Archive for ‘Censorship and Prior Restraint’

This story is by Mary Flood, a friend of mine who reports for the Houston Chronicle and has taught Communication Law at the University of Houston. I taught her class a couple of times, which was my introduction to college teaching. More »

Would You Support the Regulation of Photoshopping? More »

Were T-shirts worn by Palmerton Area students free speech? — themorningcall.com. More »

Are animal torture videos free speech? — chicagotribune.com. More »

From Comm Law alum Tanner Knauth: This fits with our discussion today of the Chaplinsky case and refers to Cohen v. California, which we’ll talk about Thursday. More »

MediaPost Publications Online Critic Of Judge Fined 09/14/2009. More »

The Supreme Court his hear arguments again on Thursday related to this case, Citizens United v. FEC. I believe the question is whether campaign finance reform is of such a compelling interest that free speech protections can be narrowed. More »

Debating campaign speech — latimes.com. More »

1. Students and teachers do not shed their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate (Tinker v. Des Moines ICSD, 1968). Only a clear threat to a school’s abilility to orderly carry out its educational mission can be prohibited. More »

From gameslaw.net More »