Description: In Fear and the First Amendment, Kevin A. Johnson and Craig R. Smith offer a deeply considered examination of the ways fear figures in First Amendment questions ruled on by the contemporary Supreme Court. Bringing together literature on theories of fear in rhetorical and philosophical traditions, Johnson and Smith focus on the rulings from the Roberts Court, which form a pivotal era of dramatic precedents. Each chapter in this book analyzes one or more First Amendment cases and a variety of related fears—whether evidentiary or not—that pertain to a given case.These cases include Morse v. Frederick, which takes up the competing fears of school administrators’ loss of authority and students’ loss of free speech rights. The authors touch on corporate funding of elections in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, from the fear of corporate influence on electoral politics to corporate fears of alienating their consumers by backing political candidates. They explore religious freedom and fears of homosexuality in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. Similarly, in Snyder v. Phelps, the authors delve further into fears of God, death, emotional distress, failing as a parent, and losing one’s reputation. Next, they investigate parents’ anxieties about violence in video games in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association. Finally, Johnson and Smith examine the role of fear in indecent, obscene, and graphic communication in three cases: FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, and United States v. Stevens.Together these cases reveal fear to be an endemic factor in the rhetoric of First Amendment cases. This fascinating and original work will appeal to current legal practitioners and students of law, rhetoric, philosophy, and the First Amendment.
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Book Title: Fear and the First Amendment : Controversial Cases of the Roberts
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Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Fear and the First Amendment : Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court
Language: English
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Constitutional, General, Rhetoric
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Subject Area: Law, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Craig R. Smith, Kevin A. Johnson
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
