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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... Expression ... Had Little Chance " 180 " The First Amendment Had No Hold on People's Minds " 182 The Sedition Act of 1918 : " When Did It Become War upon the American People ? " 184 The U.S. Supreme Court : " Clear and Present Danger ...
... Expression ... Had Little Chance " 180 " The First Amendment Had No Hold on People's Minds " 182 The Sedition Act of 1918 : " When Did It Become War upon the American People ? " 184 The U.S. Supreme Court : " Clear and Present Danger ...
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... expression . Some judges and scholars reason that the First Amendment is an essential corollary of self - governance . In a pure monarchy , the king decides . He need not consult his subjects , and they need not be well informed about ...
... expression . Some judges and scholars reason that the First Amendment is an essential corollary of self - governance . In a pure monarchy , the king decides . He need not consult his subjects , and they need not be well informed about ...
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... expression may also help preserve a constructive bal- ance between stability and change . Government suppression of dissenting and nonconforming views substitutes " force for reason . " It produces a sense of alien- ation on the part of ...
... expression may also help preserve a constructive bal- ance between stability and change . Government suppression of dissenting and nonconforming views substitutes " force for reason . " It produces a sense of alien- ation on the part of ...
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... expression , focusing particu- larly on free speech in wartime : • A newspaper may disclose information that is useful to the enemy , such as invasion plans or the vulnerabilities of the navy . • Moral condemnation of the war may lead ...
... expression , focusing particu- larly on free speech in wartime : • A newspaper may disclose information that is useful to the enemy , such as invasion plans or the vulnerabilities of the navy . • Moral condemnation of the war may lead ...
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... expression that the Supreme Court has held to have only " low " First Amendment value . As the Court explained in 1942,8 There are certain well defined and narrowly limited classes of speech , [ such as the obscene and the libelous ...
... expression that the Supreme Court has held to have only " low " First Amendment value . As the Court explained in 1942,8 There are certain well defined and narrowly limited classes of speech , [ such as the obscene and the libelous ...
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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Perilous Times: Free Speech In Wartime From The Sedition Act Of 1798 To The War Geoffrey Stone No preview available - 2005 |
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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.