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Just to Help The Lady Out..-
The Supreme Court Meme
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your journal. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) The theory is that you post it off the top of your head, more or less. Although given the room, you might want to double check the case's details before you post.
Euclid v. Ambler, 1926 The advent of Zoning--or, No, you can't build your slaughterhouse next to my home, and the titty bar can't be built next to the elementary school.
"At the heart of the case was Euclid, Ohio, an eastern suburb of metropolitan Cleveland. In 1922 Euclid’s village council unanimously adopted a sweeping new plan that regulated the height, area, and use of all structures built on the land within its borders. As the law’s preamble declared, village residents sought “to preserve the present character of said Village and the public improvements therein, to prevent congestion, and to promote and provide for the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of the citizens thereof.” Source
Hustler v. Falwell
1988
Held that public figures have no right to protection from parody.
Rejected previous subjective standards of 'malice' and 'outrageousness' when considering free speech protections for parody.
Publically declared Jerry Falwell a fatuous crybaby.
Bonus fact: Amazingly not the case that defined obscenity with the phrase "I know it when I see it." That was Jacobellis v. Ohio in 1964.
Just to Help The Lady Out..-
The Supreme Court Meme
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your journal. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) The theory is that you post it off the top of your head, more or less. Although given the room, you might want to double check the case's details before you post.
Euclid v. Ambler, 1926 The advent of Zoning--or, No, you can't build your slaughterhouse next to my home, and the titty bar can't be built next to the elementary school.
"At the heart of the case was Euclid, Ohio, an eastern suburb of metropolitan Cleveland. In 1922 Euclid’s village council unanimously adopted a sweeping new plan that regulated the height, area, and use of all structures built on the land within its borders. As the law’s preamble declared, village residents sought “to preserve the present character of said Village and the public improvements therein, to prevent congestion, and to promote and provide for the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of the citizens thereof.” Source
Hustler v. Falwell
1988
Held that public figures have no right to protection from parody.
Rejected previous subjective standards of 'malice' and 'outrageousness' when considering free speech protections for parody.
Publically declared Jerry Falwell a fatuous crybaby.
Bonus fact: Amazingly not the case that defined obscenity with the phrase "I know it when I see it." That was Jacobellis v. Ohio in 1964.