What should I write my paper on? (1st amendment topics) Forum

[Nova]

Im in a class called "freedom of expression". I need to come up with a topic by tomorrow for a 30 page paper.

broad topic possibilities:

Libel
Privacy
Restraint
Obscenity
Indecency
Infliction of emotional distress
or something else

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Anyone have any suggestions that would be

fun
interesting
contested
currently relevant

& that would also have a ton of info on it (news articles, journal articles, court opinions)

??


TY

[atcushman]

You could do something on Snowden/wikileaks stuff and tie in 1st A/national security/whistleblower stuff

[Ambi-Turner]

Writing a paper about toplessness laws could be fun. There's a lot of crazy stories within that topic, and there were lots of news articles about it last fall.

[patogordo]

Duck Dynasty

[soj]

constitutionality of censorship on top-law-schools.com

[fatheranderson15]

McCullen v. Coakley and the legality of buffer zones around abortion clinics/whether or not they are a violation of free speech rights.
http://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjaco ... /page/full

Arguments were logged less than a month ago, no decision made (yet).

[ph14]

Im in a class called "freedom of expression". I need to come up with a topic by tomorrow for a 30 page paper.

broad topic possibilities:

Libel
Privacy
Restraint
Obscenity
Indecency
Infliction of emotional distress
or something else

-

Anyone have any suggestions that would be

fun
interesting
contested
currently relevant

& that would also have a ton of info on it (news articles, journal articles, court opinions)

??


TY

http://www.circuitsplits.com/

[Teoeo]

Obscenity, AKA the dumbest doctrine ever - makes no sense at all and would be fun to tear down.

[Gamecubesupreme]

Most interesting topic would be privacy in public employment settings when dealing with social media.

For example, people have been getting fired for "Liking" products that their employers disapprove of.

It would be fun to explore whether public employers should be allowed to do that in the digital age.

[Nova]

Thanks for the ideas, everyone.

Im going with public nudity.

[nebula666]

Thanks for the ideas, everyone.

Im going with public nudity.

http://gotopless.org/topless-laws

[bdm261]

revenge porn?

[Nova]

Thanks for the ideas, everyone.

Im going with public nudity.

http://gotopless.org/topless-laws

TY

[nebula666]

Thanks for the ideas, everyone.

Im going with public nudity.

http://gotopless.org/topless-laws

TY

No problem. Not exactly the most accurate 50 state survey but hopefully it helps a bit.