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Make No Law

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

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Sep 01, 1992 | ISBN 9780679739395

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Apr 20, 2011 | ISBN 9780307787828

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    About Make No Law

    A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis.

    The First Amendment puts it this way: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel—and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury—because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery’s brutal response to civil rights protests.

    The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers—and ordinary citizens—can print or say.

    About Make No Law

    A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis.

    The First Amendment puts it this way: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel—and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury—because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery’s brutal response to civil rights protests.

    The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers—and ordinary citizens—can print or say.

    About Anthony Lewis

    Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book… More about Anthony Lewis

    About Anthony Lewis

    Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book… More about Anthony Lewis

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 01, 1992 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679739395

    Category: Domestic Politics | 20th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 20, 2011 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780307787828
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    Praise

    “A riveting detailed account…[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

    “Superbly written… a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court’s still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake…an essential guide.” —Boston Globe

    Table Of Contents

    1. Heed Their Rising Voices
    2. Reaction in Montgomery
    3. Separate and Unequal
    4. The Trial
    5. Silencing the Press
    6. The Meaning of Freedom
    7. The Sedition Act
    8. World War I
    9. Holmes and Brandeis, Dissenting
    10. “The Vitalizing Liberties”
    11. To the Supreme Court
    12. “There Never Is a Time”
    13. May It Please the Court
    14. “The Central Meaning of the First Amendment”
    15. What It Meant
    16. Inside the Court
    17. Public and Private
    18. “The Dancing Has Stopped”
    19. Back to the Drawing Board
    20. Envoi

    Appendix 1: First Draft of Justice Brennan’s Opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

    Appendix 2: Opinions in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan by Justices Brennan, Black, and Goldberg

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