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heidiAs was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.
My personal favorites are obviously IP cases:
Tasini v New York Times, which I was actually peripherally involved with when I was the contracts manager for the New York Times Electronic Media Company back in '95 and '96. Basically, it was a contracts and copyrights case where freelance writers fought the NY Times, Lexis/Nexis, Newsday and other publications to retain/regail (depending on your perspective) the copyright in the stories they wrote. While the publishers were allowed to replicate the articles within the paper, in toto and in contex (say, on microfilm) the authors had neither licensed nor assigned to them the right to reproduce or distribute the articles on their own.
Campbell v Acuff-Rose, aka the 2 LIve Crew vs Pretty Woman case, wherein Justice Souter goes off on bass riffs and the law of parody. A very important case for fanficcers, fanartists and vidders!
But I also have to make a quick mention of Bush v Gore. How can you be a politician and not know the details - or at least about the existence of - Bush v Gore?
[Poll #1270705]
Also, Slate Magazine has a piece on diagramming Sarah Palin's sentences. Fun for the English major in you!
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.
My personal favorites are obviously IP cases:
Tasini v New York Times, which I was actually peripherally involved with when I was the contracts manager for the New York Times Electronic Media Company back in '95 and '96. Basically, it was a contracts and copyrights case where freelance writers fought the NY Times, Lexis/Nexis, Newsday and other publications to retain/regail (depending on your perspective) the copyright in the stories they wrote. While the publishers were allowed to replicate the articles within the paper, in toto and in contex (say, on microfilm) the authors had neither licensed nor assigned to them the right to reproduce or distribute the articles on their own.
Campbell v Acuff-Rose, aka the 2 LIve Crew vs Pretty Woman case, wherein Justice Souter goes off on bass riffs and the law of parody. A very important case for fanficcers, fanartists and vidders!
But I also have to make a quick mention of Bush v Gore. How can you be a politician and not know the details - or at least about the existence of - Bush v Gore?
[Poll #1270705]
Also, Slate Magazine has a piece on diagramming Sarah Palin's sentences. Fun for the English major in you!
