By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications Jacob Hillesheim approached his master’s thesis the same way a police detective investigates a crime. He recognized the importance of the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio, but he wasn’t satisfied with the scholarly articles – or lack thereof – focusing on this landmark decision. “This case introduced the rubric the Supreme Court uses today to define what freedom of speech means and our limits on political speech,” … [Read more...] about Protecting Free Speech: Grad student Hillesheim takes closer look at landmark Supreme Court decision
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UNK event focuses on landmark US Supreme Court decision
KEARNEY – A Nebraska newspaper’s role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case will be discussed 7 p.m. Oct. 24 during an event hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Carol Lomicky of Kearney, a former journalism professor who taught at UNK for three decades, and Chuck Salestrom of North Platte, who retired last year as area associate vice president of public information and marketing at Mid-Plains Community College, will present “Nebraska Press Association v. … [Read more...] about UNK event focuses on landmark US Supreme Court decision
