The Soul of the First Amendment
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y3LDKP5 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 321 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Timely, well-organized specifics to illustrate the unique beauty of the First Amendment's free speech guarantees" according to William J. Dyer. Defamation law has been one of my own specialties for more than Timely, well-organized specifics to illustrate the unique beauty of the First Amendment's free speech guarantees Defamation law has been one of my own specialties for more than 30 years now, and I hereby testify from first-hand knowledge that Floyd Abrams is generally recognized as the dean of the practicing American bar on First Amendment issues, particularly those involving freedom of the press. Now senior counsel, formerly a senior partner, of New York-based Cahill Gordon & Reindel, he has represented the bluest of blue chip media clients in state and federal courts around the country for decades — up to and prominently including in the U.S. Supreme Co. 0 years now, and I hereby testify from first-hand knowledge that Floyd Abrams is generally recognized as the dean of the practicing American bar on First Amendment issues, particularly those involving freedom of the press. Now senior counsel, formerly a senior partner, of New York-based Cahill Gordon & Reindel, he has represented the bluest of blue chip media clients in state and federal courts around the country for decades — up to and prominently including in the U.S. Supreme Co. Johnny & Riza said Compelling look at First Amendment history and jurisprudence. "Justice William O. Douglas, in 197Compelling look at First Amendment history and jurisprudence "Justice William O. Douglas, in 1973, stated that 'the struggle for liberty has been a struggle against Government. The essential scheme of our Constitution and Bill of Rights was to take Government off the backs of people.'"Floyd Abrams has agued important speech cases in the Supreme Court, and provides a deep and loving look at our speech rights in The Soul of the First Amendment: Why Freedom of Speech Matters. It is a short but powerful book on the history of the Amendment and jurisprudence surrounding it.The smart kids sitting up front already kn. , stated that 'the struggle for liberty has been a struggle against Government. The essential scheme of our Constitution and Bill of Rights was to take Government off the backs of people.'"Floyd Abrams has agued important speech cases in the Supreme Court, and provides a deep and loving look at our speech rights in The Soul of the First Amendment: Why Freedom of Speech Matters. It is a short but powerful book on the history of the Amendment and jurisprudence surrounding it.The smart kids sitting up front already kn. LizA said A must read for anyone interested in the First Amendment and American journalism - past, present and future.. I live in a small New England town, where the Annual Town Meeting is still the centerpiece of local government. One year I brought some Russian (formerly Soviet) generals to observe. When I asked them for their reactions, the first response was, "It was interesting to see so many ordinary people speaking their minds without fear."This book - in a blessedly few number of pages with great narrative flowdescribes the history of the First Amendment and how free speech /free press came to be a defining characteristic of American life only in the last half
Floyd Abrams, a noted lawyer and award-winning legal scholar specializing in First Amendment issues, examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case anywhere else in the world, including democratic nations such as Canada and England. He also examines the repeated conflicts between claims of free speech and those of national security occasioned by the publication of classified material such as was contained in the Pentagon Papers and was made public by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden.. A lively and controversial overview by the nation's most celebrated First Amendment lawyer of the unique protections for freedom of speech in AmericaThe right of Americans to voice their beliefs without government approval or oversight is protected under what may well be the most honored and least understood adde