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The fight for free speech, ten cases that define our First Amendment freedoms, Ian Rosenberg

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The fight for free speech, ten cases that define our First Amendment freedoms, Ian Rosenberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-282) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fight for free speech

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1149177529

Responsibility statement

Ian Rosenberg

Sub title

ten cases that define our First Amendment freedoms

Summary

Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be punished for parody? While citizens are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn to learn about the extent of their First Amendment rights. Media lawyer Ian Rosenberg distills the spectrum of free speech law down to ten critical issues. Each chapter in this book focuses on a contemporary free speech question—from student walkouts for gun safety to Samantha Bee’s expletives, from Nazis marching in Charlottesville to the muting of adult film star Stormy Daniels— and then identifies, unpacks, and explains the key Supreme Court case that provides the answers

Table Of Contents

The Women's March and the marketplace of ideas -- Take a knee and the Pledge of Allegiance -- Libel, actual malice, and the civil rights movement -- Student speech from National School Walkout Day to the Vietnam War -- Stormy Daniels and the Pentagon Papers -- Flipping off the president and fuck the draft -- Seven dirty words, Samantha Bee, and indecency -- Saturday Night Live, Hustler, and the power of parody -- Nazis in Charlottesville, funeral protests, and speakers we hate -- Social media, public parks and the 'vast democratic forums of the Internet'

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