The First Amendment Rocks!

1. FACTS OF THE CASE In the case of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy v.s. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council , the appellees (consumers of prescription drugs in the state of Virginia) filed a suit against the Virginia Board of Pharmacy for violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment of an already existing Virginia statute stating […]

1. Facts of Case Throughout the 1990’s Nike was criticized for their alleged involvement of appalling labor practices around the world. Therefore, in 1998, Marc Kasky, a resident of California, sued Nike for unfair and deceptive practices under California’s Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law. This False Advertising law lets any citizen sue over […]

Facts of the Case Grokster, LTD. (and other associated companies) had distributed a free software program that served as a peer-to-peer network client – a program that allows users to connect their computers to one another directly and anonymously in order to transfer data. According to observed data, users of this software primarily utilized it […]

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=turner%20broadcasting&url=/supct/html/93-44.ZO.html In 1992, it became a requirement for cable television systems to set aside some of their channels for local broadcast television.  This requirement was because of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act.  Congress came to this decision after looking at three years of hearings on the cable broadcast industry.  Among its most […]

1. FACTS OF CASE: The Red Lion Broadcasting Company is licensed to operate a Pennsylvania radio station, WGCB. On November 27, 1964, WGCB carried a 15-minute broadcast by the Reverend Billy James Hargis as part of a “Christian Crusade” series. A book by Fred J. Cook entitled “Goldwater — Extremist on the Right” was discussed […]

Link: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0383_0413_ZO.html 1. Facts of case: John Cleland wrote a novel called Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure also known as Fanny Hill. In the novel, main character Fanny Hill is a prostitute, which means she has sex in exchange for money. The reading includes several descriptions of sex and as a result some readers […]

Link: Miller v. California 413 u.s. 15 (1973) And http://supreme.justia.com/us/413/15/case.html   1. Facts of the Case- On June 21, 1973, Marvin Miller was convicted for violating a California law which prohibits the distribution of obscene material. Miller mailed out a campaign that advertised the sale of adult material. He was tried before a jury, and was […]

1. Facts of the Case   FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/pacifica.html   One day, a father was driving home with his son in the car, when they hear George Carlin’s “Filthy Words” being broadcasted. The father issued a complaint to the FCC, who forwarded that complaint to the Pacific Foundation, which was broadcasting Carlin’s […]

                                                                                               Cohen v California (1971) Facts: In April of 1968, Paul Robert Cohen was arrested in a corridor of the Los Angeles County Municipal Courthouse for wearing a jacket with the phrase, “Fuck the Draft,” on it. Because there were women and children present and the phrase was within plain sight of everyone there, Cohen […]

Facts: In Ashcroft v. ACLU (2004), the American Civil Liberties union challenged Congress’ Child Online Protection Act (COPA). COPA was aimed at protection minors from seeing sexually explicit online materials. COPA was created as a result of the Communications Decency Act being found unconstitutional on the grounds of being overbroad and too restrictive (in Reno […]