Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of IdeasBloomsbury Academic, 1990 M02 15 - 173 pages A groundbreaking contribution to the literature of constitutional law, Taking Liberties is the first book to explore the ways domestic policies deny U.S. citizens access to international sources of information. Author Elizabeth Hull argues that such policies--which include limiting Americans' right to travel, censoring foreign documentaries, suppressing foreign literature considered politically objectionable, preventing controversial aliens from visiting the country, and restricting international scientific exchange--contravene the Constitution's First Amendment, which was designed to prevent government authorities from suppressing information bearing on public affairs. Hull challenges traditional judicial interpretations of First Amendment protection, asserting that in an era of global problems, constitutional protection must be extended to international sources of information that bear upon public issues. Written with a minimum of legal jargon, the volume is an ideal supplemental text for graduate and undergraduate courses in constitutional law. |
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... Agee , and between 1975 and 1979 they published the names of several CIA operatives , one of whom was assassinated shortly thereafter.70 71 Meanwhile , the CIA , long distressed by Agee's actions , had gained monumental new worries : On ...
... Agee's passport would inhibit his action , not his speech , since he re- mained as free as ever to criticize the government . ' 80 81 Agee is a disturbing opinion for many reasons , not least because the majority displayed , as Justice ...
... Agee , ... it is an inhibition of his action , rather than speech . Agee is as free to criticize the United States as he was when he had a passport . ' 94 This is an incredible statement . As Justice Brennan pointed out , by revoking Agee's ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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