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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... individuals commit no criminal offense when they enter Cuba either without a passport or from a third country . In another 1967 case , a district court also held that an individual was free to visit North Vietnam despite the fact that ...
... individuals who traveled to certain countries . The Circuit Court , considering this accusation credible , issued an order requiring the government to respond . 807 F. 2d at 216 . 109. See The New York Times , Sept. 17 , 1984 , p . A ...
... individual and group exhibitors throughout the country who show films dealing with politically provocative themes ... individuals from exercising their constitutional rights.84 This conclusion does not end the inquiry , however ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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