The First Amendment, 1791-1991 : two hundred years of freedom / by James E. Leahy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leahy, James E., 1919-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional amendments--United States--1st--History.

Constitutional amendments.

Freedom of association.

History.

Assembly, Right of.

United States.

Freedom of religion--United States--History.

Freedom of religion.

Freedom of speech--United States--History.

Freedom of speech.

Assembly, Right of--United States--History.

Freedom of association--United States--History.

Freedom of the press--United States--History.

Freedom of the press.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1991.

Summary:

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, when he was governor of New York, said, the Constitution is what the judges say it is." This book discusses what the justices of the United States Supreme Court have said about the First Amendment since 1791. The book is also about people-Walter Barnette, Benjamin Gitlow, Ismael Jaffree, and Fred Shuttleworth, to name a few-who during the past 200 years fought "to place [our freedoms] beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by courts" ( Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 638 [1943]). And it is about judges and justices who had to make difficult choices between individual freedom and government interests. Also included: Justice Louis D. Brandeis' description of what the Founders envisioned this country should be.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0899505732

OCLC:

22626584