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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... fact of membership in or affiliation with the proscribed organization . Ibid . at 1058 ( citations omitted ) . The court stressed the fact , however , that the government retained broad latitude to exclude aliens who had " affiliations ...
... fact , had no solid evidence to support its reasons for raiding the island.129 In an era in which the timeliness of news reporting is crucial , such a column as Taylor's , appearing two weeks after the event , could have little impact ...
... fact , an expression laden with negative implications , and the Court is at best naive to assume that people " in the streets " will construe it in its neutral , statutory sense . Indeed , the Court granted standing to Barry Keene in ...
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 |