About the Author
Joel is a Web developer and student of law & politics currently residing in Bowling Green, Oh. Comments are always appreciated!
A new political era…
The recent events surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” comment have caught my particular attention this week. For those of you who are unaware, Rush Limbaugh recently said two words, “phony soldiers”, in passing, to a caller in response to a … Continue reading
The Commercial Speech Doctrine – Past and Future.
Commercial speech has been uniquely categorized in American law. In fact, this process of splitting speech into various categories has been a hallmark of American Constitutional jurisprudence. Pulling from both British common law and more modern doctrines, the Supreme Court … Continue reading
Concurrence to Red Lion… if I were writing it.
In this case, I concur with the majority in result, but would rather decide the case on less questionable grounds. I concur with the majority on the issues of spectrum scarcity and licensing. It is clear that the F.C.C. must … Continue reading
Two competing sets of values…
In my mass media class we discussed the seeming contradiction in two supreme court decisions: Tornillo and Red Lion. In Tornillo, the Miami Herald was challenging a state statute granting a political candidate the right to reply to any criticism … Continue reading