Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on TerrorismW. W. Norton & Company, 2004 - 730 pages Geoffrey Stone's Perilous Times incisively investigates how the First Amendment and other civil liberties have been compromised in America during wartime. Stone delineates the consistent suppression of free speech in six historical periods from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the Vietnam War, and ends with a coda that examines the state of civil liberties in the Bush era. Full of fresh legal and historical insight, Perilous Times magisterially presents a dramatic cast of characters who influenced the course of history over a two-hundred-year period: from the presidents—Adams, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Nixon—to the Supreme Court justices—Taney, Holmes, Brandeis, Black, and Warren—to the resisters—Clement Vallandingham, Emma Goldman, Fred Korematsu, and David Dellinger. Filled with dozens of rare photographs, posters, and historical illustrations, Perilous Times is resonant in its call for a new approach in our response to grave crises. |
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... Citizens 283 " A Jap's a Jap❞ 286 The " Ugly Abyss of Racism " 297 " We Now Know What We Should Have Known Then " Murphy , Jackson , and Biddle 303 307 CHAPTER V. THE COLD WAR : THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN EXTREMIS 311 " Boy Wonder " Reds ...
... Citizens 283 " A Jap's a Jap❞ 286 The " Ugly Abyss of Racism " 297 " We Now Know What We Should Have Known Then " Murphy , Jackson , and Biddle 303 307 CHAPTER V. THE COLD WAR : THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN EXTREMIS 311 " Boy Wonder " Reds ...
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... citizens themselves must decide whether to support or oppose particular policies and candidates . " Should I vote for or against the candidate who favors gun control , gay marriage , and the war in Iraq ? " To meet the responsibilities ...
... citizens themselves must decide whether to support or oppose particular policies and candidates . " Should I vote for or against the candidate who favors gun control , gay marriage , and the war in Iraq ? " To meet the responsibilities ...
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... citizens and weaken their will to fight . • Dissent may persuade people to vote for political candidates who will end the war , even though those in authority are certain this is contrary to the national interest . • Critics may ...
... citizens and weaken their will to fight . • Dissent may persuade people to vote for political candidates who will end the war , even though those in authority are certain this is contrary to the national interest . • Critics may ...
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... citizens to vote for antiwar candidates . The explanation is simple : under the First Amendment , it is for citizens to make such decisions , after hearing all the arguments . It is not for government to prevent citi- zens from ...
... citizens to vote for antiwar candidates . The explanation is simple : under the First Amendment , it is for citizens to make such decisions , after hearing all the arguments . It is not for government to prevent citi- zens from ...
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... citizens may share the same dissenting point of view , they may all individually be " chilled " in their willingness to express their opinion if they fear punishment for doing so . Thus , without a robust protection for free speech , we ...
... citizens may share the same dissenting point of view , they may all individually be " chilled " in their willingness to express their opinion if they fear punishment for doing so . Thus , without a robust protection for free speech , we ...
Contents
VIII | 17 |
IX | 21 |
X | 25 |
XI | 29 |
XII | 33 |
XIII | 44 |
XIV | 48 |
XV | 54 |
LI | 272 |
LII | 275 |
LIII | 280 |
LIV | 283 |
LV | 286 |
LVI | 297 |
LVII | 303 |
LVIII | 307 |
XVI | 61 |
XVII | 63 |
XVIII | 67 |
XIX | 73 |
XX | 77 |
XXI | 79 |
XXII | 81 |
XXIII | 82 |
XXIV | 94 |
XXV | 108 |
XXVI | 120 |
XXVII | 126 |
XXVIII | 133 |
XXIX | 135 |
XXX | 138 |
XXXI | 140 |
XXXII | 146 |
XXXIII | 153 |
XXXIV | 158 |
XXXV | 160 |
XXXVI | 170 |
XXXVII | 174 |
XXXVIII | 180 |
XXXIX | 182 |
XL | 184 |
XLII | 192 |
XLIII | 198 |
XLIV | 212 |
XLV | 220 |
XLVI | 226 |
XLVII | 232 |
XLVIII | 235 |
XLIX | 258 |
L | 266 |
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Page 11 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.