Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Court cases to look at.
District of Columbia v. Heller - 2005 - Supreme Court upholds the right to keep and bear arms for self defense in the home.
United States v. Emerson - 2001 - 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the right to keep and bear arms.
Silveira v. Lockyer - 2002 - 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the 2nd Amendment does not provide an individual right to bear arms. Instead, it argues that there is a collective right to bear arms for the purposes of state militias. The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal.
United States v. Miller - 1939 - Supreme Court ruling that can be (and has been) applied to both sides of the debate.
United States v. Cruikshank - 1876 - Supreme Court ruling that the 2nd Amendment does not apply to the states.
Presser v. Illinois - 1886 - Supreme Court ruling that agrees with Cruikshank.
United States v. Emerson - 2001 - 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the right to keep and bear arms.
Silveira v. Lockyer - 2002 - 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the 2nd Amendment does not provide an individual right to bear arms. Instead, it argues that there is a collective right to bear arms for the purposes of state militias. The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal.
United States v. Miller - 1939 - Supreme Court ruling that can be (and has been) applied to both sides of the debate.
United States v. Cruikshank - 1876 - Supreme Court ruling that the 2nd Amendment does not apply to the states.
Presser v. Illinois - 1886 - Supreme Court ruling that agrees with Cruikshank.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Resolution and Dates
Resolved: That the United States undervalues an individual’s right to own and bear arms when balanced against the greater social needs of society.
Topic Symposium at NYU - April 8th
Early Bird Debates (location TBA) - April 29th
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022803985.html
SUPREME COURT GUN CONTROL ARGUMENTS: DUE PROCESS, PRIV IMMUNITIES
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Brainstorming Session - Values and Arguments
Value 1 - Right to Self Preservation
Gun ownership allows individuals to protect themselves from potential victimization by violent criminal offenders.
Value 2 - Promotion of Civil Liberties
The right to bear arms equips citizens withthe tools they need to protect against a tyrannical government.
Value 3 - Cultural Enlightenment and Evolution
Guns have no place in a civilized society.
Value 4 - Respect for Law and Order
Value 5 - Public Safety
Value 6 - Personal Control - Restraint
Value 7 - Honor
Gun ownership allows individuals to protect themselves from potential victimization by violent criminal offenders.
Value 2 - Promotion of Civil Liberties
The right to bear arms equips citizens withthe tools they need to protect against a tyrannical government.
Value 3 - Cultural Enlightenment and Evolution
Guns have no place in a civilized society.
Value 4 - Respect for Law and Order
Value 5 - Public Safety
Value 6 - Personal Control - Restraint
Value 7 - Honor
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Offshore Loopholes
http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Federal-Government-Bailouts-of-Major-Corporations-Are-Just/2/
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/should_fed_federal_reserve_bailout_failing_corporations_aig.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/cheat_sheet_obama_to_close_off.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/04/congress-leery-about-obamas-plan-on-tax-loopholes/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/politics/main4988677.shtml
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/should_fed_federal_reserve_bailout_failing_corporations_aig.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/cheat_sheet_obama_to_close_off.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/04/congress-leery-about-obamas-plan-on-tax-loopholes/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/politics/main4988677.shtml
Sunday, January 25, 2009
France's Bailout NYT
January 24, 2009
France Expands Its Financial Support for Newspapers
By ERIC PFANNER
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France announced new financial aid for the country’s newspapers on Friday, but stopped short of the overhaul that analysts say is needed to revitalize the sector.
Mr. Sarkozy promised a variety of aid, including tax breaks for delivery services. In an effort to help newspapers through the recession, Mr. Sarkozy said the government would double the amount of advertising it did in print and online newspapers.
“It is the state’s primary responsibility to respond to an emergency,” he said, “and there is an emergency caused by the impact of the collapse of advertising revenue.”
The French government’s support, which totals about 280 million euros, or $362 million, a year, would be increased by about 200 million euros a year for three years under Mr. Sarkozy’s plan.
The proposal included one unusual measure aimed at attracting young people to newspapers: giving 18-year-olds free subscriptions to the printed publication of their choice. The program would to be financed jointly by the government and publishers.
In the United States, media specialists are divided on whether the government could or should help the efforts.
Support from the government could “impugn the perception of the public about the coverage of that newspaper,” said Scott Bosley, the executive director of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. “Trust is all we have, and it’s hard-earned and hard to keep now. It would add another degree of difficulty to that.”
Alex S. Jones, director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, said the government had always lent support to newspapers, offering them discounted postal rates, for instance.
“A friendly postal rate is something that people don’t pay much attention to, but a direct subsidy of newspapers, by buying every college student a newspaper, would raise hackles,” Mr. Jones said, adding that he thought it was unlikely the federal government would create a program similar to France’s.
While newspapers everywhere are facing difficulties, the state of the French press is particularly dire. According to the World Association of Newspapers, the per-capita circulation of paid-for dailies in France is about half that of papers in Germany or Britain.
The help may buy newspapers some time, but will not solve their problems, analysts said.
“This is not the great reform we were waiting for,” said Emmanuel Schwartzenberg, a former media editor at Le Figaro and the author of a book on problems facing the French media.
Stephanie Clifford contributed reporting from New York.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/business/media/24ads.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print
France Expands Its Financial Support for Newspapers
By ERIC PFANNER
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France announced new financial aid for the country’s newspapers on Friday, but stopped short of the overhaul that analysts say is needed to revitalize the sector.
Mr. Sarkozy promised a variety of aid, including tax breaks for delivery services. In an effort to help newspapers through the recession, Mr. Sarkozy said the government would double the amount of advertising it did in print and online newspapers.
“It is the state’s primary responsibility to respond to an emergency,” he said, “and there is an emergency caused by the impact of the collapse of advertising revenue.”
The French government’s support, which totals about 280 million euros, or $362 million, a year, would be increased by about 200 million euros a year for three years under Mr. Sarkozy’s plan.
The proposal included one unusual measure aimed at attracting young people to newspapers: giving 18-year-olds free subscriptions to the printed publication of their choice. The program would to be financed jointly by the government and publishers.
In the United States, media specialists are divided on whether the government could or should help the efforts.
Support from the government could “impugn the perception of the public about the coverage of that newspaper,” said Scott Bosley, the executive director of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. “Trust is all we have, and it’s hard-earned and hard to keep now. It would add another degree of difficulty to that.”
Alex S. Jones, director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, said the government had always lent support to newspapers, offering them discounted postal rates, for instance.
“A friendly postal rate is something that people don’t pay much attention to, but a direct subsidy of newspapers, by buying every college student a newspaper, would raise hackles,” Mr. Jones said, adding that he thought it was unlikely the federal government would create a program similar to France’s.
While newspapers everywhere are facing difficulties, the state of the French press is particularly dire. According to the World Association of Newspapers, the per-capita circulation of paid-for dailies in France is about half that of papers in Germany or Britain.
The help may buy newspapers some time, but will not solve their problems, analysts said.
“This is not the great reform we were waiting for,” said Emmanuel Schwartzenberg, a former media editor at Le Figaro and the author of a book on problems facing the French media.
Stephanie Clifford contributed reporting from New York.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/business/media/24ads.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print
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