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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... serve that end . The irony is that they do not serve , and may even frustrate , the attainment of this goal : Many of the McCarran Act's exclusionary provisions have become censors ' tools , and whereas national security is rarely ...
... serve to expand the information available to the public , and it suggested that since almost any govern- mental contributions to the intellectual arena serve the same function , these contributions are almost invariably salutary.57 The ...
... serves an important govern- mental interest by enlightening the public . The officials undercut the logic of this ... serve the function of a disclosure statement , and as the Court pointed out in Keene , such statements " better ...
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 |