AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Freedom Of Assembly, Child Pornography

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: shirk

Document Summary

Bill of rights: first 10 amendments to constitution (protects individual from government behaviour) Protects businesses also: corporations = legal entities/persons (same rights) Constitution = very general ie. #4: cabnot bear any arm, any time etc. there are limitations (no machine guns) 14th regulates state behaviour: previously only limited federal behaviour. Includes gestures, movements, articles of clothing (protected by court) Reasonable restrictions: expression is subject to some restriction (line between protecting its people and exercising rights: case-by-case basis. Content-neutral laws: placing regulations on secondary factors, not the content itself (time, place, manner) are usually allowed ie. banning marijuana legalization group not allowed, but can ban it from being in sensitive areas (around schools) Compelling government interest: test of constitutionality that requires gov. to have compelling reasons for passing restrictions that affect speech/expression. Corporate political speech: political speech by corporations is also protected by 1st.