September 12, 2011
1. Facts of Case In the case Hosty vs Carter (2005), http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1316383.html, the administration at Governors State University in Illinois shut down Innovator, a college student run newspaper, after the students refused to let administration approve publications before they were published. Three students then sued the University because their First Amendment rights were being violated. […]
September 12, 2011
1. THE FACTS In May 1983, Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other student journalists at Hazelwood East High School filed suit against the Hazelwood school District. Kuhlmeier and the two other staff members did this after the principal, Robert Reynolds, required the deletion of two pages from the school paper on May 13, 1983. The articles […]
September 12, 2011
Facts: As we finish discussing the first amendment and begin analyzing student speech, it seems fitting to look at a case that combines both: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 u.s. 503 (1969). John F. Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt went to high school in Des Moines, Iowa. Mary Beth Tinker attended middle school. […]
September 11, 2011
Whitney v. California was decided on May 16, 1927. (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=274&invol=357) 1. Facts Anita Whitney was charged in violation of the Criminal Syndicalism Act (CSA) of the state of California on five counts. The CSA states,” that any doctrine or precept advocating, teaching, or aiding and abetting the commission of crime sabotage or unlawful acts of […]
September 11, 2011
1. Situation The United States has been engaged in war in the Middle East for years now. A political group is making an Internet campaign through social media to tell Americans not to support the government and to oppose U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Part of the campaign is directed to convincing Americans not […]
September 6, 2011
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 […]
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 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 […]
September 5, 2011
In class, we discussed the documentary movie, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. If you can, watch the movie. (It’s an instant download on Netflix, and the BGSU library has it too.) Then consider these questions. The Most Dangerous Man in America Questions to Consider HERO OR TRAITOR? Although […]
August 29, 2011
Hello everyone. I’m David Clarkson and I’m a senior set to graduate in the spring (fingers crossed). All throughout high school I wanted to be a sports writer but college taught me I simply do not have the passion to become a journalist. That’s why I recently changed my major to Communications with a Journalism […]
