Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment

333 Pages·2006·1.23 MB·English

by  Floyd Abrams

SPE A K ING
FRE E LY
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SPE A K ING
F R E E LY
TRIALS O F THE FIRST AMENDMENT

F L O Y D A B R A M S
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Speaking freely : trials of the First Amendment / Floyd Abrams.
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For Efrat, Daniel and Ronnie

The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone. Secu-
rity also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantan-
kerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be
suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even
greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the
people to know.
  ,
June 

C O N T E N T S
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
I.– The Pentagon Papers Case . . . . . . . . . . . 
II.– To the Supreme Court and After . . . . . . . . . 
III.– Truth and the First Amendment . . . . . . . . . 
IV. –Wayne Newton and the Law . . . . . . . . . . 
V. –The Heroin Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
VI.– McCarthyism and Libel . . . . . . . . . . . 
VII.– The Brooklyn Museum Case . . . . . . . . . 
VIII.– Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment . . 
IX.– At Home and Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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