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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... ment from using the term political propaganda , and it quoted from a 1943 opinion in which Justice Hugo Black had defended FARA's regis- tration requirements precisely because they serve to enlighten the citi- zenry : [ The Act ] rests ...
... ment brochure is entitled " Soviet Military Power ' ' ) . 17. Inman in symposium , " Striking a Balance : Scientific Freedom and Na- tional Security , " at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
... ment of cruise missiles in Europe . 9 10 12 The chairman could have been alluding to the Trading with the Ene- mies Act , under whose terms the Treasury Department effectively pro- hibits most Americans from traveling to Cuba ; 1o or to ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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