Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court: The Defining CasesTerry Eastland In Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court, Terry Eastland brings together the Court's leading First Amendment cases, some 60 in all, starting with Schenck v. United States (1919) and ending with Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1998). Complete with a comprehensive introduction, pertinent indices and a useful bibliography, Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court offers the general and specialized reader alike a thorough treatment of the Court's understanding on the First Amendment's speech, press, assembly, and petition clauses. |
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... jury , and security against gen- eral warrants . " Though he still was not impressed with the substantive arguments for a bill of rights , he grasped as few others did its immediate practical necessity , for only a bill of rights could ...
... jury , and security against gen- eral warrants . " Though he still was not impressed with the substantive arguments for a bill of rights , he grasped as few others did its immediate practical necessity , for only a bill of rights could ...
Page xvi
... jury in criminal cases . The place he proposed for insertion of this clause was appropriate , for all three clauses of Ar- ticle I , Section 10 , bind the states , not Congress . Notably , Madison thought this particular amendment " the ...
... jury in criminal cases . The place he proposed for insertion of this clause was appropriate , for all three clauses of Ar- ticle I , Section 10 , bind the states , not Congress . Notably , Madison thought this particular amendment " the ...
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... jury found Zenger innocent of the charges . His case stood for the principles that jurors , not judges , should decide whether something was libelous , and that defendants should be able to plead truth as a defense . But no state ...
... jury found Zenger innocent of the charges . His case stood for the principles that jurors , not judges , should decide whether something was libelous , and that defendants should be able to plead truth as a defense . But no state ...
Page xix
... jury to judge criminality and the defendant to plead truth as a defense , it was more libertarian than the understanding of seditious libel that had prevailed in the states through at least 1791. Even so , every case the government ...
... jury to judge criminality and the defendant to plead truth as a defense , it was more libertarian than the understanding of seditious libel that had prevailed in the states through at least 1791. Even so , every case the government ...
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... jury was soon to be discharged , the judge declined to answer . The jurors then asked that the Journal of Commerce and four other New York papers opposing the war effort be brought to the attention of the succeeding grand jury . The ...
... jury was soon to be discharged , the judge declined to answer . The jurors then asked that the Journal of Commerce and four other New York papers opposing the war effort be brought to the attention of the succeeding grand jury . The ...
Contents
V | xxix |
VI | 5 |
VII | 10 |
VIII | 18 |
IX | 22 |
X | 24 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 34 |
XLIV | 183 |
XLV | 190 |
XLVII | 193 |
XLVIII | 196 |
L | 207 |
LI | 216 |
LII | 233 |
LIII | 238 |
XV | 37 |
XVII | 43 |
XVIII | 45 |
XX | 49 |
XXI | 52 |
XXII | 54 |
XXIII | 63 |
XXIV | 71 |
XXV | 77 |
XXVI | 86 |
XXVII | 94 |
XXVIII | 100 |
XXIX | 105 |
XXXI | 110 |
XXXII | 121 |
XXXIII | 131 |
XXXIV | 135 |
XXXV | 142 |
XXXVI | 146 |
XXXVII | 153 |
XXXVIII | 156 |
XL | 164 |
XLI | 166 |
XLII | 171 |
XLIII | 176 |
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