Spring 2012 The First Amendment

 
The First Amendment

Spring Semester 2012

 
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all references to page numbers refer to Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet and Karlan, The First Amendment (3d ed. 2008).
Readings in the 2011 Annual Supplement to the casebook (which you can download from the YLS Inside course page) are noted as “2011 Supplement.”

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
  • Salazar v. Buono, 2011 Supp., pp 91-92

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

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, 2011 Supp., pp. 6-10

 
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
  • Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc., 2011 Supp., pp. 18-19

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
  • New York Times Co. v. United States and Notes, pp. 92-105
  • Note on the Progressive controversy, pp. 105-108

10. Disclosure of Confidential, Sensitive, and Dangerous Information

Additional Reading

11. Pornography and Obscenity

A. Obscenity and 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
  • Note on Pornography and the Victimization of Women, pp. 276-283

B. Child Pornography

  • New York v. Ferber and Notes, pp. 212-215

  • Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coallition, pp. 215-218
  • United States v. Williams, 2011 Supp., pp. 20-23
  • United States v. Stevens, 2011 Supp., pp. 23-29

C. 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

  • FCC v. Pacifica Foundation and Notes, pp. 227-230

  • Sable Communications v. FCC and Notes, pp. 230
  • Action for Children’s Television v. FCC (ACT III)
  • Reno v. ACLU, pp. 230-232
  • Ashcroft v. ACLU, pp. 232-35
  • Note on Indecent Expression, pp. 235-238
  • FCC v. Fox Television Stations, 2011 Supp., pp. 34-35
  • FCC v. Fox (2d circuit) [Transcript of S.Ct. Argument]
  • Note on Violence as Obscenity and American Amusement Machine Assn. v. Kendrick, pp. 210-212
  • Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 2011 Supp., pp. 29-33

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

14. What is Speech?

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

  • Note on incidental restrictions of speech, 2011 Supp., pp. 46-47
  • 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
  • Doe v. Reed, 2011 Supp., p. 47
  • Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, 2011 Supp., pp. 48-49
  • 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
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. FDA

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
  • Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association, 2011 Supp., pp. 38-39
  • Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 2011 Supp., pp. 39-43
  • 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
  • Note on Mandatory Abortion Counseling, 2011 Supp., pp. 43-44
  • 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, 2011 Supp., pp. 44-46

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
  • Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania v. Guarnieri, 2011 Supp., pp. 83-85
  • Elrod v. Burns and Notes, pp. 469-473
  • Notes on Subversive Advocacy and Associations (Adler, Elfbrandt, and Robel), pp. 473-477
  • Snepp v. United States and Notes, pp. 477-483

B. Regulation of Public Schools and Other Special Environments

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
  • Doe v. Reed, 2011 Supp., pp. 85-87
  • Note on Intellectual Privacy, 2011 Supp., p. 87

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

  • Note on Canadian Campaign Finance Regulations, 2011 Supp., pp. 49-50
  • Note on Subsidy and Disclosure, 2011 Supp., pp. 50-51
  • McConnell v. FEC (soft money issues), 2011 Supp., pp, 51-54
  • Davis v. FEC, 2011 Supp., pp, 51-57
  • Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club Pac v. Bennett, 2011 Supp., pp. 57-62
  • Note on Electioneering Communications (McConnell v. FEC and Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC), 2011 Supp., pp. 63-66
  • 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
  • Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2011 Supp., pp. 67-83
  • 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 (including Zurcher v. Stanford Daily and Cohen v. Cowles Media)
  • 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
  • Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. New York State Crime Victims Board [TBA]

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

D. Copyright

Optional Readings

 

 

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