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In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "We must not be afraid to be free." Black saw the First Amen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Collins, Ronald K. L.
Other Authors: Chaltain, Sam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Freedom of speech > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Liberté d'expression > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights
Freedom of speech
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • First Amendment fundamentalism : George Anastaplo and free-speech absolutism
  • "Everybody is against the reds" : Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments
  • Calling Dr. Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories
  • "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security
  • Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger
  • Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to association
  • Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech
  • Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation
  • Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration
  • Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech.

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