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The Supreme Court and the Philosopher illustrates how the modern US Supreme Court has increasingly adopted a view of the constitutional right to the freedom of expression that is classically liberal in nature, reflecting John Stuart Mill''s reasoning in On Liberty. A landmark treatise outlining the merits of limiting governmental and social power over the individual, On Liberty advocates for a maximum protection of human freedom.

Proceeding case by case and covering a wide array of issues, such as campaign finance, offensive speech, symbolic speech, commercial speech, online expression, and false statements, Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma show how the Supreme Court justices have struck down numerous laws for infringing on the freedom of expression.

Kasper and Kozma demonstrate how the adoption of Mill''s version of free speech began with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. more than a century ago and expanded over time to become the prevailin

The Supreme Court and the Philosopher

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    Publisher: Cornell University Press
    Publication Date: 4/15/2024
    ISBN13: 9781501774515, 978-1501774515
    ISBN10: 1501774514

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

    Description

    The Supreme Court and the Philosopher illustrates how the modern US Supreme Court has increasingly adopted a view of the constitutional right to the freedom of expression that is classically liberal in nature, reflecting John Stuart Mill''s reasoning in On Liberty. A landmark treatise outlining the merits of limiting governmental and social power over the individual, On Liberty advocates for a maximum protection of human freedom.

    Proceeding case by case and covering a wide array of issues, such as campaign finance, offensive speech, symbolic speech, commercial speech, online expression, and false statements, Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma show how the Supreme Court justices have struck down numerous laws for infringing on the freedom of expression.

    Kasper and Kozma demonstrate how the adoption of Mill''s version of free speech began with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. more than a century ago and expanded over time to become the prevailin

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