Troubled by the herd instinct and repression unleashed by World War I, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes insisted that the right of any American to be heard depended on the right of all Americans to speak, regardless of how obnoxious their views. This ideal, which was to become a defining aspect of the nation's political culture, was put to the test during World War II by the hate-filled rhetoric of Bundists, Christian fundamentalists, Black nationalists, and others. Idealism faltered as citizens, including erstwhile civil libertarians, demanded a new realistic definition of free speech. This book tells the story of the brave, not always successful, efforts of a few officials to sustain the libertarian ideal in the face of military defeat, rumours of Fifth Columnist intrigue and demands that the appearance of national unity be sustained by government repression. This is a unique examination of how civil libertarian ideals, developed by the courts and legal scholars, were applied by government in crisis times.
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Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech
A cogent, objective, and in-depth exploration of the legal, political, and social complexities of the decision to ban hate speech.
This is the perfect volume for anyone - student, general reader, or scholar - looking for an accessible overview of this critical topic.
Discusses how media have "packaged" the war in Iraq [2003], exploring the way the media have presented the war by telling human interest stories, supporting public policies, and crafting a narrative that supports the war.
An examination - and rejection - of the charge that, in interpreting the First Amendment as protecting hate speech and pornography while allowing other exceptions to the free-speech principle, American courts have favoured the interests of ...