The First Amendment in the Trump Era

ISBN-13: 9780190073992 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 192 str.

Timothy Zick

Opis

This book catalogues and examines the various First Amendment free speech and press controversies that have roiled the Trump presidency. It highlights both what is unique about those controversies, and what is consistent with historical patterns. From past conflicts and eras, the book draws various First Amendment lessons that will help guide readers through the Trump Era.

Recenzje

"Professor Zick identifies the damage that can be done to a culture of free expressionby a general ignorance of, and disregard for, constitutional norms. He does so not byengaging in hyperbolic rhetoric or partisan rants, but by clearly and concisely placingcurrent First Amendment controversies in their proper legal and historical perspectives.This is a book for anyone who believes, as I do, that the American constitutional systemwas designed by geniuses so that it could survive even the rule of idiots."

O autorze

Timothy Zick is the John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship at William & Mary Law School. Professor Zick teaches courses on constitutional law and the First Amendment. He is the author of Speech Out of Doors: Preserving First Amendment Liberties in Public Places (2009), The Cosmopolitan First Amendment: Protecting Transborder Expressive and Religious Liberties (2014), and The Dynamic Free Speech Clause: Free Speech and its Relation to Other Constitutional Rights (2018). Professor Zick has been a frequent commentator on First Amendment issues in local, national, and international media. In 2012, he testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee regarding the First Amendment rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters.