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Zusatztext "Readers interested in judicial politics – and the development of modern conservatism's thinking and action concerning the freedom of speech and civil liberties more generally – will find this book useful, and thought-provoking along many dimensions." Informationen zum Autor Wayne Batchis is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware. Klappentext Wayne Batchis is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware. Zusammenfassung Not so long ago! being aggressively "pro-free speech" was as closely associated with American political liberalism as being pro-choice! pro-affirmative action! or pro-gun control. With little notice! this political dynamic has been shaken to the core. The Right's First Amendment examines how conservatives came to adopt and co-opt constitutional free speech rights. In the 1960s! free speech on college campuses was seen as a guarantee for social agitators! hippies! and peaceniks. Today! for many conservatives! it represents instead a crucial shield that protects traditionalists from a perceived scourge of political correctness and liberal oversensitivity. Over a similar period! free market conservatives have risen up to embrace a once unknown! but now cherished! liberty: freedom of commercial expression. What do these changes mean for the future of First Amendment interpretation? Wayne Batchis offers a fresh entry point into these issues by grounding his study in both political and legal scholarship. Surveying six decades of writings from the preeminent conservative publication National Review alongside the evolving constitutional law and ideological predispositions of Supreme Court justices deciding these issues! Batchis asks the conservative political movement to answer to its judicial logic! revealing how this keystone of our civic American beliefs now carries a much more complex and nuanced political identity. ...
