Tuesday, September 9, 2008

September 9, 2008

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday, 9/9, we went over the AAC v. Dearborn case from the text, and my sample holdings for that case. We went over the Bangor Parade Ordinance in terms of how it might comply with the 6th Circuit's standards. On Thursday, 9/11, I will (finally) get to the Sullivan v. Augusta case. The assignment for Thursday 9/11 is to read through p. 42 of the text. Also, write out and prepare to discuss (though not hand in) sample holdings for the majority decision in the Glucksberg case. Follow the format of my sample holdings from the AAC case.

CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Tuesday, 9/9, we went over the Bartnicki case regarding disclosure of intercepted cell phone conversations. We then went over some of the free speech concepts and justifications from Chapter 2 of the text. We discussed the Near case from 1931, and its special category of prior restraint. The assignment for Thursday 9/11 is to read the remainder of Chapter 2 of the text. Also, read from the casebook the Tornillo case starting on p. 13.

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