Congress Shall Make No Law: Oliver Wendell Holmes, the First Amendment, and Judicial Decision Making

Congress Shall Make No Law: Oliver Wendell Holmes, the First Amendment, and Judicial Decision Making
ISBN-10
0813800226
ISBN-13
9780813800226
Category
Law / General
Pages
149
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Iowa State University Press
Author
Jeremy Cohen

Description

Explains the judicial process that shapes the application of the First Amendment. Using the U.S. Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States, it traces how Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes first used the "clear and present danger" test comparing dangerous speecg to "shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic." This book challenges the accepted wisdom that Schenck was decided on First Amendment grounds, but was instead an interpretation by justices compelled by tradition and teaching to give deference to Congress's 1917 Espionage Act and 1918 Sedition Amendment. This book provides a new, important understanding of the relation of the judicial process and the real meaning of the First Amendment. -- Publisher description.

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