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Informationen zum Autor Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman, PhD, is a communication scholar currently working as an independent researcher and writer. Klappentext This annotated document collection surveys the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding free speech and censorship in the United States, with a special emphasis on contemporary events and controversies related to the First Amendment. The United States' collective understanding of First Amendment freedoms was formed by more than 200 years of tensions between the power of word and the power of the government. During that time, major laws and legal decisions defined the circumstances and degree to which personal expression could be rightfully expressed-and rightfully limited.This struggle to define the parameters of free speech continues today. Vibrant and passionate debates about First Amendment limitations once inspired by the dissemination of birth control information now address such issues as kneeling during the national anthem, removing controversial books from public libraries, attempts by the Trump administration to discredit the press, and disseminating false or hateful information through social media platforms. By exploring diverse examples of censorship victories and triumphs of free expression, readers will better understand the enormous impact of First Amendment freedoms on American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reader's Guide to Related Documents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Censorship and Suppression of Speech in Early America (1776-1920) Document 1. First Amendment of the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights (1791) Document 2. Sedition Act of 1798 (1798) Document 3. President Lincoln's Letter on Habeas Corpus to Erastus Corning (1863) Document 4. Anthony Comstock's "Vampire Literature" (1891) Document 5. Espionage Act of 1917 (1917) and Sedition Act of 1918 (Amendment to 1917 Espionage Act) (1918) Document 6. New York Times Article "Emma Goldman and A. Berkman behind the Bars" (1917) Document 7. Justice Holmes Presents the "Clear and Present Danger" Rule in Schenck v. United States (1919) Document 8. Zechariah Chafee Jr.'s "Freedom of Speech in War Time" (1919) 2. Debating the Extent of Free Speech Rights (1920-1950) Document 9. "A Case against the Reds" by U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer (1920) Document 10. Gitlow v. New York : Public Safety and the Fourteenth Amendment (1925) Document 11. Supreme Court Concurring Opinion in Whitney v. California (1927) Document 12. Motion Picture Production Code (The Hays Code) (1930) Document 13. Message from President Roosevelt to Congress Recommending Creation of a Federal Communications Commission (1934) Document 14. Letter from Ten-Year-Old William Gobitas to the Minersville School Board (1935); Justice Stone's Dissent in Minersville School District v. Gobitis Document 15. Alien Registration Act of 1940 (1940) Document 16. President Roosevelt's Letter to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1941) Document 17. President Roosevelt Establishes the Office of Censorship (1941) Document 18. Supreme Court's Majority Opinion in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) Document 19. President Truman's Veto of the Internal Security Act (McCarran Act) (1950) Document 20. Senator McCarthy's "Enemies from Within" Speech (1950); Excerpts from the Declaration of Conscience Speech Given by Senator Margaret Chase Smith 3. Momentous Rulings amid Political and Cultural Change (1950-1980) Document 21. Supreme Court's Majority Decision in Roth v. United States (1957) Document 22. Supreme Court's Majority Opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) Document 23. President Johnson's Statement upon Signing the Freedom of Information Act (1966) Document 24. Supreme Court's Majority Decisio...
