1st Edition
First Amendment Under Fire America's Radicals, Congress, and the Courts
By Milton Cantor
Copyright 2017
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. But how has the interpretation of this amendment evolved? Milton Cantor explores America's political response to the challenges of social unrest and how it... Read more
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
Biography
Milton Cantor
