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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Page xviii
... punishment . In the states , obscenity was an object of legal punishment . So was — and this is a major chap- ter in First Amendment history — seditious libel . In the English common law , " seditious libel " was criticism that ...
... punishment . In the states , obscenity was an object of legal punishment . So was — and this is a major chap- ter in First Amendment history — seditious libel . In the English common law , " seditious libel " was criticism that ...
Page xix
... punish libels of public officials . What many of them did reject was the idea that any government could punish speech critical of that government . Here again Madison played a key intellectual role . There were differences between Eng ...
... punish libels of public officials . What many of them did reject was the idea that any government could punish speech critical of that government . Here again Madison played a key intellectual role . There were differences between Eng ...
Page xx
... punishment to it , and declare the Court that shall have jurisdiction of the offence . " 12 Hudson denied the ability of the federal government to prosecute crimes unless Congress had declared them in the first place and Congress was ...
... punishment to it , and declare the Court that shall have jurisdiction of the offence . " 12 Hudson denied the ability of the federal government to prosecute crimes unless Congress had declared them in the first place and Congress was ...
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... punished by the severe penalty of death . " Then he asked : " Must I shoot a simple- minded soldier boy who deserts , while I must not touch a hair of a wiley agitator who induces him to desert ? . . . I think that in such a case , to ...
... punished by the severe penalty of death . " Then he asked : " Must I shoot a simple- minded soldier boy who deserts , while I must not touch a hair of a wiley agitator who induces him to desert ? . . . I think that in such a case , to ...
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... punishment of such as may be deemed contrary to the public welfare . . . . The prelim- inary freedom extends as well to the false as to the true ; the subsequent punishment may ex- tend as well to the true as to the false . " Holmes ...
... punishment of such as may be deemed contrary to the public welfare . . . . The prelim- inary freedom extends as well to the false as to the true ; the subsequent punishment may ex- tend as well to the true as to the false . " Holmes ...
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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