The Fight for Free Speech : : Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms / / Ian Rosenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Rosenberg, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues and the ten key Supreme Court cases that define our First Amendment freedoms todayAmericans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be punished for parody? While citizens are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn to learn about the extent of their First Amendment rights. The Fight for Free Speech answers this call with an accessible, engaging user’s guide to free speech. Media lawyer Ian Rosenberg distills the spectrum of free speech law down to ten critical issues. Each chapter in this book focuses on a contemporary free speech question—from student walkouts for gun safety to Samantha Bee’s expletives, from Nazis marching in Charlottesville to the muting of adult film star Stormy Daniels— and then identifies, unpacks, and explains the key Supreme Court case that provides the answers. Together these fascinating stories create a practical framework for understanding where our free speech protections originated and how they can develop in the future. As people on all sides of the political spectrum are demanding their right to speak and be heard, The Fight for Free Speech is a handbook for combating authoritarianism, protecting our democracy, and bringing an understanding of free speech law to all.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Women’s March and the Marketplace of Ideas -- 2 Take a Knee and the Pledge of Allegiance -- 3 Libel, Actual Malice, and the Civil Rights Movement -- 4 Student Speech from the Vietnam War to the National School Walkout -- 5 Stormy Daniels, Prior Restraints, and the Pentagon Papers -- 6 Flipping Off the President and Fuck the Draft -- 7 Samantha Bee, Seven Dirty Words, and Indecency -- 8 Saturday Night Live, Hustler, and the Power of Parody -- 9 Nazis in Charlottesville, Funeral Protests, and Speakers We Hate -- 10 Social Media and the “Vast Democratic Forums of the Internet" -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author