02937nam 2200661 a 450 991096832200332120240516080732.0979-82-16-20474-91-283-16345-497866131634551-4422-0512-1(CKB)2550000000039291(EBL)728630(OCoLC)741491890(SSID)ssj0000521651(PQKBManifestationID)12209846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521651(PQKBWorkID)10522477(PQKB)11478240(Au-PeEL)EBL728630(CaPaEBR)ebr10483523(CaONFJC)MIL316345(MiAaPQ)EBC728630(EXLCZ)99255000000003929120100527d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCongress shall make no law the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court /David M. O'Brien1st ed.Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20101 online resource (150 p.)Free expression in America seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-0510-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. When ''No Law'' Doesn't Mean ''No Law''; 2. Obscenity, Pornography, and Indecent Expression; 3. Defamation and Related Harms; 4. Commercial Speech; 5. ''Fighting Words,'' Provocative and Disruptive Expression; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: Unprotected Speech Time Line; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThe First Amendment declares that 'Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press. . . . ' Yet, in the following 200 years, the Supreme Court has defined certain categories of expression-the obscene, the defamatory, commercial, and fighting words or disruptive expression-as constitutionally unprotected. Noted legal scholar David O'Brien provides a history of each category of unprotected speech and puts into bold relief the larger questions of what kinds of expression should (and should not) receive First Amendment protection.Free expression in America series.Freedom of speechUnited StatesLibel and slanderUnited StatesHate speechUnited StatesObscenity (Law)United StatesFreedom of speechLibel and slanderHate speechObscenity (Law)342.7308/53O'Brien David M1855612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968322003321Congress shall make no law4453829UNINA