Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court: The Defining CasesTerry Eastland Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 - 397 pages In Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court, Terry Eastland brings together the Court's leading First Amendment cases, some 60 in all, starting with Schenck v. United States (1919) and ending with Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1998). Complete with a comprehensive introduction, pertinent indices and a useful bibliography, Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court offers the general and specialized reader alike a thorough treatment of the Court's understanding on the First Amendment's speech, press, assembly, and petition clauses. |
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... political philosophers well known to Americans , as " natural rights " —rights that everyone has equally in the prepolitical ( and mythical ) state of nature . These included the rights to life and liberty , the right to work to acquire ...
... political philosophers well known to Americans , as " natural rights " —rights that everyone has equally in the prepolitical ( and mythical ) state of nature . These included the rights to life and liberty , the right to work to acquire ...
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... politics and thus to the ex- ercise of the natural right to self - government . The state constitutions did not all ... political setting , Madison , as a member of the First Congress , became the central figure . By the time he had ...
... politics and thus to the ex- ercise of the natural right to self - government . The state constitutions did not all ... political setting , Madison , as a member of the First Congress , became the central figure . By the time he had ...
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... politics extending back many generations , supplied an a priori belief that freedom of political discourse , however broadly conceived , stopped short of seditious libel.6 The Sedition Act Of 1798 During the Adams administration , the ...
... politics extending back many generations , supplied an a priori belief that freedom of political discourse , however broadly conceived , stopped short of seditious libel.6 The Sedition Act Of 1798 During the Adams administration , the ...
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... political idea , no political truth . The only true ideas are those that majorities accept— i.e. , those which are true " for them . " The role of the First Amendment is to protect the expres- sion of all ideas — none should be ...
... political idea , no political truth . The only true ideas are those that majorities accept— i.e. , those which are true " for them . " The role of the First Amendment is to protect the expres- sion of all ideas — none should be ...
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Contents
V | xxix |
VI | 5 |
VII | 10 |
VIII | 18 |
IX | 22 |
X | 24 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 34 |
XLIV | 183 |
XLV | 190 |
XLVII | 193 |
XLVIII | 196 |
L | 207 |
LI | 216 |
LII | 233 |
LIII | 238 |
XV | 37 |
XVII | 43 |
XVIII | 45 |
XX | 49 |
XXI | 52 |
XXII | 54 |
XXIII | 63 |
XXIV | 71 |
XXV | 77 |
XXVI | 86 |
XXVII | 94 |
XXVIII | 100 |
XXIX | 105 |
XXXI | 110 |
XXXII | 121 |
XXXIII | 131 |
XXXIV | 135 |
XXXV | 142 |
XXXVI | 146 |
XXXVII | 153 |
XXXVIII | 156 |
XL | 164 |
XLI | 166 |
XLII | 171 |
XLIII | 176 |
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