Thursday, February 21, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
new york times v sullivan
Facts:
Laws:
Issues:
-race
-freedom of speech
-libel
- defamation of character
why are they issues/why can they go both way?
what the ad says about sullivan is a legal conclusion.
findings of facts and findings of law, the ad doesnt even mention sullivan.
three questions
I think the clearest thing i have learnd is how to brief a case. i think when all the facts are there it easy to follow the outline.
what is the most confusing point you have learned in 317?
due process is by far the most confusing thing we have went over so far. it seems easy to understand until you start breaking down the story/case/situation/facts/etc.
What would you like to learn in 317?
i dont really have anything in mind i would like to learn, i think i am pretty open to anything at this point?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
questions for reading
Freedom Fries- was a short-lived name used by some in the United States for French fries, as a result of anti-French sentiment in the United States.
During the international debate over the decision to launch the 2003 invasion of Iraq, FranceUnited Nations to taking such action. The French position was not popular with certain groups in the United States, leading to campaigns for the boycotting of French goods and businesses and the removal of the country's name from products. expressed strong opposition in the
The name "freedom fries" was first used by Neal Rowland at his Cubbie's restaurant in Beaufort, North Carolina.[1] The story made national news, garnering the attention of other restaurants as well as the United States Congress.
Liberty cabbage (also known as victory cabbage) was an American euphemism for "sauerkraut." It was introduced in the United States during World War I, but was rarely used thereafter. Similar euphemisms, some of which did not spring up until World War II, include "liberty measles" for "German measles,"[1] "Eisenhower jacket" for "Hindenburg jacket," "Eisenhower herring" for "Bismarck herring," "liberty steak" for "hamburger" (hamburger is derived from "Hamburg", a city in Germany), and others.
This euphemism is similar to the 2003 Iraq war era "Freedom fries." Liberty cabbage is often associated with anti-German sentiment.
Musician Rufus Wainwright wrote a song entitled "Liberty Cabbage" expressing uneasiness with many American political and cultural practices.
The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress that President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The acronym stands for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law Pub.L. 107-56).
The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I, on June 15, 1917, which made it a crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. It was punishable by a maximum $USD 10,000 fine (almost $170,000 in today's dollars) and 20 years in prison. The legislation was passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who feared any widespread dissent in time of war, thinking that it constituted a real threat to an American victory
They were all used in war times, && they all talk about say what you want as long as you say the right thingsabout our government ... or you may be punished.
#2
i think they were writing what people wanted to hear, and the politicians didnt like that, some of it might have been true, some might not have? but in one article i found it says " One of the men arrested was Benjamin Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache, editor of the Philadelphia Democrat-Republican Aurora. Charged with libeling President Adams, Bache's arrest erupted in a public outcry against all of the Alien and Sedition Acts. "(http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/sedition/) so, it wasnt just the aliens that were being punished it was everyone. I think today there are so many different forms of writing && people in office, if everyone was put in jail for writing something bad about someone in office, the jails would be filled up with writers instead or other crime doers.
#3
Abrams v. United States. (1919) FACT two leaflets were thrown from the roof of a building in New York, by four refugees from the pogroms and tyranny of Czarist Russia because they didn't like President Wilson's decision to send American troops in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution LAW the four defendants were charged with an attempt to harm America prosecution of the war against Germany QUOTE "punish speech that produces or is intended to produce a clear and imminent danger that it will bring about forthwith certain substantive evils..."- Justice Holmes (pg 76- 77)