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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... president from imposing area restrictions unless the safety of Americans was endangered . Some four years later , however , the Reagan administration , with the Supreme Court's collaboration , had succeeded in enfeebling both acts . 48 ...
... president to continue exercising " authorities ... which were being exercised with re- spect to a country on July 1 , 1977.61 Since President Carter was exer- cising " authorities " on this date by exempting travel - related ...
... President by Section 5 ( b ) of the Trading With the Enemy Act , which were being exercised with respect to a country on July 1 , 1977 , as a result of a national emergency declared by the President before such date , may continue to be ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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