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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... military oper- ation . On December 25 , 1983 , approximately 1,200 United States Ma- rines , Army Rangers , and Navy Seal Commandos invaded the island of Grenada in order to protect it , the government explained , from " de- stabilizing ...
... Military Relations panel , headed by retired Major General Winant Sidle , to establish guidelines for the press in future military operations . See Howard B. Homonoff , " The First Amendment and National Security : The Constitutionality ...
... military competitiveness . Together these parties have encouraged the adoption of policies designed to prevent hostile nations from acquiring so - called " critical military technologies . " 118 7 These officials were not the first , of ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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