The First Amendment Under Fire - America's Radicals, Congress, and the Courts

Informationen zum Autor Milton Cantor Zusammenfassung The First Amendment is perhaps the most important - and most debated - amendment in the US Constitution. It establishes freedom of speech, as well as that of religion, the press, peaceable assembly and the right to petition the government. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Nationalism and War: The Casualties 2. Post-War Harvest: "Traitors to America" 3. Judicial Tolerance of Intolerance 4. The First Amendment: Crucible Years 5. Freedom of Expression in Flux: The Twenties 6. The Thirties: Evolving toward the First Amendment 7. Stare Decisis: Old Responses to New Crises 8. The Cold War Enters the Courtroom 9. The Fifties: The Left under Assault 10. The Warren Court: The Cloudy Judicial Landscape 11. Red Monday 12. "Exposure Purely for the Sake of Exposure" (Brennan in Barenblatt) 13. Requiem for Precedents

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• Authors: Milton Cantor, Cantor Milton
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781412863414
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-6341-4
• No. of pages: 323
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state