Discuss The Cardigans involvement in law

LS311-1 Assignment for Outcome 1

The Cardigans are a very progressive with the way they do

business, especially with keeping up with the latest laws and cases

that pertain to individual rights and the impact that the laws have on

business. They are planning to introduce a new line of clothing

called “Scantily Clad” with the slogan, “So light You Won’t Know

You are Wearing a Thing!” The local television station WBLAH told

Candie Cardigan that it would not air such a commercial due to

content. Furthermore, that it was not appropriate for children to

view it. The Cardigans believe that this is old law and believe that

they are protected under the First Amendment’s Freedom of

Speech.

Your supervising attorney, and one of CARDWARE’s Corporate

Counsel, Rice E. Roni would like for you to analyze case law in

your state as well as the First Amendment Freedom of Speech and

determine if the Cardigans have a right to have their commercial

aired or not. Be sure to discuss whether or not WBLAH is

unreasonably abridging the Cardigans’ rights guaranteed to the

individuals under the First Amendment. Your response is to be in

the form of a memorandum instructions which are provided below.

Rice E. Roni scribbled a few notes on a sheet of paper to help you

with your research.

 Look at the case of Action for Children’s Television v. FCC.

 Please review the 1978 decision of the Supreme Court in Federal

Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation – See more at:

First Amendment and Censorship. (n.d.). Retrieved June 10, 2016,

from http://entertainmentlaw.uslegal.com/censorship/first-

amendment-and- censorship/#sthash.AnrMIuEN.dpuf

Please determine if this is good law, or not and whether or not it

applies to our situation.

 Be sure to analyze our situation from both a positive and a negative viewpoint

so we will know what our strengths and weaknesses are when we insist that

our commercial be given air time.

Assignment Instructions

You are the paralegal working for CARDWARE’s corporate counsel

and have been asked to draft a 2–3-page double-spaced

memorandum to Rice E. Roni, Corporate Counsel of CARDWARE

Inc.and discuss the following:

 Your state law and the First Amendment and whether or not the Cardigans

have a right to have their commercial aired or not.

 Be sure to discuss whether or not WBLAH is unreasonably abridging the

Cardigans’ rights guaranteed to the individuals under the First Amendment.

 Be sure to indicate which case gives us the most support of having the

commercial aired.

Checklist Before Submitting Your Assignment

 Read the question and what is being asked of you twice.

 Structure your Assignment in memorandum form.

Example:

Date:

To: Rice E. Roni, Supervising Attorney, CARDWARE Inc.

From: [Your Name]

Re:

 Organize your memorandum with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Note: Your memorandum length of 2–3 pages is separate from

the cover sheet and reference page.

 Keep all font color consistent throughout. If a blue hyperlink appears, remove

it by hovering over it and right click. A vertical dropdown menu will appear.

Click on Remove Hyperlink.

 Avoid the use of first person.

 Provide in-text citations. If a reference is listed in your reference page, make

sure it is displayed within your submission where you retrieved information

from.

 Provide hanging indents where needed.

 Double space throughout your submission, including throughout your

reference page. Note: This includes between your references.

 Your reference page should be separate from the body of your submission.

 Use Times New Roman size 12 font.

 Provide an APA formatted cover sheet.

Directions for Submitting Your Assignment:

Please label your projects: username-project- unit.doc. For

example, a student named Tina Allen would name her file TAllen-

CriminalLawEssay-Unit2.doc. Submit your Assignment in Unit 2