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Cooking Up A New Lemon Test: The Establishment Clause, Displays Of Religious Objects, And Lessons From India, Christopher J. Heaney 2012 University of North Carolina School of Law

Cooking Up A New Lemon Test: The Establishment Clause, Displays Of Religious Objects, And Lessons From India, Christopher J. Heaney

First Amendment Law Review

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Of Burning Houses And Roasting Pigs: Why Butler V. Michigan Remains A Key Free Speech Victory More Than A Half-Century Later, Clay Calvert 2012 University of Florida-Gainesville

Of Burning Houses And Roasting Pigs: Why Butler V. Michigan Remains A Key Free Speech Victory More Than A Half-Century Later, Clay Calvert

Federal Communications Law Journal

More than fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its unanimous decision in Butler v. Michigan, the case remains a pivotal-if unheralded and perhaps underappreciated-victory for freedom of speech. This Article analyzes the Butler principle and demonstrates how courts repeatedly apply it across different media platforms and in a myriad of factually distinct contexts, ranging from prohibitions on the sale of sex toys to bans on beer bottles with offensive labels. The Article initially provides an in-depth look at Butler, drawing on literary scholarship, historical newspaper articles from the time of the case, and other sources. It then illustrates …


Mill, Holmes, Brandeis And A True Threat To Brandenburg, Mark Strasser 2012 Brigham Young University Law School

Mill, Holmes, Brandeis And A True Threat To Brandenburg, Mark Strasser

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Implications Of Libel Doctrine For Nondefamatory Falsehoods Under The First Amendment, Nat Stern 2012 University of North Carolina School of Law

Implications Of Libel Doctrine For Nondefamatory Falsehoods Under The First Amendment, Nat Stern

First Amendment Law Review

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Faith Healing Exception Versus Parens Patriae: Something's Gotta Give, Rebecca Williams 2012 University of North Carolina School of Law

Faith Healing Exception Versus Parens Patriae: Something's Gotta Give, Rebecca Williams

First Amendment Law Review

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Wiretapping The Internet: The Expansion Of The Communications Assistance To Law Enforcement Act To Extend Government Surveillance, Christa M. Hibbard 2012 Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Wiretapping The Internet: The Expansion Of The Communications Assistance To Law Enforcement Act To Extend Government Surveillance, Christa M. Hibbard

Federal Communications Law Journal

Criminal use of the Internet to circumvent traditional government phone wiretaps has inspired the Obama Administration to create a proposal to expand the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act ("CALEA"). CALEA was passed in 1994 to regulate telephone and broadband companies to ensure compliance with standards to enable government wiretapping. The proposed amendment of CALEA would allow the government to require all communications service providers to meet technical standards necessary to comply with a wiretap order. The expansion of CALEA would likely widen its scope to social networking sites, instant messaging, gaming consoles that allow conversation among multiple players, and …


Looking Back At Cohen V. California: A 40 Year Retrospective From Inside The Court, Thomas G. Krattenmaker 2012 William & Mary Law School

Looking Back At Cohen V. California: A 40 Year Retrospective From Inside The Court, Thomas G. Krattenmaker

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Hugo Black's Vision Of The Lawyer, The First Amendment, And The Duty Of The Judiciary: The Bar Applicant Cases In A National Security State, Joshua E. Kastenberg 2012 William & Mary Law School

Hugo Black's Vision Of The Lawyer, The First Amendment, And The Duty Of The Judiciary: The Bar Applicant Cases In A National Security State, Joshua E. Kastenberg

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Teens, Sexts, & Cyberspace: The Constitutional Implications Of Current Sexting & Cyberbullying Laws, Jamie L. Williams 2012 William & Mary Law School

Teens, Sexts, & Cyberspace: The Constitutional Implications Of Current Sexting & Cyberbullying Laws, Jamie L. Williams

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Confronting The Shadow: Is Forcing A Muslim Witness To Unveil In A Criminal Trial A Constitutional Right, Or An Unreasonable Intrusion?, Steven R. Houchin 2012 Pepperdine University

Confronting The Shadow: Is Forcing A Muslim Witness To Unveil In A Criminal Trial A Constitutional Right, Or An Unreasonable Intrusion?, Steven R. Houchin

Pepperdine Law Review

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Red Lion And Pacifica: Are They Relics?, L. A. Powe Jr 2012 Pepperdine University

Red Lion And Pacifica: Are They Relics?, L. A. Powe Jr

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Future Of Free Expression In A Digital Age, Jack M. Balkin 2012 Pepperdine University

The Future Of Free Expression In A Digital Age, Jack M. Balkin

Pepperdine Law Review

In the twenty-first century, at the very moment that our economic and social lives are increasingly dominated by information technology and information flows, the judge-made doctrines of the First Amendment seem increasingly irrelevant to the key free speech battles of the future. The most important decisions affecting the future of freedom of speech will not occur in constitutional law; they will be decisions about technological design, legislative and administrative regulations, the formation of new business models, and the collective activities of end-users. Moreover, the values of freedom of expression will become subsumed within a larger set of concerns that I …


Can Freedom Of Speech Bear The Twenty-First Century's Weight?, Lillian R. BeVier 2012 Pepperdine University

Can Freedom Of Speech Bear The Twenty-First Century's Weight?, Lillian R. Bevier

Pepperdine Law Review

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Campaign Finance Regulation And The Marketplace Of Emotions, Barry P. McDonald 2012 Pepperdine University

Campaign Finance Regulation And The Marketplace Of Emotions, Barry P. Mcdonald

Pepperdine Law Review

This essay examines the validity, in light of new empirical research, of the free speech theory the U.S. Supreme Court uses to justify the doctrines it currently employs to assess the constitutionality of campaign finance regulations. The Court’s model, which Professor McDonald terms the theory of 'stimulated democratic deliberation,' assumes that an unlimited quantity of campaign-related communications will result in increased public deliberation about ideas and better informed citizens, which in turn will result in better decisions about candidates for political office. In short, this model assumes that rational thought and deliberation about important issues of the day drive voter …


The Constitutional Logic Of Campaign Finance Regulation, Samuel Issacharoff 2012 Pepperdine University

The Constitutional Logic Of Campaign Finance Regulation, Samuel Issacharoff

Pepperdine Law Review

This essay explores the potential implications of the creation of a distinct "election period" through the BCRA reforms to campaign finance law. The idea of a separate set of rights of expression during the immediate pre-election period is a relative newcomer to American law, but is a central feature of campaign finance law in other countries. The creation of a defined election period is the underpinning of strong restrictions on political speech in countries such as Britain, and is currently the source of tension under European law. Recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, most notably in Bowman …


The Regulation Of Extremist Speech In The Era Of Mass Digital Communications: Is Brandenburg Tolerance Obsolete In The Terrorist Era?, Nadine Strossen 2012 Pepperdine University

The Regulation Of Extremist Speech In The Era Of Mass Digital Communications: Is Brandenburg Tolerance Obsolete In The Terrorist Era?, Nadine Strossen

Pepperdine Law Review

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Words "Which By Their Very Utterance Inflict Injury": The Evolving Treatment Of Inherently Dangerous Speech In Free Speech Law And Theory, Rodney A. Smolla 2012 Pepperdine University

Words "Which By Their Very Utterance Inflict Injury": The Evolving Treatment Of Inherently Dangerous Speech In Free Speech Law And Theory, Rodney A. Smolla

Pepperdine Law Review

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Is It Better To Be Safe Than Sorry?: Free Speech And The Precautionary Principle, Frederick Schauer 2012 Pepperdine University

Is It Better To Be Safe Than Sorry?: Free Speech And The Precautionary Principle, Frederick Schauer

Pepperdine Law Review

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Free Speech In The Twenty-First Century: Ten Lessons From The Twentieth Century, Geoffrey R. Stone 2012 Pepperdine University

Free Speech In The Twenty-First Century: Ten Lessons From The Twentieth Century, Geoffrey R. Stone

Pepperdine Law Review

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Introduction, Barry P. McDonald 2012 Pepperdine University

Introduction, Barry P. Mcdonald

Pepperdine Law Review

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