20.4.03
BOYCOTTS NOT EQUIVALENT TO CENSORSHIP: Volokh Conspiracy spells out the extremely limited basis for the government to refuse to deal with a contractor for reasons of belief. The SCSU Scholars see a parallel (and a potential violation of the law?) at their university. Essay question: distinguish a consumer boycott from a government agency's refusal to deal (anybody else remember the lettuce boycotts of the early 1970s?). Assess Kathleen Parker's argument (via Betsy's Page.) Summarize in one sentence why Tim Robbins is wrong to inject the First Amendment into his dispute with the management of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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