Just to Help The Lady Out...

[madmoisellestar]

From icewolf010, also known as Captain AmazingPants. Seriously, she's so great. And, y'know, obviously not the lady who needs help.

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

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[ciretose]

The People vs. Larry Flynt, classic movie if you haven't seen it. Ed Norton as the attorney and Woody Harrellson as Flynt.

[madmoisellestar]

I actually haven't seen it. When I had netflix it was one of the ones that was always in my queue but always getting bumped.

[torberg]

And Larry Flynt himself as a cameo as a judge at one of the trials.

[andesmusings]

x-posted to my journal

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

Just to help the lady out...

[andesmusings]

in line with the theme:
“Local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books …”
- U.S. Supreme Court in Board of Education, Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982)

The Pico case is the most important court decision to date concerning school libraries and the First Amendment. In it, the Court recognized that the First Amendment rights of students are “directly and sharply implicated” when a book is removed from a school library. Therefore, the discretion of school boards to remove books from school libraries is limited. The law requires that if a book is to be removed, an inquiry must be made as to the motivation and intention of the party calling for its removal. If the party’s intention is to deny students access to ideas with which the party disagrees, it is a violation of the First Amendment. From 1st Amendment Center: http://www.

Re: Just to help the lady out...

[madmoisellestar]

Nice

[counterword]

Did you know that Palin is a m-f pre-op transsexual prostitute with a gerbil fetish?

Phew, I have supreme court rulings to back me up on this one.