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ABAst Quizzes, & X I O Getting X Homework Help- X I BLAW- CASE X MHE Reader player-ui.mheducationco 1 Home - tamusa.edu Form BN-900E: TW... corresviewdoc.do Q Q certifications CASE SUMMARY 3.4 State v. DeAngelo, 930 A.2d 1236 (N.J. Supreme ct. 2007) Commercial Speech During a labor dispute, a local labor union engaged in a public protest of what it claimed were unfair labor practices of a local business. As part of its protest, union members displayed a 10-foot inflatable rat-shaped balloon on a public sidewalk in front of the business involved in the dispute. A municipal ordinance banned all Bublic displays of "balloon or inflated" signs except in cases of a grand opening. The union challenged the ordinance in court as an unconstitutional ban on commercial speech. CASE QUESTIONS l. Is the ordinance constitutional, or is it a valid (content-neutral) "time, place, and manner" regulation? 2. What level of scrutiny will a court apply to the ordinance? 3. What if it were an election year and the labor union had placed the inflatable rat-shaped balloon in front of the local chapter of the Republican Party or Democratic Party to protest either party's political platform? CASE SUMMARY 3.5 U.s. v. Alderman, 565 F.3d 641 (9th Cir. 2009) Commerce Clause In 2002, Congress passed the Body Armor Act that made it illegal for anyone who has been convicted ofa violent felony to possess page 73 body armor. Cedrick Alderman was convicted of violating the statute, and he then challenged the law's constitutionality during appeal. Alderman contended that Congress had exceeded its authority because the law was not suffciently related to interstate commerce. CASE QUESTIONS l. Is the Body Armor Act constitutional? the qtnte where it was manufactured, how did his purchase affect "interstate" commerce? 11:32 AM