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9/100Critics
61/100Scholars
Author:
Ellis Cose
Publisher:
Amistad
Date:
September 15, 2020
A renowned journalist explores how the right to free speech enshrined in the U.S. Constitution is crumbling under the combined weight of political polarization, technology, money and systematized lying.
What The Reviewers Say
... [a] pithy and thought-provoking book.
... a comprehensive history of the United States Constitution's First Amendment and the many ways that the ideal of free speech has evolved over the course of the country's relatively short history.
This concise work gives a relatively brief history of some of the more notable instances, relating them to political and social movements. A constant theme is the degree to which uncomfortable, offensive, or frankly false speech has been permitted or blocked.
... a brisk and well-informed rundown of contemporary debates over the limits of the First Amendment.
