Demonstrates how the Supreme Court enforces rules against content and viewpoint discrimination, but has been less reliable in safeguarding First Amendment rights when ordinary citizens need the government's assistance to speak. This book should be read by anyone concerned with free speech and its place in democratic self-government.
Demonstrates how the Supreme Court enforces rules against content and viewpoint discrimination, but has been less reliable in safeguarding First Amendment rights when ordinary citizens need the government's assistance to speak. This book should be read by anyone concerned with free speech and its place in democratic self-government.
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr teaches and writes about constitutional law, administrative law, First Amendment, and comparative constitutional law, with a particular focus on the First Amendment and freedom of expression. He is the author of three books, including Privacy Revisited (2016), Reclaiming the Petition Clause (2012), and The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective (2006). He has published works in leading law reviews and is the co-author of two casebooks, First Amendment: Cases and Theory (3rd edition, 2017) and Administrative Law (4th edition, 2017).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Two steps forward, one step back: on the decline of expressive freedoms under the Roberts and Rehnquist Courts; 2. The public forum doctrine and reduced access to government property for speech activity; 3. The First Amendment as a source of positive rights: the Warren Court and First Amendment easements to private property; 4. Whistleblowing speech and democratic accountability: the growing problem of reduced First Amendment protection for government employee speech; 5. Shedding their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate: the decline of freedom of speech for students and teachers in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities; 6. Transborder speech: using the accident of geography as a makeweight justification for suppressing expressive freedoms; 7. Systemic failures to protect newsgathering activities by professional journalists and amateur citizen-journalists alike; 8. The citizen as government sock-puppet and the state masquerading as a citizen: the problem of coerced and mis-attributed speech; 9. Using constitutionally permissible statutes to impede first amendment activity: the Supreme Court's failure to address the abuse of discretionary authority by police, prosecutors, and other non-judicial actors; 10. Conclusion enhancing speech and promoting democracy: the necessary role of the state in promoting democratic deliberation among citizen-speakers; Index.
1. Two steps forward, one step back: on the decline of expressive freedoms under the Roberts and Rehnquist Courts; 2. The public forum doctrine and reduced access to government property for speech activity; 3. The First Amendment as a source of positive rights: the Warren Court and First Amendment easements to private property; 4. Whistleblowing speech and democratic accountability: the growing problem of reduced First Amendment protection for government employee speech; 5. Shedding their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate: the decline of freedom of speech for students and teachers in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities; 6. Transborder speech: using the accident of geography as a makeweight justification for suppressing expressive freedoms; 7. Systemic failures to protect newsgathering activities by professional journalists and amateur citizen-journalists alike; 8. The citizen as government sock-puppet and the state masquerading as a citizen: the problem of coerced and mis-attributed speech; 9. Using constitutionally permissible statutes to impede first amendment activity: the Supreme Court's failure to address the abuse of discretionary authority by police, prosecutors, and other non-judicial actors; 10. Conclusion enhancing speech and promoting democracy: the necessary role of the state in promoting democratic deliberation among citizen-speakers; Index.
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