A. The Aston City Ordinance Leaves Open Ample Alternative Channels Of Communication Because It Only Applies In The Square Area And Only Applies To Verbal Solicitation. A speech regulation that is content-neutral must leave open ample alternative channels of communication. An adequate alternative channel of communication does not have to be the speaker’s first or best choice. In addition, the alternative channel need not necessarily provide the same audience or impact for the speech. Additionally, an adequate alternative cannot totally restrict a speaker’s ability to reach one audience even if it permits the speaker to reach others. RULE EXPLANATION: In Gresham v. Peterson, the City of Indianapolis amended an ordinance regarding solicitation …show more content…
However, Gresham is different because it prohibits far more forms of solicitation than in this case. Unlike Gresham, our ordinance allows for solicitations for immediate donations of money upon any street, public place, or park, as long as the solicitation is not made vocally. Furthermore, Astons panhandling ordinance does not prohibit any nighttime panhandling anywhere within the city, rather it only prohibits nighttime verbal panhandling in the Square. Although the statute in Gresham prohibited far more forms of solicitation than our ordinance, the court still held that the statute allowed for “many feasible alternatives.” Given this, the Aston anti-panhandling ordinance leaves open ample alternative methods of communication because panhandlers may panhandle in any area of the city outside of the Square, solicitors may make any solicitation requests within the city, both during the daytime and the nighttime, as long as the solicitation is non-verbal, panhandlers can hold up signs requesting money, as well as engage in street performances such as playing music or dancing. Thus, like the ordinance in Gresham, that restricted far more forms of solicitation in our case, the Aston’s anti-panhandling statute leaves open ample alternative channels of
Peter, Sagal. “Should There Be Limits on Freedom of Speech?” 25 March. 2013. PSB. PBS.com 14 Nov.
In the article “I Need a Dollar: Should you give to the New York 's Homeless?”, published on Gawker.com on July 28, 2014, Paul Cantor argues the issue of whether or not you should give money to a panhandler. Like Cantor, I have been approached several times by people asking for money. Often times I wondered, "how did you end up in this situation?” More often than not I find myself leaning towards the negative connotation; that it is their fault they’re in these circumstances. However, I generally feel that I can spare a buck or two. Cantor suggests "maybe nine out of every ten panhandlers are lying." Even if every dollar you hand out goes to something it shouldn 't, what is it really hurting? I agree with Cantor. Americans spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars a year on coffee
Under First Amendment law, Dickey had the right to publish the article because TSU relied on state funds to function, thus making it a government entity. Even if the editorial was stopped because it criticized the Alabama government, the Free Press Clause protects citizens’ and media’s right to express themselves through written idea, opinions and dissemination of information without interference or censorship from the government. This case also enacted that public schools were not responsible for what their student media published and could not be threatened with state funding cuts, nor could public universities use state funding as means to censor student media. The court went on to add that the university did not have to hire Dickey as
Keyes, Scott. “Everything You Think You Know About Panhandlers Is Wrong”. Think Progress. 30 Oct.
The author provides many facts that support his argument and makes sure to explain how other solutions would not work to solve this problem effectively. The article provides a plethora of facts discussing how the use of censorship is not the way to go due to its negative connotation and how the law cannot do anything, because technically nothing wrong is really happening the law viewpoint. The author finally concluded his essay by discussing how the solution he proposed maybe the best one they can use at the moment and how the solution has been used and been proven successful. The weaknesses of the essay include lack of information regarding the Supreme Court readings and the fact that he did not cite any sources to show ethos, but he himself was the president of Harvard University so that might have been
Malagna, Steven. "The Professional Panhandling Plague." The City Journal. The City Journal, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. .
Thesis and Road Map (Give three reasons why you think that schools should/should not be allowed to limit students’ online speech.)
Another major cause for begging having a shameful connotation in America is for the reason that many pretend to be homeless or panhandling when it is obvious that it is not necessary. Matthew J. Reynolds recor...
Scott Peterson was an educated man from California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Business. He was married to his wife Laci Peterson who was also pregnant with their unborn son. In December of 2002 Laci Peterson went missing in the Modesto, California area where she shared a home with Scott. Once the investigation of Scott’s missing wife started authorities began to suspect Scott as a suspect in her disappearance. In April of 2003 a fetus and a female torso that was missing hands, feet, and a head were found on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Bay area was where Scott was boating the day of Laci’s disappearance. The body was later identified as Laci Peterson and the fetus as Laci and Scott’s unborn son. Scott was also arrested in the month of April shortly after the discovery of Laci and their son’s body and was later sentenced to the death penalty. Over the course of this paper I will cover the whole event of the disappearance of Laci Peterson, relating it to a sociological theory, the impact the event had on our society and how the media had influence over this national event.
Pascale begins her article by stating that many U.S. cities are enacting laws which would punish homeless individuals for doing things many ‘ordinary’ people do all the time. For instance, loitering or sleeping in public (320). She states that the California Homeless and Housing Coalition estimates that there are around a million homeless people in California alone. Eight self governed cities in southern California and at least one city in northern California passed anti-sleeping laws, says Pascale (320). Another law in the city of San Francisco states that it is “illegal to linger for more than 60 seconds within 30 feet of an automatic teller in use” (321). The city of San Francisco spent a lot of time and money to arrest 15 people for begging in 1993 and Pascale alleges that there are several other major cities in the U.S. with similar laws (321).
McLaughlin v. Heikkila is a case that involves Wilbert Heikklia and David Mc Laughlin who entered into an agreement involving eight parcels to be sold to Mr. Mc Laughlin by Mr. Heikklia. According to Cheeseman (2013), the facts of the case indicate that Mr. Mc Laughlin submitted offers to Mr. Heikklia for the purchase of three parcels and afterwards, McLaughlin submitted earnest-money checks and three printed purchase agreements to Heikklia. According to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, McLaughlin himself never signed any of the agreements. However, his wife did sign two of the agreements and she initiated the third agreement on September 14, 2003. Then, two days later on September 16, 2003 Heikklia made changes to two of the agreements by increasing the cost of the parcels, and he changed the closing dates on all three agreements, including add a reservation of mineral rights to all three (Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2005).
This is actually a tactic I have heard of and have used before, however, I never understood why it works. Before asking someone for a favor I would ask if I could borrow a pencil. But not understanding how the law worked, I used the same tactic the same way. Now that I have some enlightenment on the science I can tailor my smaller requests to better suit each individual situation and with practice improve my persuasive abilities.
Freedom of speech cannot be considered an absolute freedom, and even society and the legal system recognize the boundaries or general situations where the speech should not be protected. Along with rights comes civil responsib...
It is this free stream that makes American a democratic nation. In current time it is broadly acknowledged that the privilege to the right to speak freely is the quintessence of free society and it must be secured. The fundamental standard of a free society is an unhindered stream of words in a public gathering. Freedom to express sentiments and thoughts without obstruction, and particularly without dread of discipline assumes huge part in the advancement of the society and the state. This is imperative: the right to speak freely, alongside alternate opportunities in the principal correction, are intended to ensure the freedoms of the people against an abusive government that would try to squash those rights in its own particular self-intrigue (Freedom of Speech and Expression India v America study,
"Censorship and Freedom of Information." Issues and Controversies. Facts on File, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2014.