Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal
Abstract
The note argues that protest art is fundamentally incompatible with the government speech doctrine and should not be subject to its principles. It contends that applying this doctrine to political expression allows the government to suppress dissenting viewpoints and engage in censorship under the pretext of exercising its own speech rights.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Law and Society | Law Enforcement and Corrections
Recommended Citation
Melanie P. Rigden,
Private Canvas, Government Expression: Protest Art & The Government Speech Doctrine,
44
Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J.
433
(2026).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoaelj/vol44/iss2/6
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