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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... tion , 1 * in 1981 it indicated in Haig v . Agee13 that the Department of State could deny a passport not only to an ex - CIA ( Central Intelligence Agency ) agent , Philip Agee , whose past actions had caused demonstrable 14 15 7/16 ...
... tion pictures that crosses U.S. borders . The closest it came was in a 1972 case , Kleindienst v . Mandel , involving , as one plaintiff phrased it , a citizen's " right to receive information and ideas . " ' 37 The Court has rec ...
... tion officials on a regular basis , and President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself on at least two occasions , asked Congress to grant the executive branch authority to revoke passports on such grounds , but the legislators steadfastly ...
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 |