly Workout In Employment Division, Department Of Human Resources Of Oregon V. Smith ,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Free Exercise Clause Gets A Costly Workout In Employment Division, Department Of Human Resources Of Oregon V. Smith , David Leventhal
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Possession Of Child Pornography: Should You Be Convicted When The Computer Cache Does The Saving For You?,
2012
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Possession Of Child Pornography: Should You Be Convicted When The Computer Cache Does The Saving For You?, Giannina Marin
Florida Law Review
This Note examines the concept of electronic possession in the field of child pornography, with the aim of reconciling the basic intuition behind possession with the reality of electronic data. Part II briefly discusses the case and statutory history that placed child pornography outside the bounds of the First Amendment and led to constitutionally valid prohibitions on the possession of child pornography. Part III sets forth the various ways in which individuals can access electronic child pornography, with a focus on the user’s level of interaction. Part IV discusses factors that the courts have considered in defining what constitutes possession …
Student Speech Rights In The Digital Age,
2012
Boston College Law School
Student Speech Rights In The Digital Age, Mary-Rose Papandrea
Florida Law Review
For several decades courts have struggled to determine when, if ever, public schools should have the power to restrict student expression that does not occur on school grounds during school hours. In the last several years, courts have struggled with this same question in a new context—the digital media. The dramatic increase in the number of student speech cases involving the Internet, mobile phones, and video cameras begs for a closer examination of the scope of school officials’ authority to censor the expression of minors as well as the scope of juvenile speech rights generally. This Article takes a close …
False Statements V. Free Debate: Is The First Amendment A License To Lie In Elections?,
2012
University of Florida Levin College of Law
False Statements V. Free Debate: Is The First Amendment A License To Lie In Elections?, Simon A. Rodell
Florida Law Review
No abstract provided.
Returning To Hazelwood'S Core: A New Approach To Restrictions On School-Sponsored Speech,
2012
Pace University School of Law
Returning To Hazelwood'S Core: A New Approach To Restrictions On School-Sponsored Speech, Emily Gold Waldman
Florida Law Review
This Article begins by discussing the Hazelwood decision in depth. It then discusses the various contexts in which courts have applied Hazelwood and the circuit split that has developed over how broadly Hazelwood should reach. Next, it describes the circuit split over whether Hazelwood permits viewpoint-based speech restrictions, highlighting the different speech contexts in which the circuits have reached divergent conclusions. The Article then argues that the overextension of Hazelwood links the two splits. This Part also discusses why Hazelwood is uniquely suited to the student speech context and why other doctrines—namely, the Pickering–Connick framework for teachers’ classroom …
