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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... hearings on February 6 , 1986 , to examine how U.S. visa policies affect implementation of the Helsinki Accords . In the past , the commission focused on the failure of Soviet - bloc countries to comply with the accords , and this hearing ...
... hearing , “ the Administration has been very political [ sic ] of [ this Movement ] . The President has said there were KGB connections with the Move- ment and the FBI jumped in and said , Yes , the President is correct . . . . So you ...
... Hearings before the Subcommittee on Science , Research and Technology and the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight ... Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration , Refugees , and International Law . 98th Congress , 2nd Sess ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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