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In Case You Missed It: US Government: “We Can Ban Books”

March 26, 2009

US Government: “We Can Ban Books” Dep. Solicitor General Argues Jailing Book Publishers Is Constitutional During Tuesday’s oral arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the government told the Supreme Court that it has the constitutional authority to send a commercial book publisher to prison for publishing a book that contains the words “Vote […]

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The Constitutional Right to Listen

January 28, 2009

We usually think of freedom of speech as involving the right of speakers to speak, whether through public addresses, in writing, or over radio and television airwaves. But the courts have recognized an additional dimension to First Amendment free speech rights: the right to listen and watch. This right takes center stage in a current […]