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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... legislative history commanded no such narrow reading . 785 F. 2d at 1053 . Second , plaintiffs claimed that by using the term " activities " as opposed to " entry " in §27 , Congress intended to bar only those aliens whose conduct ...
... legislators castigated them daily — yet none had their passports revoked.87 The Court maintained also that over a 30 - year period , Congress had evinced strong support for travel restrictions imposed on national se- curity grounds ...
... legislators ' reactions , see ibid . , p . 277 , 277 n.92 . 88. Ibid . , pp . 278–82 ; see 104 Congressional Record 13046 , 13062 ( 1958 ) ; H.R. Rep . No. 1151 , 86th Cong . , 1st Sess . 2 ( 1959 ) ( remarks of President Dwight D ...
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 |