Figures of Speech : First Amendment Heroes and Villains

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, William.

Contributor:

Lewis, Anthony.

Series:

0

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.

United States.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.

Local Subjects:

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

United States.

United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

First Amendment heroes and villians

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Recounting controversial First Amendment cases from the Red Scare era to Citizens United, William Bennett Turner shows how we've arrived at our contemporary understanding of free speech. His strange cast of heroes and villains, some drawn from cases he litigated, includes Communists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ku Klux Klansmen, the world's leading pornographer, prison wardens, dogged reporters, federal judges, a computer whiz, and a counterculture comedian. Figures of Speech offers a brief and insightful history of speaking up-and facing the consequences.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Yetta Stromberg; 2 Jehovah's Witnesses; 3 Dannie Martin; 4 Raymond Procunier and Robert H. Schnacke; 5 Earl Caldwell; 6 Richard Hongisto; 7 Clarence Brandenburg; 8 Larry Flynt; 9 Clinton Fein and the ACLU; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613146601

9781283146609

1283146606

9781609944636

1609944631

OCLC:

733040216