In this Book
- Too Much Free Speech?
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
Randall P. Bezanson takes up an essential and timely inquiry into the Constitutional limits of the Supreme Court's power to create, interpret, and enforce one of the essential rights of American citizens. Analyzing contemporary Supreme Court decisions from the past fifteen years, Bezanson argues that judicial interpretations have fundamentally and drastically expanded the meaning and understanding of "speech."
Bezanson focuses on judgments such as the much-discussed Citizens United case, which granted the full measure of constitutional protection to speech by corporations, and the Doe vs. Reed case in Washington state, which recognized the signing of petitions and voting in elections as acts of free speech. In each case study, he questions whether the meaning of speech has been expanded too far and critically assesses the Supreme Court's methodology in reaching and explaining its expansive conclusions.
Table of Contents
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- I. Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- II. New Speakers
- III. Forms of Speech
- IV. Voting as Speaking, Expressive Association, and Privacy
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252094224
Related ISBN(s)
9780252037115, 9780252081231
MARC Record
OCLC
818734003
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2013-02-13
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012