1. SITUATION Bowling Green State University’s Firelands campus made national news a few years ago concerning an instance of artistic censorship. James Parlin, a University student, constructed a sculpture called “The Middle School Science Teacher Makes a Decision He’ll Live to Regret” that was placed in Firelands’ Little Gallery. The sculpture depicted a female middle […]

1. Facts of Case In GANNETT CO. v. DEPASQUALE (1979), Seneca County Court Judge Daniel DePasquale granted pretrial motions to exclude the public and the press from the trial of three individuals charged with the murder of an off-duty police officer in New York. It was argued that the buildup of publicity regarding the individuals […]

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.  […]

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 […]