Cari Eastman

Free Speech and Censorship

A Documentary and Reference Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

This annotated document collection surveys the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding free speech and censorship in the United States, with a special emphasis on contemporary events and controversies related to the First Amendment. The United States' collective understanding of First Amendment freedoms was formed by more than 200 years of tensions between the power of word and the power of the government. During that time, major laws and legal decisions defined the circumstances and degree to which personal expression could be rightfully expressed-and rightfully limited. This struggle to define the parameters of free speech continues today. Vibrant and passionate debates about First Amendment limitations once inspired by the dissemination of birth control information now address such issues as kneeling during the national anthem, removing controversial books from public libraries, attempts by the Trump administration to discredit the press, and disseminating false or hateful information through social media platforms. By exploring diverse examples of censorship victories and triumphs of free expression, readers will better understand the enormous impact of First Amendment freedoms on American society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-Clio, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1255g
• ISBN-13: 9781440865381
• ISBN-10: 1440865388
• Artikelnr.: 65825775

Autorenporträt

Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman

Inhaltsangabe

Reader's Guide to Related Documents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction
1. Censorship and Suppression of Speech in Early America (1776-1920)
Document 1. First Amendment of the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights
(1791) Document 2. Sedition Act of 1798 (1798) Document 3. President
Lincoln's Letter on Habeas Corpus to Erastus Corning (1863) Document 4.
Anthony Comstock's "Vampire Literature" (1891) Document 5. Espionage Act of
1917 (1917) and Sedition Act of 1918 (Amendment to 1917 Espionage Act)
(1918) Document 6. New York Times Article "Emma Goldman and A. Berkman
behind the Bars" (1917) Document 7. Justice Holmes Presents the "Clear and
Present Danger" Rule in Schenck v. United States (1919) Document 8.
Zechariah Chafee Jr.'s "Freedom of Speech in War Time" (1919) 2. Debating
the Extent of Free Speech Rights (1920-1950) Document 9. "A Case against
the Reds" by U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer (1920) Document 10.
Gitlow v. New York: Public Safety and the Fourteenth Amendment (1925)
Document 11. Supreme Court Concurring Opinion in Whitney v. California
(1927) Document 12. Motion Picture Production Code (The Hays Code) (1930)
Document 13. Message from President Roosevelt to Congress Recommending
Creation of a Federal Communications Commission (1934) Document 14. Letter
from Ten-Year-Old William Gobitas to the Minersville School Board (1935);
Justice Stone's Dissent in Minersville School District v. Gobitis Document
15. Alien Registration Act of 1940 (1940) Document 16. President
Roosevelt's Letter to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1941)
Document 17. President Roosevelt Establishes the Office of Censorship
(1941) Document 18. Supreme Court's Majority Opinion in Chaplinsky v. New
Hampshire (1942) Document 19. President Truman's Veto of the Internal
Security Act (McCarran Act) (1950) Document 20. Senator McCarthy's "Enemies
from Within" Speech (1950); Excerpts from the Declaration of Conscience
Speech Given by Senator Margaret Chase Smith 3. Momentous Rulings amid
Political and Cultural Change (1950-1980) Document 21. Supreme Court's
Majority Decision in Roth v. United States (1957) Document 22. Supreme
Court's Majority Opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) Document
23. President Johnson's Statement upon Signing the Freedom of Information
Act (1966) Document 24. Supreme Court's Majority Decision in Tinker v. Des
Moines (1969) Document 25. Supreme Court's Majority Opinion in Brandenburg
v. Ohio (1969) Document 26. Speech Given by Ohio Governor Rhodes after Kent
State Shootings (1970); Excerpts from the 1970 Report of the President's
Commission on Campus Unrest (1970) Document 27. Morality in Media Cofounder
Condemns the Final Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography
(1970) Document 28. Amicus Brief Filed by ACLU for New York Times Co. v.
United States (the Pentagon Papers Case) (1971) Document 29. Supreme Court
Majority Opinion in Miller v. California (1973) Document 30. Supreme Court
Ruling in Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation (1978)
4. Culture Wars, Student Rights, and Challenges to Free Speech (1980-2000)
Document 31. Supreme Court Decision in Board of Education, Island Trees
Union Free School District v. Pico (1982) Document 32. Excerpts from New
York v. Ferber Supreme Court Ruling (1982) Document 33. Excerpts from the
Supreme Court Ruling in Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986)
Document 34. Excerpts from the Supreme Court Decision in Hustler Magazine,
Inc. v. Falwell (1988) Document 35. A Narrow Supreme Court Decision on Flag
Burning in Texas v. Johnson (1989) Document 36. Senators Condemn Using
Federal Funds to Support "Abhorrent" Art (1989); Letter from Harvey
Lichtenstein, President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, Defending the National Endowment for the Arts Document 37.
Congressional Hearing on "Violent Video Games: What Parents Need to Know"
(1993) Document 38. Cyberporn and Children: The Scope of the Problem, the
State of the Technology, and the Need for Congressional Action (1996) 5.
The First Amendment in the Post-9/11 Era (2001-2015) Document 39. "On
Opposing the USA PATRIOT Act" by Senator Russell Feingold of Wisconsin
(2001); Testimony of Attorney General John Ashcroft to the Senate Committee
on the Judiciary on the PATRIOT Act Document 40. Editorial Cartoon by Ann
Telnaes Titled Adulterer? (2001) Document 41. Ashcroft v. Free Speech
Coalition Supreme Court Decision (2002) Document 42. Arkansas District
Court Strikes Down Harry Potter Book Banning in Counts v. Cedarville School
District (2003) Document 43. Testimony of James E. Hansen on Science
Censorship to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2007);
Statement Issued by Presidents of National Academy of Sciences and National
Academy of Medicine: "NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed by Political
Interference in Science amid Pandemic" Document 44. President Obama Calls
for Increased Openness and Transparency in Government (2009); Letter from
Journalists to President Obama Accusing His Administration of Straying from
Its Vows of Government Transparency Document 45. Obama White House Press
Reaction to Wikileaks Release of Classified Documents (2010) Document 46.
Excerpts from Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court
Decision (2010) Document 47. Syllabus from Supreme Court Case Elonis v.
United States (2015) Document 48. Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education (FIRE) President Greg Lukianoff Decries Free Speech Restrictions
on College Campuses (2015) 6. Freedom of the Press and Censorship during
the Trump Years (2016-2021) Document 49. The Committee to Protect
Journalists Calls Trump "a Threat to Press Freedom" (2016); Selected Tweets
from President Donald J. Trump's Twitter Account Document 50. Summary of
"Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017"
(2018) Document 51. Statement in Support of Freedom of the Press from
Eighty Organizations "Committed to the First Amendment" (2017) Document 52.
Selected Tweets of President Trump Regarding the NFL National Anthem
Controversy (2017-2020); Excerpt from The Congressional Record-"Kneeling in
Recognition of the Glory of Our Nation" Document 53. "Truth and Democracy"
by Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona (2018) Document 54. Statement by Senator
Feinstein at Congressional Hearing on "Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and
the Use and Abuse of Data" (2018) Document 55. Amicus Brief Written by
First Amendment Scholars and Media Law Scholars for Gilmore v. Jones
(2018) Document 56. Lawsuit Filed by Black Lives Matter (BLM) Activists
against the Iowa State Patrol (2020) Chronology Bibliography Index