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First Assignment Spring 2016

First Amendment Rights and Responsibilities

LAW 680 Section 01

David F. Forte


Assignment details

Welcome to the First Amendment!

 

Below are the assigned texts and the assignments for the first week of classes. The Sources and Additional Materials will be available shortly at the front desk.

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

Sullivan and Feldman, Constitutional Law, 18th ed.

and

Sullivan & Feldman, Constitutional Law 2015 Supplement,

and

Forte, Sources and Additional Materials ,

and

Forte, Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Harassment (available later),

and

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

 

 

First Session

The Value of Free Speech

Introduction

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

or

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

Licensing, Seditious Libel, Political Speech

John Milton, Aeropagetica

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)

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

Attempts, Conspiracy

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