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- Title
The Embattled 1st Amendment.
- Authors
CAPLAN, LINCOLN
- Abstract
The article discusses the freedom of expression in the U.S., focusing on how free speech has been used by the wealthy and powerful to further divide the social classes in the U.S. Other topics include information on U.S. Supreme Court cases involving free speech including Citizens United v. Federal Elections Committee, information on political, commercial, and hate speech, and how Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes influenced free speech laws in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FREEDOM of expression lawsuits; SOCIAL classes; CITIZENS United v. Federal Election Commission; UNITED States Supreme Court history; COMMERCIAL speech; HATE speech; HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
American Scholar, 2015, Vol 84, Issue 2, p18
- ISSN
0003-0937
- Publication type
Article