Blog entries tagged with "first amendment"
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As Editor-in-Chief of Nexus: Chapman’s Journal of Law and Policy, I am pleased to announce our 16th edition and Symposium entitled, “Citizens Divided on Citizens United: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment.” Our journal has prided itself on presenting interesting, timely and important topics, and this year is ...
Continue reading "Welcome!"FREE SPEECH VS. DEMOCRACY
The First Amendment of our Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” This right has been vigorously protected throughout the years since the creation of our great nation. Some have argued that to prevent corporations from donating treasury funds to ...
Continue reading "Free Speech vs. Democracy"CITIZENS UNITED: EXPANDING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? I DON’T SEE IT.
Knowing the aforementioned, it flows that the First Amendment is vital to our political process. It gives everyone a voice, even if no one wants to listen to that voice. That may not sound pleasant, but it really is at the heart of what we as Americans believe. After all ...
Continue reading "Citizens United: Expanding Our First Amendment Rights? I Don’t See It."THE FIRST AMENDMENT: FREEDOM OF MONEY
The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” U ...
Continue reading "The First Amendment: Freedom of Money "ALL ARGUING ASIDE: WAS CITIZENS UNITED AN ALARM CLOCK FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE?
If you are reading this blog right now you are probably either a member of the Nexus Journal of Law & Public Policy at Chapman University, or perhaps, more fortuitously, you are someone who just happened upon this blog amidst the vast and seemingly infinite space that is the blogosphere, and ...
Continue reading "All Arguing Aside: Was Citizens United an Alarm Clock for Fundamental Change?"HOW FAR IS TOO FAR AND WHERE DOES IT STOP
How Far is Too Far and Where Does It Stop: The First Amendment Debate as to Whether the Government Has the Authority to Order a Blanket Ban on the US Citizen’s Peaceful Communication with Designated Foreign Terrorists
For the first time since its enactment, the US Supreme Court is ...
Continue reading "How Far is Too Far and Where Does It Stop"