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C-SPAN offers video treasure trove

marducey — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:22:15 +0000

Originally I planned to focus this post on a great documentary on the U.S. Supreme Court that C-SPAN has been showing — and which is also available for viewing online. I showed the piece to my media law class, and they were more interested than one might expect for a group of 20-somethings at 8 a.m. in the morning. I definitely recommend it for other media law teachers.

But while nosing around the C-SPAN site, I discovered a wealth of videos on everything from press conferences to in-depth interviews. I even found dozens of videos featuring one of my journalism heroes, Helen Thomas.

So if you are looking for clips from politicians, educators, journalists and business people, give the C-SPAN Video Library a try.

Supreme Court justice bobbleheads

marducey — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:03:29 +0000

The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of the Law has been making bobbleheads of Supreme Court

This bobblehead -- and others like this -- are pictured on Greenbag.

justices. They are hysterical, but also informative.

I used this “Annotated Bobblehead” image of Justice David Souter to tie in the 2 Live Crew “Pretty Woman” copyright case in my media law class today. The students loved it. I just wish I could get my hands on the actual bobblehead doll.

Trust me. It’s definitely work clicking the Greenbag link to check this out.

Great spoof on privacy laws

marducey — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:25:25 +0000

Ah, Onion, you’ve done it again.

If you need a laugh, be sure to check out:

Right To Privacy Not Guaranteed By Constitution, Says Supreme Court Justice Peeking In Bathroom Window

All you ever wanted to know about the U.S. Supreme Court

marducey — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:27:48 +0000

When I was trolling the web for some free speech legal news, I discovered a New York Times page completely focused on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The page includes everything a multimedia package, bios on the justices, court documents, links to blogs and the usual case updates. For media law junkies like me, it is fabulous.