(1987). Case Comment: Harvard Law School Forum v. Schultz: When Exclusion of Aliens Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act Conflicts with First Amendment Rights of United States Citizens. Journal of College and University Law, v14 n1 p153-61 Sum. Court litigation and decisions concerning the conflict between first amendment rights of free speech for United States citizens and the rights of controversial international figures, invited by college faculty to speak on campus, are discussed and compared. (MSE)…
(1991). In the Wake of "Fraser" and "Hazelwood.". Journal of Law and Education, v20 n3 p253-69 Sum. Reviews the pair of cases involving the free speech rights of public high school students; the response by legal commentators; and the court decisions in the wake of "Fraser" and "Hazelwood." (103 references) (MLF)…
(1987). Teaching Free Speech Values to High School Students: Keys to Persevering Despite the Obstacles. To examine why citizens today do not understand the U.S. Constitution and its provisions, a survey was conducted among 153 high school social studies, journalism, and English teachers to examine, among other things, how they taught about constitutional rights and how they rated their students' knowledge of the subject compared to students' knowledge 5 to 10 years ago, and how they felt their beliefs about constitutional rights compared with those of national professional organizations, students, administrators, and parents. Results showed that most teachers used a textbook to teach about constitutional rights, most were dissatisfied with it, but many were willing to use supplemental materials for the unit. Most teachers indicated that their students today rated higher in their support for traditional American institutions but lower in their understanding of them. Students' critical thinking skills were rated lower than those of students 5 to 10 years ago by 47.9% of the teachers… [PDF]
(1976). "Free Speech" Decisions and the Legal Process: The Judicial Opinion in Context. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 62, 3, 279-287, Oct 76. …
(1970). Faculty Free Speech: Old Mores Crumble under New Legal Liberality of Recent Court Rulings. Nat Sch, 85, 5, 72-73, May '70. …
(1993). Hate Speech or Free Speech: Can Broad Campus Speech Regulations Survive Current Judicial Reasoning?. Journal of Law and Education, v22 n2 p139-54 Spr. Federal courts have found speech regulations overbroad in suits against the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin System. Attempts to assess the theoretical justification and probable fate of broad speech regulations that have not been explicitly rejected by the courts. Concludes that strong arguments for broader regulation will prevail only with difficulty. (MLF)…
(1994). Case of Computer Conference at California College Pits Free Speech against Civil-Rights Protection. Chronicle of Higher Education, v41 n5 pA26 Sep 28. Santa Rosa Junior College (California) is in dispute with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights over comments about women students, termed sexual harassment, made in a men-only computer conference. The college is negotiating with the federal agency over what it must do to respond to student complaints. (MSE)…
(1979). Not by ANY Means: Doubletalk in the Service of \Humane\ Ends. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v36 n3 p257-60 Fall. Shows that many \liberal\ educators who are in the thrall of obviously \humane\ doctrines oppose semantic tyranny or suppression of free speech by their political antagonists, while failing to descry their own manipulations of language and oppositions to others' rights. (GT)…
(1997). Labor and the Supreme Court: Significant Issues of 1992-96. Monthly Labor Review, v120 n1 p3-28 Jan. From 1992 to 1996, the Supreme Court decided a number of cases on labor law and employment law. Case topics included labor relations, pensions and benefits, employment discrimination, and privacy, free speech, and other issues in public sector employment. (JOW)…
(1992). Governance of University Television and Cable Stations. Journalism Educator, v47 n3 p13-17 Fall. Investigates how student television and cable stations in higher education are governed, who is involved in the process, and how students are acquainted with their station's rules and policies, particularly the day-to-day application of free speech parameters. (SR)…
(1987). News According to Pretoria: A Legal Perspective concerning the Suppression of Free Speech in South Africa. While the government of South Africa has outwardly promoted democracy since 1983, it nonetheless has placed its press under tight constraint to discourage dissent concerning political issues and enhance the government's credibility. Not only are journalists within the country restricted, but foreign correspondents as well. Moreover, although there are no official censors, censorship is implied by the laws because journalists are restrained from commenting freely and the subject matter on which they may report is limited to issues that are not contentious. The laws are so vague that journalists could easily report something the government subsequently objects to, which engenders a form of self-censorship. South Africa's government states that its mission is democracy, but its reaction concerning free speech contradicts its assertions. A free press is necessary to a democracy because it promotes discussion and dissent, which in turn fosters public consensus. The government, however,… [PDF]
(1983). Teaching Freedom of Speech. Journal of the Wisconsin Communication Association, v13 p12-21. The speech communication department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, provides a rigorous and legally oriented course in freedom of speech. The objectives of the course are to help students gain insight into the historical and philosophical foundations of the First Amendment, the legal/judicial processes concerning the First Amendment, and the extra-legal forces and contemporary problems that restrict free speech, as well as the communicative process. The course requires a variety of readings, including Z. Chafee's "Free Speech in the United States," F. Haiman's "Speech and Law in a Free Society" and "Freedom of Speech," various Supreme Court decisions, and selections from the "Free Speech Yearbook," communication journals, and law reviews. Guest lecturers, such as attorneys, former graduate students, and First Amendment authorities are frequently invited to speak to the classes. For the two in-class and final exams, students write on…
(1974). Access is Fairness: A Petition for Reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Report, F.C.C. Docket No. 19260. Summary. This petition, submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), proposes an "adequate access policy" that would enable broadcasters to comply with the FCC's Fairness Doctrine. Following this policy, broadcasters would provide individuals with free public access time in the form of "free-speech messages"–one-minute, on-the-air spots repeated at various times throughout the week. The advantages of an adequate access policy are that it would remove the FCC from program-content regulation, it would free broadcast journalists from real or imagined inhibitions of the existing Fairness Doctrine, it would stimulate the initial airing of controversial programming, and it would provide contrasting, balanced views on issues already broadcast. A list of topics of free-speech messages that have been broadcast in San Francisco is attached. (RL)…
(1970). The Effects of Various Methods of Teaching About Freedom of Speech on Attitudes About Free Speech Issues. The hypothesis that lessons which demand student involvement through leading a short discussion of required reading would result in greater attitude change in a liberal direction than would lessons taught by the lecture/discussion method was tested. Using members of four sections of a university course in communication, three sections received lessons about freedom of speech while the fourth section served as a control group. Two of the experimental groups were assigned to the lecture/discussion method, and one was assigned to a reports on readings by students/discussion method. Two of the experimental groups and the control group were pretested as to attitudes concerning free speech issues, and all four groups were posttested. As in a previous study, all three experimental groups who had participated in free-speech lessons showed attitude shifts in a liberal direction. The report/discussion group had the highest posttest mean. All experimental groups showed more permissive… [PDF]
(1971). Nine Men Plus. Supreme Court Opinions on Free Speech and Free Press. An Academic Game Simulation. The format of this text is dialogue–dialogue which involves formulating answers to knotty kinds of questions about free speech and free press which have worked their way to the Supreme Court. But it is a test meant to be played rather than read. Small groups within a classroom can simulate the Court's decision making process after minimal direction from the instructor. Or the whole class can debate and simulate a larger jury. The emphasis in the text is on the actual words of the justices who wrote the majority and dissenting opinions to the various First Amendment cases. The materials can serve as the basis for a whole course, or for a two- or three-week unit. Each simulation fits a normal classroom period. The cases within each division are chronologically arranged under one of six categories: 1) Academic Freedom; 2) Censorship; 3) Defamation and Libel; 4) Political Bissent; 5) Privacy; and 6) Provocation and Demonstration. Each case is briefly summarized and has ten exact…