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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... five years . The agency routinely tracks mail going to and from various countries , although as U.S. Attorney Susan Cassell later explained , Patterson's " flurry of letters " aroused particular concern because they were sent in ...
... five years in this country , may again be de- ported for espousing their political beliefs , while nonimmigrants — those residing in the United States only temporarily — can say almost anything they choose without fearing reprisals ...
... five other films denied certification by the USIA eventually sought redress in court . They received full support from Federal District Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima , who struck down three of the agency's " interpretive regulations ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas Elizabet Hull No preview available - 1990 |