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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... protection solely in the deportation setting without seriously affecting their First Amendment rights outside that setting . Under a lower First Amendment standard , and without the constitutional protection against ex post facto laws ...
... protection than the freedom to travel within the United States , " which is virtually absolute . " 77 Chief Justice Burger then examined Agee's First Amendment claims , concluding that since his disclosures were made with the express ...
... protection only recently . In rejecting the notion that such speech is wholly outside the protection of the First Amendment ... we were careful not to hold that it is wholly undifferentiable from other forms of speech . We have not ...
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 |