Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court

Terry Eastland has written for numerous publications on a wide variety of political and legal issues. His books include Energy in the Executive: The Case for the Strong Presidency; Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice; and Religious Liberty in the Supreme Court: The Cases That Define the Debate Over Church and State.

Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court is a valuable contribution to the literature on modern constitutional law. While fully attentive to legal doctrines and styles of judicial decision making, Eastland provides a clear, critical, and refreshingly nontechnical documentary account of succeeding waves of civil libertarianism that have redefined the relationship between American citizens and the federal government in the twentieth century. Substantial selections from leading judicial opinions, combined with contemporary journalistic commentary, give this sourcebook a richly contextualized historical character.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Schenck v. United States, 1919Chapter 3 Abrams v. United States, 1919Chapter 4 Gitlow v. New York, 1925Chapter 5 Whitney v. California, 1927Chapter 6 Stromberg v. California, 1931Chapter 7 Near v. Minnesota, 1931Chapter 8 Grosjean v. American Press Co., 1936Chapter 9 DeJonge v. Oregon, 1937Chapter 10 Herndon v. Lowry, 1937Chapter 11 Lovell v. City of Griffin, 1938Chapter 12 Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940Chapter 13 Cox v. New Hampshire, 1941Chapter 14 W. VA State Board of Education v. Barnette, 1943Chapter 15 Thomas v. Collins, 1945Chapter 16 United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 1947Chapter 17 Kovacs v. Cooper, 1949Chapter 18 Terminiello v. Chicago, 1949Chapter 19 Communications Association v. Douds, 1950Chapter 20 Feiner v. New York, 1951Chapter 21 Kunz v. New York, 1951Chapter 22 Dennis v. United States, 1951Chapter 23 Beauharnais v. Illinois, 1952Chapter 24 Burstyn v. Wilson, 1952Chapter 25 Roth v. United States, 1957Chapter 26 NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 1958Chapter 27 Barenblatt v. United States, 1959Chapter 28 Edwards v. South Carolina, 1963Chapter 29 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 1964Chapter 30 Lamont v. Postmaster General, 1965Chapter 31 Unites States v. Robel, 1967Chapter 32 United States v. O'Brien, 1968Chapter 33 Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC, 1969Chapter 34 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969Chapter 35 Brandenburg v. Ohio, 1969Chapter 36 Cohen v. California, 1971Chapter 37 New York Times Co. v. United States, 1971Chapter 38 Branzburg v. Hayes, 1972Chapter 39 Miller v. California, 1973 and Paris Adult Theatre v. Slaton, 1973Chapter 40 Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 1974Chapter 41 Buckley v. Valeo, 1976Chapter 42 Virginia Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Consumer Council, 1976Chapter 43 Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, 1978Chapter 44 Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia, 1980Chapter 45 New York v. Ferber, 1982Chapter 46 Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 1984Chapter 47 Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 1986Chapter 48 Bethel School District No. 43 v. Fraser, 1986Chapter 49 Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., 1987Chapter 50 Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 1988Chapter 51 Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 1988Chapter 52 Texas v. Johnson, 1989Chapter 53 Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., 1990Chapter 54 Rust v. Sullivan, 1991Chapter 55 R.A.V. v. St. Paul, 1992Chapter 56 Hurley v. Irish-American Gay Group of Boston, 1995Chapter 57 44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island, 1996Chapter 58 Reno v. ACLU, 1997Chapter 59 National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, 1998Chapter 60 Justices of the United Supreme Court, 1919-1999