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 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 […]
July 21, 2011
1. Situation For many Americans, the U.S. flag is a symbol of patriotism and pride. The flag is to be treated with respect; burning it would be unthinkable. However, protesters have turned to flag-burning many times as a statement against the government or its policies. Imagine if students gathered on BGSU’s campus to protest the […]
