Judging Free Speech : First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court Justices

Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice. Judging Free Speech Contains Nine Original Essays By Political Scientists And Legal Scholars, Each Providing A Comprehensive, Yet Concise And Accessible Overview Of The Free Speech Jurisprudence Of A United States Supreme Court Justice. Analyzing The First Amendment Expressive Freedom Opinions Of Justices From The Nineteen Twenties Through The Twenty-first Century, The Essays Go Beyond Simply Identifying And Explaining Key Animating Themes That Are Particular To Specific Members Of The Court. The Contributors Also Demonstrate The Way In Which Free Speech Jurisprudence Has Evolved Over Time. The Volume Covers Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., George Sutherland, Hugo L. Black, William J. Brennan, John Marshall Harlan Ii, Potter Stewart, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, And Stephen Breyer--unedited Summary From Book Cover. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. And The Marketplace Of Ideas : Experience Proves To Be The Life Of The Law / Frederick Lewis -- George Sutherland And The Business Of Expression / Samuel R. Olken -- Absolutism And Democracy : Hugo L. Black's Free Speech Jurisprudence / Michael Paris And Kevin J. Mcmahon -- Another's Lyric : John Marshall Harlan Ii, Judicial Conservatism, And Free Speech / Douglas E. Edlin -- Justice Civility : William J. Brennan Jr.'s Free Speech Jurisprudence / James C. Foster -- Potter Stewart Meets The Press / Keith J. Bybee -- Anthony M. Kennedy : A Speech Is The Beginning Of Thought / Helen J. Knowles -- Black Like Me : The Free Speech Jurisprudence Of Clarence Thomas / Steven B. Lichtman -- Stephen Breyer And The First Amendment As Legal Doctrine / Mark Tushnet. Edited By Helen J. Knowles And Steven B. Lichtman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction: OH What a Tangled Web They Weave....Pages 1-25 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and the “Marketplace of Ideas”: Experience Proves To Be the “Life of the Law”....Pages 27-48 George Sutherland and the Business of Expression....Pages 49-73 Absolutism and Democracy: Hugo L. Black’s Free Speech Jurisprudence....Pages 75-97 “Another’s Lyric”: John Marshall Harlan II, Judicial Conservatism, and Free Speech....Pages 99-122 Justice Civility: William J. Brennan Jr.’s Free Speech Jurisprudence....Pages 123-146 Potter Stewart Meets the Press....Pages 147-168 Anthony M. Kennedy: “Speech Is the Beginning of Thought”....Pages 169-190 Black Like Me: The Free Speech Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas....Pages 191-214 Stephen Breyer and the First Amendment as Legal Doctrine....Pages 215-238 Conclusion: It’s Complicated .......Pages 239-254 Back Matter....Pages 255-288