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The First Amendment under fire : America's radicals, Congress, and the courts / Milton Cantor.

Summary:

"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 shaped the meaning of the First Amendment throughout the twentieth century. Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781412863414
ISBN: 1412863414
Physical Description: xvi, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nationalism and war : the casualties -- Post-war harvest : "traitors to America" -- Judicial tolerance of intolerance -- The first amendment : crucible years -- Freedom of expression in flux : the twenties -- The thirties : evolving toward the first amendment -- Stare decisis : old responses to new crises -- The cold war enters the courtroom -- The fifties : the left under assault -- The Warren court: the cloudy judicial landscape -- "Red Monday" -- "Exposure purely for the sake of exposure" -- Requiem for precedents -- Conclusion.