Spring 2011 The First Amendment

 
The First Amendment

Spring Semester 2011
 

 
Note: All references to page numbers refer to Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet and Karlan, The First Amendment (3d ed. 2008).

Part I– Religious Liberty

 

1. The Establishment Clause

  • Everson v. Board of Education and Notes, pp. 545-547

  • Note on history of the Religion Clauses, pp. 548-554
  • Note on general approaches to the Religion Clauses, pp. 554-560
  • Lemon v. Kurtzman, p. 565
  • Notes and Lee v. Wiseman, pp. 565-578
  • Lynch v. Donnelly and Notes, pp. 578-592

2. School Prayer, Public Displays and De Facto Establishments

3. Government Aid to Religious Institutions

  • Notes and Muller v. Allen, pp. 599-606

  • Note on cases from Aguillar to Mitchell, pp. 606-611
  • Zelman v. Simmons-Harris and Notes, pp. 611-619
  • Bowen v. Kendrick and Notes

4. The Free Exercise Clause

  • Note and Reynolds v. U.S. pp. 621-622

  • Braunfeld v. Brown, pp. 622-623
  • Sherbert v. Verner, pp. 623-624
  • Wisconsin v. Yoder, pp. 624-625
  • Cases on mandatory accomodation, pp. 625-629
  • Employment Division v. Smith and Notes, pp. 629-640
  • Note on defining religion, pp. 560-563
  • Locke v. Davey and Notes

5. Permissible Accommodations of Religion

  • Note and Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos, pp. 641-646

  • Texas Monthly v. Bullock and Notes, pp. 646-647
  • Board of Education of Kiryas Joel School District v. Grumet and Notes pp. 647-649
  • Notes on accomodation of religion, pp. 650-657

Part II– Freedom of Speech– Content Regulation

6. Theories of Free Speech; Seditious Advocacy

  • Notes and Brandenburg v. Ohio, pp. 58-64

  • Notes on the history of the first amendment, pp. 3-8
  • Notes on the philosophy of free expression, pp. 8-17
  • Abrams v. United States and Notes, pp. 31-36
  • Gitlow v. New York and Notes, pp. 36-41
  • Whitney v. California and Notes, pp. 41-47
  • Dennis v. United States and Notes, pp. 47-57
  • Bridges v. California and Watts v. U.S., pp. 64-67
  • Planned Parenthood v. ACLA and Notes, pp. 67-70
  • Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

 
7. Defamation

8. Privacy

  • Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn and Notes, pp. 155-161

  • Bartnicki v. Vopper and Notes, pp. 291-292
  • Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., p. 501
  • Note on data privacy

9. Vagueness, Overbreadth, and Prior Restraint

  • Notes and Gooding v. Wilson, pp. 109-119

  • Note on Prior Restraint, p. 119-120
  • Lovell v. Griffin and Notes, pp. 120-123
  • Freedman v. Maryland and Notes, pp. 123-126
  • Near v. Minnesota and Notes, pp. 126-128
  • Note on injunctions as prior restraints, pp. 128-133

10. Disclosure of Confidential, Sensitive, and Dangerous Information

11. Pornography and Obscenity

A. Obscenity and Child Pornography

  • Roth v. United States and Notes, pp. 187-198

  • Miller v. California, pp. 198-201
  • Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton and Notes, pp. 201-212
  • New York v. Ferber and Notes, pp. 212-215
  • Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coallition, pp. 215-218
  • United States v. Stevens
  • Note on Pornography and the Victimization of Women, pp. 276-283

B. Secondary Effects and Zoning of Sexually Explicit Expression

  • Young v. American Mini Theatres, pp. 238-240

  • City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, p. 240-41
  • City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books and Notes, pp. 241-244

12. Offensive and Indecent Speech

A. Captive Audiences

  • Cohen v. California and Notes, pp. 219-226

  • Erznoznick v. City of Jacksonville, pp. 226-227

B. Projection of Children

13. Fighting Words, Racist Speech and Workplace Harassment

A. Fighting Words and the Hostile Audience

  • Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and Notes, pp. 80-86

  • Terminello v. Chicago, pp. 70
  • Cantwell v. Connecticut and Notes, pp. 71-73
  • Feiner v. New York and Notes, pp. 73-77
  • Note on Revising the Feiner Approach, pp. 77-80

B. Racist Speech and Workplace Harassment

  • Beauharnais v. Illinois and Notes, pp. 244-253

  • Notes on the Skokie Controversy, pp. 86-89
  • R.A.V. v. St. Paul, pp. 253-259
  • Wisconsin v. Mitchell and Notes, pp. 259-262
  • Virginia v. Black and Notes, pp. 263-276
  • Balkin, Free Speech and Hostile Environments

C. [Please read the latest Supreme Court opinion in Snyder v. Phelps]

14. What is Speech?

  • Notes and United States v. O’Brien, pp. 367-378

  • Notes and Texas v. Johnson, pp. 378-384
  • Barnes v. Glen Theatre, pp. 384-387
  • City of Erie v. Pap’s A.M., pp. 387-389
  • Note on political boycotts, pp. 389-390
  • Note on computer code, pp. 390-391
  • Village of Schaumberg v. Citizens For A Better Environment, pp.391-392

15. Commercial Speech

  • Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Council and Notes, pp. 161-172

  • Central Hudson Gas v. Public Service Commission of New York, pp. 173-175
  • 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island and Notes, pp. 175-177
  • Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly and Notes, pp. 177-178
  • Thompson v. Western States Medical Center and Notes, pp. 178-181
  • Note on Additional Limitations on the Protection of Commercial Speech, pp. 181-187

Part III– Regulation of Time, Place, and Manner

 
16. Time, Place and Manner Regulation

A. Content Neutral Regulation

  • Notes and Schneider v. State, pp. 285-286

  • Martin v. City of Struthers, pp. 286-287
  • Kovacs v. Cooper, pp. 287-288
  • Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego and Notes, pp. 289-290
  • City of Ladue v. Gilleo, pp. 290-291
  • Notes on balancing and content neutrality, pp. 293-298

B. The Public Forum

17. Public, Limited and Non-Public Forums

  • Adderly v. Florida and Notes, pp. 309-315

  • International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, and Notes pp. 315-319
  • Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley and Notes, pp. 321-326
  • Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights and Notes, pp. 326-332
  • Perry Educators’ Association v. Perry Local Educator’s Association and Notes, pp. 332-338
  • Note on religious expression and the meaning of “viewpoint neutrality”, pp. 338-341
  • Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
  • Note on Private Forums, pp. 319-321

Part IV– The First Amendment in the Welfare State

18. Government Speech and Government Subsidies to Speech

  • Note and Southeastern Promotions v. Conrad, pp. 341-343

  • Board of Education v. Pico and Notes, pp. 343-346
  • Regan v. Taxation with Representation and Notes, pp. 346-347
  • Rust v. Sullivan and Notes, pp. 347-353
  • Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez, pp. 353-356
  • NEA v. Finley, pp. 356-360
  • United States v. ALA, pp. 360-367
  • City of Pleasant Grove v. Summum

19. Regulation of Public Employment and Special Environments

A. Regulation of Government Employees

  • Notes and U.S. Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers, pp. 458-463

  • Pickering v. Board of Education and Notes, pp. 463-469
  • Elrod v. Burns and Notes, pp. 469-473
  • Notes on Subversive Advocacy and Associations, pp. 473-477
  • Snepp v. United States and Notes, pp. 477-483

B. Regulation of Special Environments– Military, Schools and Prisons

  • Parker v. Levy and Notes, pp. 449-451

  • Tinker v. Des Moines School District and Notes, pp. 451-456
  • Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners’ Union and Notes, pp. 456-458

20. Freedom of Association

A. Associational Formation

  • NAACP v. Button and Notes, pp. 427-429

  • Note on Litigation and the First Amendment, pp. 429-430
  • Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees and Notes, pp. 431-433
  • Note on Association and the First Amendment, pp. 433-434
  • Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, and Notes, pp. 434-440

B. Compelled Affirmation of Belief

  • Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, p. 440

  • Note on Compelled Affirmation of Belief, pp. 441-447

C. Anonymity

  • NAACP v. Alabama, pp. 430-431

  • Talley v. California, p. 483
  • McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, pp. 484-485
  • Buckley v. Valeo and Notes, pp. 485-486

D. Government Benefits and Licenses

  • Shelton v. Tucker, pp. 486-487

  • Konigsberg v. State Bar and Notes, pp. 487-489

E. Legislative Hearings

  • Notes and Barenblatt v. United States, pp. 489-491

  • Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigating Committee and Notes, pp. 491-493

21. Campaign Finance

  • Buckley v. Valeo and Notes, pp. 393-409

  • First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti and Notes, pp. 409-411
  • Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and Notes, pp. 411-412
  • Note Contribution Limits, PACs, and Political Parties, pp. 412-414
  • McConnell v. FEC and Notes, pp. 414-420
  • Wisconsin Right To Life v. FEC and Notes, pp. 420-423
  • Citizens United v. FEC
  • Note on Additional Regulation of the Political Process, pp. 423-427

22. Freedom of the Press

  • Notes and Branzburg v. Hayes, pp. 493-499

  • Note on rights to gather news, pp. 499-504
  • Note on press rights of access to government information, pp. 504-507
  • Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia, pp. 507-511
  • Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court and Notes, pp. 511-512
  • Note on variations on the press right of access, pp. 512-515
  • Hollingsworth v. Perry
  • Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue and Notes, pp. 515-519

23. Media Regulation

A. Broadcast and Cable Regulation

  • Miami Herald v. Tornillo and Notes, pp. 520-521

  • Red Lion v. FCC and Notes, pp. 521-530
  • Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC (Turner I) and Notes, pp. 530-536

B. The Internet and Media Access

C. Network Neutrality

Optional Readings