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Sneed, Don; And Others – 1988
This paper examines recent court decisions that indicate the extent of constitutional protection extended to opinionated statements made during broadcast commentaries. A brief overview of both the common law and constitutional privileges protecting the expression of opinion is also included in the paper. Specifically, the paper evaluates the…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Editorials, Federal Courts
Download full textSneed, Don; Stonecipher, Harry W. – 1989
The ultimate test of the speech-action dichotomy, as it relates to symbolic speech to be considered by the courts, may be the fasting of prison inmates who use hunger strikes to protest the conditions of their confinement or to make political statements. While hunger strikes have been utilized by prisoners for years as a means of protest, it was…
Descriptors: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Communication Research, Court Litigation
