MMC 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Actual Malice, The New York Times
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The first amendment really means it only applies to the government: video of net neutrality slow lane/fast lane. The first amendment: protects your speech/press right from the government. Gitlow v. ny (new york: changed the interpretaion of the 1st amendment. Gitlow had a great lawyer, saying that the 1st amendment should apply to all kinds of government. All government bodies cannot take away your 1st amendment rights. *if it is in front of the supreme court it is an important case! Profanity, ofensive terms, the answer to ofensive speech is more speech. Trial courts vs. appeal courts: the diference: Appeal is to review a case and if the results match up, then that is where a law is. A new standard for public oicals was set, called actual malice. 3rd thing adverising was given the right to the 1st amendment. The irst amendment means : what the supreme court says it means.
