Comm Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted six First Amendment cases to decide this term. More »

Tomorrow we’ll finish libel. About the same time, Judge John Roberts will be confirmed as Chief Justice Roberts. It looks like my initial prediction of 61-39 will be off by about 15. More »

The Supreme Court has ruled on the consitutionality of limits on campaign spending, but it’s taken another case on state limits on spending. More »

The New York Times has an interesting story on the libel views of Supreme Court Chief Justice apparent John Roberts. In addition to managing to use the word insouciance, it also includes a pretty accurate discussion of public figure status and actual malice. More »

War protester Cindy Sheehan is quickly becoming the Patron Saint (if you will) of Comm Law this semester. Here’s the latest on her exploits.

John Roberts may be No. 2 More »

We’ll get into freedom of religion late in the semester, but here’s an interesting story on the debate over Intelligent Design. More »

I’m behind the curve here, but the Texas Supreme Court on Sept. 2 refused to rehear a libel case in which The Brownsville Herald was accused of libel in a headline. In a story about a political debate days before the 2000 election, the Herald ran the headline: More »

We’ve already learned that Congress passed and the President signed legislation that restricted political speech and it was upheld by the Supreme Court nearly two years ago. More »

The makers of this textbook say yes. Read the story at CNN.

We’ll get into copyright later in the semester, but the issue is at the forefront now as some people worry that Hollywood could exercise an ability to delete shows after a certain period of time. Certainly violates the spirit of the Sony v. Betamax case, from my perspective. More »