Private Speech, Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First Amendment Doctrine

University of Chicago Law Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 413-

  Kagan, Elena ^a  

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EID: 0347878288     PISSN: 00419494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1600235     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. United States v O'Brien, 391 US 367, 383 (1968).
2. 391 US 367 (1968).
3. Id at 383, 385. In the O'Brien inquiry, the nature of the governmental interest asserted played an important role. See id at 380-82; text accompanying notes 237-38. But the O'Brien Court cared not at all - or at least professed to care not at all - whether the asserted governmental interest matched, or even resembled, the actual interest underlying the enactment or enforcement of the legislation. O'Brien, 391 US at 383-85.
4. Id at 383, 385. In the O'Brien inquiry, the nature of the governmental interest asserted played an important role. See id at 380-82; text accompanying notes 237-38. But the O'Brien Court cared not at all - or at least professed to care not at all - whether the asserted governmental interest matched, or even resembled, the actual interest underlying the enactment or enforcement of the legislation. O'Brien, 391 US at 383-85.
5. Id at 383, 385. In the O'Brien inquiry, the nature of the governmental interest asserted played an important role. See id at 380-82; text accompanying notes 237-38. But the O'Brien Court cared not at all - or at least professed to care not at all - whether the asserted governmental interest matched, or even resembled, the actual interest underlying the enactment or enforcement of the legislation. O'Brien, 391 US at 383-85.