Sep 1, 2019 | 100th Anniversary of Schenck and Abrams, Article, Dale Carpenter, Feature, First Amendment, Sexuality and the Law, Symposium
By Dale Carpenter Abstract In 1924, Illinois issued a charter for a non-profit corporation, the Chicago-based Society for Human Rights (SHR). The group’s founder, Bavarian-born Henry Gerber, borrowed its name from a gay rights group in 1920s Germany, where the...
Sep 1, 2019 | 100th Anniversary of Schenck and Abrams, Article, Feature, First Amendment, Kent Greenawalt, Symposium
By Kent Greenawalt Abstract A central issue about redundancy concerns how far the exercise of religion is simply a form of speech that is, and should be, constitutionally protected only to the extent that reaches speech generally. Insofar as a constitutional analysis...
Sep 1, 2019 | 100th Anniversary of Schenck and Abrams, Article, Feature, First Amendment, Jurisprudence, Rodney A. Smolla, Supreme Court of the United States, Symposium
By Rodney A. Smolla Abstract “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” This biblical verse, from the Christian New Testament Gospel of John, is etched into the wall of the original main building of the Central Intelligence Agency,...
