FCC Regulation of the Telecommunications Press

The author thinks we would not tolerate this sort of regulation in any context other than telecommunications; the First Amendment would forbid it. But somehow telecommunications speech is different and permits, many think, a different First Amendment regime. The author seeks here to raise questions about this assumption through an exploration of the justifications generally offered to support this different First Amendment regime for telecommunications speech. After exploring those justifications, the author will offer some alternative strategies for reforming telecommunications regulation in a manner which both eliminates present intrusion into protected speech and forwards the First Amendment interest of diversity of ideas

A Reflection on Writing in the Time of COVID-19

In her piece, A Reflection on Writing in the Time of COVID, Lara Bazelon, Phillip and Muriel C. Barnett Chair in Trail Advocacy in the School of Law, draws inspiration from working mothers who she is interviewing, “mothers with dreams and a determination to seek excellence.” Even in this moment with no “home office” besides the kitchen table, no school for children besides home school, it is not the personal words per day, but the core subjects that fuel commitment, the interpersonal that sustains engagement

Money Bail Criminalizes Poverty

The Bay Area is home to a movement to challenge the money-bail system, which disproportionately impacts community of color, and Lara Bazelon discusses the work of the USF School of Law’s Racial Justice Clinic

The Crime Controversy: Avoiding Realities

Speaking before the nation\u27s police chiefs last fall, President Reagan said, The frightening reality is that for all the speeches by those of us in Government-for all the surveys, studies, and blue ribbon panels--for all the 14-point programs and the declarations of war on crime--crime has continued its steady, upward climb and our citizens have grown more and more frustrated, frightened,and angry. \u27I must concur with the President\u27s depressing picture. In the thirty-two years that I have been on the bench, the war against crime has been a high national priority. Nevertheless, crime--and the fear of crime--seem worse today than ever before. Recent polls indicate that crime ranks right after world peace and economic issues in the concerns of Americans

Institutional Psychiatry– The Self Inflicted Wound

Keynote Address at the Conference on Mental Health and the Law, the School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., January 19, 1974