We must not be afraid to be free : stories of free expression in America
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195175727
ISBN 13
9780195175721
DDC
342.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Pages
439 pages
Subject
Slavery and Civil Rights
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Abstract
"Contains a series of accounts of landmark First Amendment cases, including those about loyalty oaths, hate speech, flag burning, student anti-war protests, and McCarthy-era prosecutions." - Voila
Description
Content:
Prologue : Freedom and fear : Justice Hugo Black -- First Amendment fundamentalism : George Anastaplo and free-speech absolutism -- "Everybody is against the reds" : Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments -- Calling Dr. Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger test -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to associate -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech -- Epilogue : Hugo Black and beyond : the future of freedom -- Free-speech timeline.
Prologue : Freedom and fear : Justice Hugo Black -- First Amendment fundamentalism : George Anastaplo and free-speech absolutism -- "Everybody is against the reds" : Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments -- Calling Dr. Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger test -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to associate -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech -- Epilogue : Hugo Black and beyond : the future of freedom -- Free-speech timeline.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-412) and index.
Number of Copies
1
