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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... prohibited the government from circumventing the McGovern Amendment by using §27 to exclude aliens who were members of organizations proscribed under §28 , and it also prohibited the barring of foreigners on the ground that their mere ...
... prohibited by the laws of the United States relating to espionage , sabotage , public disorder , or in any other activity subversive to the national security , ( B ) engage in any activity a purpose of which is the opposition to , or ...
... prohibited from visiting Brussels to attend the opening of one of his plays ; the reason given was that his trip was not in " the best interests of the United States . " 19 Nobel prize - winning scientist Linus Pauling was barred from ...
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 |