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“A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

“Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide.” —Boston Globe

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"A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America."

-- Philadelphia Inquirer"Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide." -- Boston Globe

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IT BEGAN in the most ordinary way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peaceful protests with intimidation, public official against critics, heed their rising voices, effective judicial administration, reckless falsehood, examining public characters, state capitol steps, people over the government, libel plaintiffs, libel damages, hardy climate, perfect good taste, possess the absolute sovereignty, minority address, individual petitioners, actual malice, libelous publications, constitutional protections for speech, express malice, libel judgment, vindictive motives, state college campus, defamatory meaning, government over the people, official reputation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Amendment, New York, Sedition Act, United States, Commissioner Sullivan, Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Warren, Espionage Act, World War, Pentagon Papers, Fourteenth Amendment, Herbert Wechsler, James Madison, Virginia Resolutions, Montgomery Advertiser, Governor Patterson, Justice Stewart, Louis Loeb, Abigail Adams, Alabama State College, Civil War, Eric Embry, General Westmoreland, Freedom Riders, Madison's Report New!
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