The Constitutionalist: Notes on the First AmendmentIn this new edition of the acclaimed 1971 original, George Anastaplo provides us with a detailed legal, historical, and dialectical analysis of the First Amendment with special attention to the reasoning of the Founding Fathers. Heralded as a groundbreaking work on freedom of expression and constitutional rights, The Constitutionalist challenges the reader to truly understand through a legal and philosophical viewpoint the roles of freedom of speech and freedom of the press in our society, or any society. Supplementing the original text are thorough appendices, including an in-depth record of Anastaplo's own remarkable bar admission case, and extensive notes exploring a range of topics from important political events to the nature of American institutions, as well as a wealth of discriminating references and commentary pulling from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literature. This book is essential and engrossing reading for law students, legal scholars, and anyone interested in the development and application of free speech and the First Amendment. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 72
Page xli
... House of Representatives in the 1830s and 1840s . Should he have conducted himself as he did , for a decade , in opposing the questionable " gag - law " restrictions upon the acceptance of abolitionists ' petitions by the House ? We can ...
... House of Representatives in the 1830s and 1840s . Should he have conducted himself as he did , for a decade , in opposing the questionable " gag - law " restrictions upon the acceptance of abolitionists ' petitions by the House ? We can ...
Page xliii
... house a neighbor who is on the astronomy faculty of the University of Chicago . He identified the light as Jupiter . It seemed fitting to me , upon learning the following morning of Professor Chandrasekhar's death , that this majestic ...
... house a neighbor who is on the astronomy faculty of the University of Chicago . He identified the light as Jupiter . It seemed fitting to me , upon learning the following morning of Professor Chandrasekhar's death , that this majestic ...
Page xlviii
... House of Representatives " ; page 242 , line 3 : for " the House " , read " that House " ; page 252 , line 4 : delete " not " in " not the Civil War " ; page 257 , line 4 : expand " he must make " , to read , " he must make about ...
... House of Representatives " ; page 242 , line 3 : for " the House " , read " that House " ; page 252 , line 4 : delete " not " in " not the Civil War " ; page 257 , line 4 : expand " he must make " , to read , " he must make about ...
Page 14
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 21
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
I A JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS | 3 |
II THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND | 11 |
III CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW | 35 |
IV ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS HEREIN GRANTED | 53 |
V ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH | 93 |
VI THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES | 133 |
VII A MORE PERFECT UNION | 171 |
VIII THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY | 205 |
APPENDIX A STAGES IN THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT | 289 |
CIRCULAR AND INDICTMENT | 294 |
APPENDIX C DUE PROCESS AND THE WORLD OF COMMERCE | 306 |
A TRIAL IN CHICAGO | 312 |
PRINCIPIIS OBSTA | 324 |
APPENDIX F IN RE GEORGE ANASTAPLO 195061 | 331 |
NOTES | 419 |
809 | |
IX WE DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH | 273 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adams admission American Annals argued argument Aristotle Article authority Bill of Rights character and fitness Chicago L Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune citizens civil committee common law Communist Party Congress congressional consider Constitution Constitutionalist crime Crosskey danger debate decision Declaration defendants discussion dissenting due process duty effect entry evident exercise federal Federalist Fourteenth Amendment freedom of speech George Anastaplo habeas corpus House ibid Illinois italics added John judge judicial jury lawyers legislation legislature Leo Strauss libel liberty Lincoln Madison matters means ment Nicomachean Ethics observed opinion perhaps petition petitioner petitioner's Plato political President principles problem prohibition prosecution protection question reason record refusal Republic republican respect restraints right of revolution rule Sedition Act seems Senate Smith Act statute suggested Supreme Court text at chap thought tion trial United University of Chicago York