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020			_a9780252094224
020			_z9780252037115 (hardback)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aKF4772 _b.B49 2012
082	0	0	_a342.7308/53 _223
100	1		_aBezanson, Randall P.
245	1	0	_aToo much free speech? _h[electronic resource] / _cRandall P. Bezanson.
260			_aUrbana [Ill.] : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c2012. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (304 p.)
520			_a"In this project Randall Bezanson examines judicial interpretations of free speech by means of a broad range of Supreme Court cases, arguing that over the past 15 years the Court has engaged in a truly revolutionary expansion of the reach of the free speech guarantee. The cases include the much-discussed Citizens United decision which granted the full measure of constitutional protection to speech by corporations; the Doe v. Reed case from Washington State that recognized the acts of signing petitions and voting in elections as acts of free speech; the Summum decision holding that the decision to select a monument for a public park and to reject another based on the government's disagreement with the monument's message is an act of government speech immunized from challenge by the First Amendment; and the Hurley and Dale cases that recognized free speech claims for messages and meanings that arose "out of thin air": speech without an author (a parade); and an author without a message (the Boy Scouts). As in earlier books on freedom of the press and of religion, Bezanson aims to arm the reader with the capacity to reach her or his own decision about whether the Court's conduct befitted the independent judicial branch and the consequences of its decisions for a representative democracy"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Randall P. Bezanson takes up an essential and timely inquiry into the Constitutional limits of the Supreme Court's power to create, interpret, and enforce one of the essential rights of American citizens. Analyzing contemporary Supreme Court decisions from the past fifteen years, Bezanson argues that judicial interpretations have fundamentally and drastically expanded the meaning and understanding of "speech." Bezanson focuses on judgments such as the much-discussed Citizens United case, which granted the full measure of constitutional protection to speech by corporations, and the Doe vs. Reed case in Washington state, which recognized the signing of petitions and voting in elections as acts of free speech. In each case study, he questions whether the meaning of speech has been expanded too far and critically assesses the Supreme Court's methodology in reaching and explaining its expansive conclusions"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLAW / Constitutional. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aFreedom of speech _zUnited States _vCases.
650		0	_aFreedom of speech _zUnited States.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	1		_aUnited States. _bSupreme Court.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252094224/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c31788 _d31788