Major principles of media law

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This has been a proftros in both communications and in the liew With two now justices, the US Supreme Court appears to be shifting its position several major ines, including the question of abortion rights, political cam paign advertising and the scope of First Amendment protection for students Gonzales Carbon sheld a federal law banning partial birth abortions, alw similar to a state low the court overturned in Stenberg Carhart seven years ago Both decisions came on 5-4 votes, but the fifth wore to overturn the state law came from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired last year and was replaced by Samuel A. Alto Alto joined the 5-4 majority to uphold the federal law

Late in its term, the Supreme Court seemingly reversed directions on cam paige advertising on another 5-4 vote. In Federal Election Commission W Right to Life, the court distanced itself from an earlier decision upholding most of the McCam Feingold campaign reform lew, holding this time that restrictions on issur advertising that mentions a candidate violate the First Amendment. This allows well-funded corporations, unions and others to spend freely on some advertising that mentions candidates during the final days of a campaign the thing the campaign reform law was written to prevent. And in still another 5-4 vode, the court rejected a student's claim that his First Amendment rights were violated when the school principal seized his "Bong Hits 4 Jesus banner near (but not on) a high school campus and suspended him for displaying it. The cover of this book shows a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court supporting the student whose banner led to this decision

The tends in media law are not as clear as the new Supreme Court decisions might suggest, hower Athough a federal appelfate count allowed administrative cship of a university newspaper two years ago in Holy Carter, three states have passed lows protecting student journals from administrative chip (including Minds, where the Houy case are). Seural other states were comid ing suck laws in mid-2017 The More deceive does not affect those laws