Goal
This course promises to help you reach responsible views on contemporary issues of freedom of speech.
What then are "responsible" views?
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Mon, 5 Mar
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Debate: Does the denial of a license to practice law violate Matt Hale's First Amendment rights?
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Friday, 2 Mar
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Debate: Do gays have a right to march in Boston's St. Patrick's day parade? (Readings listed on the case page).
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Wednesday, 28 Feb
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Debate: Does the KKK have a right to buy time on public radio? (Readings listed on the case page).
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Monday, 26 Feb
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The instructor will argue that First National Bank v. Bellotti (S&C p. 593) was wrongly decided.
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Wednesday, 2/21
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Take a look at the material on crew 357, and on Keith Haring (including this item).
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Friday, 2/16
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NEA v. Finley
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Wednesday, 2/14
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Debate case: Child Pornography Prevention Act
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Monday, 2/12
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Debate case: Child Online Prevention Act
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Unit II
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The case for decision: Michelangelo Project v. Springfield Arts Council
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Wed, 31 Jan
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Debate: Springfield Planned Parenthood v. Jones (see handout, below, for debate format and assigned roles).
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Mon, 29 Jan
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Debate: Springfield v. Smith (see handout, below, for debate format and assigned roles).
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Fri, 5 Jan
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Take a look at the Hit Man Manual case, the first case your Court will be deciding this quarter. Also examine Near v. Minnesota--the first case for you to read. Finally, there is a collection of advice from last year's students on how to work in groups. Prepare yourself to learn from their mistakes!
Warning: there will be a "pop" quiz this Friday. For the questions I'll be asking, see the "What's New" section of this website.
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Help with activities & evaluation
Key documents--all in pdf format*
Free Speech topoi: commonplace arguments for you to use ("steal").
A form I use to help me assess final projects--incomplete but perhaps indicative.
Sample final projects:
Places to find cases for your final project:
Old exams (in pdf format*):
(Note: Winter '96 exams contained more questions and an additional type of question--"produce an argument"--than current exams.)
Contacting the instructor
Jean Goodwin
Email: jeangoodwin@nwu.edu
Office hours and complete contact info
Homepage: http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~jgo259/
 *These documents are in pdf format. If they don't download to your machine automatically, consult the Library's pdf help page.
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