Kastil Eavenshade's Blog

Over the course of American history, what has been allowed to be broadcasted by media outlets have constantly evolved. Obscenity, for the most part, is a subjective matter. What one opines as illicit behavior is another person’s casual shrug of indifference. Contemporary community standards, after all, vary depending on the person polled as to what… Continue reading Verum Esse Subiectivum

Another Communications Law paper. ____________________ The Radio Act of 1912 managed by the Department of Commerce helped determine what was for public use and what was for commercial use. However, the country’s growth in radio needs demanded a more complex system and with that, more regulation to make sure there was equal representation on the… Continue reading The Delicate Balance of the Fairness Doctrine

Oops. In my procrastination and just plain writer’s block, I forgot to throw up a college paper blog post. Good grief. In the course of a couple of months I’ve gone from a successful book release to imposter syndrome. I had my chalkboard loaded with the next book to write and set off on the… Continue reading Writer’s Block and the Binge Game

In light of some of the back lash of Ms Marvel, I thought this old term paper might be good to throw on the blog. Cultural appropriation has been a perpetuated faux pas in our society for some time. A certain sect takes from a native culture because they like the way it looks vice… Continue reading Opinion Piece: Respect and Fluidity

The burning of the U.S. Flag is a hotly contested debate and always will be. It was one of the first cases we studied in Communications Law. ——– In the Supreme Court’s 1989 decision in Johnson v. Texas, the slim majority of five to four voted that Gregory Lee Johnson was within his right to… Continue reading JOHNSON v. TEXAS: Emotion and The Letter of The Law

This was a small piece from my Ethics class concerning immigration written in 2020. Nothing has really changed since then. Throughout history the interests of those with means have prospered. When slavery was legal and on the verge of collapse, the slave owners used the fear of those without means to oppose the freeing of… Continue reading Opinion Piece: Immigration Rights

Communications Law had to be one of my favorite courses in college. I enjoyed digging into case studies and cases brought to the SCOTUS. ____________________________ The Communications Decency Act of 1996, also known as Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, was in respond to the growing concern on minor’s access to pornographic material… Continue reading Indecent v Obscenity: The First Amendment Arbitration

Are you tired of the college papers yet because I got a BUTT TON of them! 😀 ___________________ Spread of the COVID-19 virus has left the world rethinking public gatherings and how they should be conducted. Beyond a governor’s decree limiting large gatherings and the implementation of social distancing, some aspects of our normal everyday… Continue reading The Court System and Pandemic Contingencies

I think this was for my Business Law class. The movie—Absence of Malice—starred Paul Newman and was an excellent movie showing how proving malice works. This is more on how it works within the law than a movie review but it will spoil the film as a FYI. _____________________ In the 1981 film Absence of… Continue reading Libel Under The Guise of Truth in Reporting

This piece comes from my Communications Law class. ——- In Schenck v United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919) Charles T Schenck was convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917. Enacted after the start of WWI, this act prohibits obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent… Continue reading Asserting Your Rights and Government Overreach