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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... reasons . After the introduction to the case I present , in abridged form , the Court's opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinion that especially sheds light on disputed issues . As in other areas of constitutional law , certain ...
... reasons . After the introduction to the case I present , in abridged form , the Court's opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinion that especially sheds light on disputed issues . As in other areas of constitutional law , certain ...
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... reason to ban it . Senator John C. Cal- houn of South Carolina , chair of the committee to which Jackson's recommendation was assigned , objected to it on states ' rights grounds . Contending that the federal government should not be ...
... reason to ban it . Senator John C. Cal- houn of South Carolina , chair of the committee to which Jackson's recommendation was assigned , objected to it on states ' rights grounds . Contending that the federal government should not be ...
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... but Vallandigham's case remained controversial , not least because it raised the question whether speech could be treason . His supporters vigorously protested to Lincoln that he had been prosecuted " for no other reason INTRODUCTION xxi.
... but Vallandigham's case remained controversial , not least because it raised the question whether speech could be treason . His supporters vigorously protested to Lincoln that he had been prosecuted " for no other reason INTRODUCTION xxi.
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... reason for the arrest , it would have been wrong , but that there had been " a very different reason " —that Vallandigham " was laboring , with some effect , to prevent the raising of troops , to encourage desertions from the army , and ...
... reason for the arrest , it would have been wrong , but that there had been " a very different reason " —that Vallandigham " was laboring , with some effect , to prevent the raising of troops , to encourage desertions from the army , and ...
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... reasons for this are not , one might say , readily apparent . " 33 The First Amendment Today Abrams marks the beginning of modern First Amendment law , for it is in their Abrams dissent that Holmes and Brandeis insisted that the Court ...
... reasons for this are not , one might say , readily apparent . " 33 The First Amendment Today Abrams marks the beginning of modern First Amendment law , for it is in their Abrams dissent that Holmes and Brandeis insisted that the Court ...
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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