Extending PruneYard: citizens' right to demand public access cable channels

Article Abstract:

Advocates of public access to cable television broadcasting should consider employing the strategies used in PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins to assert that requiring public access would not offend the free speech rights of cable operators. In PruneYard, the US Supreme Court found that state law requiring access to private shopping centers under the public forum doctrine did not violate the First Amendment. The interests served by allowing such access are equally applicable to cable television, and the PruneYard decision offers a blueprint for defending more expansive state laws.

Cable television

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The bold and the beautiful: art, public spaces, and the First Amendment

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Jurisprudence on the ability of government to regulate private art displayed on public property should be revised to employ a neutral display test that limits government discretion to a determination of artistic merit. Existing case law applies the public forum doctrine's categorical analysis and suffers from being results-oriented. The neutral display approach would reduce political and popular influence, though governments could still decide to display no art and First Amendment limitations on speech would still be applicable.

Public art

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Siren songs and Amish children: autonomy, information, and law

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The author discusses the role of the First Amendment in the emerging information economy and proposes a means of evaluating laws that affect individual autonomy by regulating the flow of information. Topics include US policy on property and commercialism in the information environment and policies aimed at fostering commercial information production.

United States, Interpretation and construction, Information law

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