1. Facts of Case The United States v. O’Brien case started in 1966 and was officially settled in 1968. David Paul O’Brien and three others were arrested on March 31st, 1966 by several FBI agents on the steps the South Boston Courthouse. Members of the large crowd that had gathered attacked the three men after […]
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
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September 6, 2011
United States v. O’Brien (1968)
Posted by David Clarkson under 3, Case Briefs | Tags: 1968, 1st Amendment, Draft, Selective Service Act, Vietnam War |[17] Comments
September 6, 2011
Facts of the Case New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) – Link to Case The New York Times and the Washington Post obtained illegally copied secret documents on the Vietnam War referred to as the Pentagon Papers. The U.S. government issued a court order through the United States District Court of New York, […]
September 6, 2011
Angels and Demons’ relation to prior restraint case
Posted by tstritt under Discussions | Tags: Angels and Demons, Fair Trial, First Amendment, Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, Oba Chandler |1 Comment
Oba Chandler Angels and Demons is a popular feature news story by Thomas French. The story is centered on the murder of three women who went on vacation in Florida in June of 1989. After a long police investigation, Oba Chandler was convicted of the murders and is currently on death row. All three women […]
September 6, 2011
Will the United States prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for espionage? Here is an interesting article analyzing the legal issues. As the MSNBC article put it: If the United States seeks to put on trial WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, what are the implications for freedom of speech, for protection of government secrets and […]
September 6, 2011
Texas v. Johnson-1989
Posted by tstritt under 3, Case Briefs | Tags: 5-to-4, burning, ethics, flag, flag burning, law, Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson |[2] Comments
Texas vs. Johnson-1989 Outside the 1984 Republican National Convention, protesters gathered to voice their disproval for the current presidential administration. Mr. Johnson was in attendance as a protester of President Reagan, in his first term, and also a number of Dallas based companies. During a march outside the convention, Johnson burned a United States flag […]
