POLS 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chaplinsky V. New Hampshire, Strict Scrutiny, Dominick Fernow
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Basic deinitions: civil liberties: personal guarantees and freedom from government restraint, civil rights: freedom from discriminatory treatment by the government or indivituals. Incorporation: barron v. baltimore (1833, 14th a(cid:373)e(cid:374)d(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: (cid:862)no tate hall (cid:863, selective incorporation, palko v. connecticut (1937, mcdonald v. chicago (2010) Lmon c. kuerman (1971: 3 part test: (1) secular purpose, (2) neither inhibit nor advance religion, (3) no excessive entanglement. The allen and sedition acts (1798: clear and present danger test. Hol(cid:373)es disse(cid:374)t: (cid:862)(cid:373)arketpla(cid:272)e theor(cid:455)(cid:863) of the first a(cid:373)e(cid:374)de(cid:373)(cid:374)t. Brandenburg v. ohio (cid:894)1969(cid:895) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t pu(cid:374)ish (cid:373)ere ad(cid:448)o(cid:272)a(cid:272)(cid:455: modern view. U. s. v. eichman (1990: unprotected forms of speech. What are reasons for prohibiting it: morally, deter crime, equality. Evolution of court doctrine: common law rule (regina v. hicklin (1868), miller v. california (1973, miller test. The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find the work, taken as a whale, appeals to prurient interest. It depi(cid:272)ts se(cid:454)ual (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t i(cid:374) a (cid:862)pate(cid:374)tl(cid:455) offe(cid:374)si(cid:448)e (cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863)
