Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Class 15 - Assignment



Congratulations again to moot court teams 5 and 6 for their outstanding performance yesterday. I think that was our best moot court yet (although of course these teams had the advantage of seeing and learning from teams 1-4 first!).

Judging by student questions after the moot court, there is still some confusion about some of the tests and categories we apply to free speech. Tomorrow I intend to clarify the points made in my previous lecture and the moot court, so everyone should have a better understanding

I will also move on to discuss topics related to First Amendment protection of free press. Please read the following overview of free press law:


And at least skim over the short article about protecting confidentiality of sources:


And also the article about bloggers or internet commentators, who perhaps have come to best illustrate the overlap between free speech and free press:



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