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18 Gov't L. Rev. 1 (2025)

handle is hein.journals/aglr18 and id is 1 raw text is: BLUE RIBBON FOR FREE SPEECH: BALANCING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND STATE ACTION AT THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR Roy S. Gutterman* TABLE OF CONTENTS I.INTRODU CTION ................................................................. . 2 II.STATE FAIRS: HISTORY AND THE ARTS AND ARTISTIC E XPRESSIO N ................................................................ . 4 III.CONTEMPORARY STATE FAIR FREE SPEECH ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ......................................................... 9 IV.A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (A NALYSIS).............................................................. . . 11 V.THE STATE FAIR: A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM .................. 15 A. Notable Post-Heffron Disputes and Decisions ...... 17 B. State Fair Free Speech Zones ............................ 19 VI.GOVERNMENT SPEECH AND ITS PERILS......................... 21 VII.STATE AND THE ARTS.................................................... 25 VIII. DISCUSSION: CHALONE V. THE STATE OF NEW YORK: A QUESTION OF CENSORSHIP........................................ 28 A. The Government Interest and Censorship............. 31 B. Constitutional Avoidance ................................. 36 IX .CONCLUSION ................................................................ 38 1 * Roy S. Gutterman is a professor of communications law and journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. He is also on faculty by courtesy at the Syracuse University College of Law. He wishes to thank Madison Neuner, Tully Center research assistant.