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Free Speech

Edited by Corey Brettschneider

Edited by Corey Brettschneider

Edited by Corey Brettschneider

Edited by Corey Brettschneider

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Edited by Corey Brettschneider

Read by Minka Wiltz
Edited by Corey Brettschneider

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    About Free Speech

    Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government.  Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech.

    A Penguin Classic

    With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.
     

    About Free Speech

    Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government.  Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech.

    A Penguin Classic

    With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.
     

    About Free Speech

    Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government.  Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech.

    A Penguin Classic

    With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.
     

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    About Corey Brettschneider

    Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School… More about Corey Brettschneider

    About Corey Brettschneider

    Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School… More about Corey Brettschneider

    About Corey Brettschneider

    Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School… More about Corey Brettschneider

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | Nonfiction Classics

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Nov 09, 2021 | 208 Pages | 4-1/4 x 7-3/8 | ISBN 9780143135159

    Category: Domestic Politics | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Nov 09, 2021 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9780525506836

    Category: Domestic Politics | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Nov 09, 2021 | 352 Minutes | ISBN 9780593393680
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    Table Of Contents

    Series Introduction by Corey Brettschneider

    Introduction by Corey Brettschneider

    A Note on the Text

    FREE SPEECH

    Part I: Frameworks of Free Speech
    U.S. Constitution Speech or Debate Clause, Art. 1 Sec. 6, and First Amendment (1787)
    On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill (1859)
    Free Speech and Its Relation to Self-Government, by Alexander Meiklejohn (1948)
    Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

    Part II: The Press
    The Alien Act (1798)
    The Sedition Act (1798)
    The Virginia Resolution—Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
    The Kentucky Resolution—Alien and Sedition Acts (1799)
    New York Times Company v. Sullivan (1964)

    Part III: Race and Gender
    “Plea for Freedom of Speech in Boston,” by Frederick Douglass (1860)
    “Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” by Ida B. Wells (1893)
    “Model Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance,” by Catherine MacKinnon (1983)
    “If He Hollers Let Him Go,” by Charles Lawrence (1990)
    Virginia v. Black (2003)

    Part IV: Security and Wartime
    Schenck v. United States (1919)
    Abrams v. United States (1919)

    Acknowledgments

    Unabridged Source Materials

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