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The Press and the Constitution, 1931-1947.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerald, J. Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of the press--United States.
- Freedom of the press.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 173 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota Press [1948]
- Summary:
- The Press and the Constitution, 1931-1947 was first published in 1948. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Sixteen dramatic years--from the Minnesota gag law case in 1931 to the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. Sixteen years in which the American system of freedom developed new strength and conferred new benefits on the common man. In The Press and the Constitution J. Edward Gerald has told the story of these years as they have influenced the development of freedom of the press. During this turbulent time American newspapers, in spite of their claims to protection under the First and Fourteenth amendments, have found themselves subjected to increasing legal restraints. The guarantee of freedom of the press affects the lives of a wide range of individuals--from publishers to pickets, from Big Business leaders to itinerant evangelists. To show this, Mr. Gerald includes in his discussion the anti-trust laws, newspaper taxes, wage and hour legislation, censorship, picketing, licensing, and the contempt power. The book analyzes a series of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court from 1931 to 1947. Among the more celebrated are the Chicago Sun -Chicago Tribune antitrust case, the Esquire case, in which the powers of the Postmaster General were limited, and the Jehovah's Witnesses cases, in which the line between religion and commerce was defined. The author concludes that American law definitely establishes--and carries out--the concept of the common welfare, even to the point of government intervention to increase freedom of the press for some while restricting it for others.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- Chapter I. THE PATTERN OF FREEDOM
- The Spirit of Reform
- The Issues in the Courts
- How the Justices Voted
- Chapter II. JUSTICE, THE COURTS, AND THE PRESS
- Workaday Relationships between Court and Press
- New Pattern of Constructive Contempt: The Miami Herald Case
- Historical Development of the Contempt Power
- Summary
- Chapter lll. LABOR'S FREEDOM TO PICKET
- A National Labor Policy Is Developed
- Pattern of State Regulation of Unions
- The Employer Fights for Freedom Too
- Chapter IV. HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE
- The Newspapers under NRA
- Unionization of Newspaper Employees
- The Controversy over the Guild Shop
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
- Chapter V. TAXES AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
- The Mark of Huey P. Long
- The Challenge to Privilege Taxes
- Chapter VI. FREEDOM OF THE NEWS
- How Shall Liberty Be Achieved?
- The Tribune and the Sun
- The Case in District Court
- The Press Interpretation
- The Supreme Court Decision
- Chapter VII. THE DEVIOUS WAYS OF CENSORSHIP
- The Courts as Architects of Restraint
- Abuses under the Postal Power
- Abuse of the Licensing Power
- House-to-House Evangelism
- The Line between Religion and Commerce
- Some Permissible Restrictions
- Uses of Streets and Parks
- The Rights of Advertising Distributors
- Censorship of Political Activity
- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- "A selected bibliography": p. 166-169.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781452936475
- 1452936471
- OCLC:
- 609559196
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