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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... Supreme Court held that while Americans had a First Amendment right to receive information and to hear what the Belgian scholar had to say , 40 this right is not absolute , and in cases involving the admission and exclusion of aliens ...
... Supreme Court concluded that the material facts in this case were indistin- guishable from those in Kent , and reversed the lower court judgment that had upheld the secretary of state's actions . See Kent v . Dulles , 248 F. 2d 600 ...
... Supreme Court's holding in Meese v . Keene.63 In that 1987 case the Court held that under the Foreign Agents Registration Act , the Department of Justice could legitimately classify certain films as political propaganda as long as the ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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