Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
- ISBN-10
- 1437925553
- ISBN-13
- 9781437925555
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 36
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Henry Cohen
Description
This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment ¿ of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech. Contents: Intro.; Obscenity; Child Pornography; Content-Based Restrictions; Non-Content-Based Restrictions; Prior Restraint; Commercial Speech; Defamation; Speech Harmful to Children; Children¿s First Amend. Rights; Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions; Incidental Restrictions; Symbolic Speech; Compelled Speech; Radio and TV; Freedom of Speech and Gov¿t. Funding; Free Speech Rights of Gov¿t. Employees and Gov¿t. Contractors; and Public Forum Doctrine.
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