Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First AmendmentUniversity Press of Kentucky, 16. feb. 2007 - 336 sider The guarantee of free speech enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights draws upon two millennia of Western thought about the value and necessity of free inquiry. Acclaimed legal scholar George Anastaplo traces the philosophical development of the idea of free inquiry from Plato's Apology to Socrates to John Milton's Areopagitica. He describes how these seminal texts and others by such diverse thinkers as St. Paul, Thomas More, and John Stuart Mill influenced the formation and the earliest applications of the First Amendment. Anastaplo also focuses on the critical free speech implications of a dozen Supreme Court cases and shows how First Amendment interpretations have evolved in response to modern events. Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment grounds its vision of America's most basic freedoms in the intellectual traditions of Western political philosophy, providing crucial insight into the legal challenges of the future through the lens of the past. |
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... Members of either House of Congress , Members that the Congress would not be likely to protect by threatening the Executive with retaliatory measures . Such unpopular Members need the assurance of protection from Execu- tive oppression ...
... Members of Congress and for " Compensation for their Services , to be ascertained by law . " The freedom of speech by Members of Congress is guarded some- what against abuse by the power of each House to “ punish its Members for ...
... Members present . Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office , and ... Members , and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to ...
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