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001			ocn752308712
003			OCoLC
005			20240312115307.0
008			071001s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2007040249
020			_a9780465039173 _q(alk. paper)
020			_a0465039170 _q(alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)752308712
040			_aPUCPR _beng _cTWP
049			_acicg
050	0	0	_aKF 4770 _b.L49 2007
082	0	0	_a342.7308/53 _222
100	1		_aLewis, Anthony, _d1927-2013.
245	1	0	_aFreedom for the thought that we hate : _ba biography of the First Amendment / _cAnthony Lewis.
260			_aNew York : _bPerseus Books Group, _c2007.
300			_axv, 221 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aLocated in the Library at the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom. Clarke Hall.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aBeginnings -- 'Odious or contemptible' -- "As all life is an experiment" -- Defining freedom -- Freedom and privacy -- A press privilege? -- Fear itself -- 'Another's lyric' -- 'Vagabonds and outlaws' -- Thoughts that we hate -- Balancing interests -- Freedom of thought.
520			_aMore than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution. In this book, the story of how the right of free expression evolved along with our nation makes a compelling case for the adaptability of our constitution. Although Americans have gleefully and sometimes outrageously exercised their right to free speech since before the nation's founding, the Supreme Court did not begin to recognize this right until 1919. Freedom of speech and the press as we know it today is surprisingly recent. The author tells us how these rights were created, revealing a story of hard choices, heroic (and some less heroic) judges, and fascinating and eccentric defendants who forced the legal system to come face-to-face with one of America's great founding ideas.
650		0	_aFreedom of speech _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFreedom of the press _zUnited States.
650		7	_aFreedom of speech.
650		7	_aFreedom of the press.
651		7	_aUnited States.
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