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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... trial . The Supreme Court invalidated the order on First Amendment grounds , and Chief Justice Warren Burger , speaking for the plurality , asserted that " the explicit , guaranteed right to speak and to publish ... would lose much of ...
... trial involving sexual assaults on minors . Justice William Brennan , speaking for the majority , explained that press access to criminal trials is im- perative not only because this country has a history of open trials , but also ...
... trial the results of this poll were corroborated by expert witnesses . Keene consequently claimed that Section 1 ( j ) of FARA , under the terms of which the Canadian films were labeled political propaganda , deprived him of his rights ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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