Cultural Values and Government

Authors

Walter E. Dellinger III, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Keywords

Helms Amendment, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, cultural values, art, religion, censorship, government funding

Abstract

Mr. Dellinger Mr. Dellinger originally delivered these remarks for the panel entitled The Role of Government in Defining Our Culture, at the Federalist Society’s 2006 National Lawyers Convention, on Saturday, November 18, 2006, in Washington, D.C. commenting on the Ninth Circuit decision Finley v. National Endowment for the Arts. The case involved the constitutionality of the Helms Amendment which required that the National Endowment for the Arts take decency into account in choosing who should be awarded artistic grants.

Citation

Walter E. Dellinger III, Cultural Values and Government, 102 Northwestern Law Review 479-481 (2008)