Fear and the First Amendment - Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court

"A whole host of fears may motivate calls to restrict First Amendment rights, prioritizing one fear over another. Fear and the First Amendment unveils these negotiations of various fears and related protections as they appear in the contemporary Supreme Court, showing that fear is significant and rhetorical in First Amendment conflicts"--

About the author

Kevin A. Johnson is professor of communication studies at California State University, Long Beach, and director of the Center for First Amendment Studies. He has published over thirty scholarly articles and served as editor of the National Communication Association's First Amendment Studies and Communication and Democracy journals.

Craig R. Smith is emeritus professor of communication studies at California State University, Long Beach. He has published over twenty books and sixty-five scholarly articles.

Summary

A whole host of fears may motivate calls to restrict First Amendment rights, prioritizing one fear over another. Fear and the First Amendment unveils these negotiations of various fears and related protections as they appear in the contemporary Supreme Court, showing that fear is significant and rhetorical in First Amendment conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin A Johnson, Kevin A. Johnson, Kevin A./ Smith Johnson, Craig R Smith, Craig R. Smith
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9780817321963
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2196-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanit; Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law