The Right's First Amendment: The Politics of Free Speech & the Return of Conservative Libertarianism - Couverture rigide

Batchis, Wayne

 
9780804796064: The Right's First Amendment: The Politics of Free Speech & the Return of Conservative Libertarianism
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ISBN 10 : 0804796068 ISBN 13 : 9780804796064
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Not so long ago, being aggressively "pro-free speech" was as closely associated with American political liberalism as being pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, or pro-gun control. With little notice, this political dynamic has been shaken to the core. The Right's First Amendment examines how conservatives came to adopt and co-opt constitutional free speech rights.

In the 1960s, free speech on college campuses was seen as a guarantee for social agitators, hippies, and peaceniks. Today, for many conservatives, it represents instead a crucial shield that protects traditionalists from a perceived scourge of political correctness and liberal oversensitivity. Over a similar period, free market conservatives have risen up to embrace a once unknown, but now cherished, liberty: freedom of commercial expression. What do these changes mean for the future of First Amendment interpretation?

Wayne Batchis offers a fresh entry point into these issues by grounding his study in both political and legal scholarship. Surveying six decades of writings from the preeminent conservative publication National Review alongside the evolving constitutional law and ideological predispositions of Supreme Court justices deciding these issues, Batchis asks the conservative political movement to answer to its judicial logic, revealing how this keystone of our civic American beliefs now carries a much more complex and nuanced political identity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Wayne Batchis is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804796068
ISBN 13 
9780804796064
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2016
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