The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance
- ISBN-10
- 0674302753
- ISBN-13
- 9780674302754
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Steven H. Shiffrin
Description
If an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symbol: let it be the image of the dissenter.If an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symbol: let it be the image of the dissenter.
