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First Assignment Summer 2015

First Amendment Rights and Responsibilities

LAW 680 Section 01

David F. Forte


Assignment details

Summer 2015

Monday and Wednesday, 8:00-10:15 am, Room 205

Texts:

Sullivan & Feldman, First Amendment Law, 5th ed.

or

Sullivan and Feldman, Constitutional Law, 18th ed.

and

Sullivan & Feldman, Constitutional Law 2014 Supplement,

and

Forte, Sources and Additional Materials (available at central desk),

and

Forte, Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Harassment (available at central desk),

and

Forte, Supplementary Materials on the Religion Clauses (available later at student services)

 

First Session

The Value of Free Speech

Introduction

Sullivan & Feldman, First Amendment Law, 5th ed., pages 2-9

or

Sullivan and Feldman, Constitutional Law, 18th ed., pages 886-893

Licensing, Seditious Libel, Political Speech

John Milton Areopagitica (1644)

Blackstone, Liberty of the Press (1765-1769)

An Appeal to the Inhabitants of Quebec (1764)

Free Speech and Free Press Clauses (1789)

Madison and the Drafting of the First Amendment

Forte, Sources and Additional Materials. Available at Support Services, pages 1-31

 

Second Session

Clear and Present Danger (1)

Attempts, Conspiracy

Review your knowledge of criminal law: general and specific intent crimes, conspiracy, attempt, solicitation. Be prepared to present the same.

Schenck v. United States

Frohwerk v. United States

Debs v. United States

Abrams v. United States

Sullivan & Feldman, First Amendment Law, 5th ed., pages 15-24

or

Sullivan and Feldman, Constitutional Law, 18th ed., pages 899-909

 

Third Session

Clear and Present Danger (2)

Incitement

Review your knowledge of the incorporation doctrine from Constitutional Law

Masses Publishing v. Patten

Gitlow v. New York

Whitney v. California

Sullivan & Feldman, First Amendment Law, 5th ed., pages 25-38

or

Sullivan and Feldman, Constitutional Law, 18th ed., pages 909-922

Reference:

De Libellis Famosis

Trial of Seven Bishops

The Trial of John Peter Zenger,

Sources and Additional Materials, pages 32-42