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Book SynopsisThe Supreme Court''s 1919 decision in Schenck vs. the United States is one of the most important free speech cases in American history. Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is most famous for saying that ''shouting fire in a crowded theater'' is not protected by the First Amendment. The case itself upheld an espionage conviction, but it also created a much stricter standard for governmental suppression of speech. Over time, the standard Holmes devised made freedom of speech in America a reality rather than merely an ideal. In The Free Speech Century, two of American''s leading First Amendment scholars, Geoffrey Stone and Lee Bollinger, have gathered a group of the nation''s leading legal scholars (Cass Sunstein, Lawrence Lessig, Laurence Tribe, Kathleen Sullivan, Catherine McKinnon, and others) to evaluate the development of free speech doctrine since Schenk and assess where it might be headed in our post-Snowden era. Since 1919, First Amendment jurisprudence in America has been a sign
Table of ContentsDialogue: Lee C. Bollinger & Geoffrey R. Stone Part I: The Nature of First Amendment Jurisprudence Rights Skepticism and Majority Rule at the Birth of the Modern First Amendment Vincent A. Blasi Every Possible Use of Language? Frederick Schauer Rethinking the Myth of the Modern First Amendment Laura Weinrib The Discursive Benefits of Structure: Federalism and the First Amendment Heather K. Gerken Part II: Major Critiques and Controversial Areas of First Amendment Jurisprudence Citizens United: Predictions and Reality Floyd Abrams On the Legitimate Aim of Congressional Regulation of Political Speech: An Originalist View Lawrence Lessig The Classic First Amendment Tradition Under Stress: Freedom of Speech and the University Robert C. Post Keeping Secrets David A. Strauss The First Amendment: An Equality Reading Catharine A. MacKinnon Does the Clear and Present Danger Test Survive Cost-Benefit Analysis? Cass R. Sunstein Part III: The International Implications of the First Amendment Reflections on the Firstness of the First Amendment Albie Sachs Freedom of Expression Abroad: The State of Play Tom Ginsburg Hate Speech at Home and Abroad Sarah H. Cleveland Part IV: New Technologies and the First Amendment of the Future The Unintentional Press: How Technology Companies Fail as Publishers Emily Bell Defining the Boundaries of Free Speech on Social Media Monika Bickert Is the First Amendment Obsolete? Tim Wu Epilogue: Lee C. Bollinger & Geoffrey R. Stone
