Overview of free speech fundamentals -- The most important arguments for and against free speech -- Free speech rights that the First Amendment protects -- First Amendment standards for determining which speech restrictions are (im)permissible -- Speech restrictions that the First Amendment bars or strictly limits -- First Amendment rights in specific government institutions, such as public schools and universities -- Other legal protections for free speech, in addition to the First Amendment -- Important current free speech issues.
Summary:
"This book explains the key principles of modern First Amendment law, showing that it embodies universal values and is eminently sensible; it lets government outlaw the most dangerous speech - speech that directly causes or threatens imminent harm, such as intentional incitement of imminent violence -- while outlawing the most dangerous censorship - restrictions on speech solely due to its unpopular or vaguely feared ideas. Before the modern Supreme Court adopted these speech-protective precepts - which are often summarized as the "emergency" and "viewpoint neutrality" principles - the government had discretion to restrict speech with an indirect, speculative connection to potential harm under the "bad tendency" test; it predictably wielded such discretion disproportionately to suppress its critics and advocates of human rights and social justice causes"-- Provided by publisher.
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