Unoriginal misunderstanding : press freedom in early America and interpretation of the First Amendment by Shear, Kenneth instant download

Unoriginal misunderstanding : press freedom in early America and interpretation of the First Amendment by Shear, Kenneth instant download

144 pages ; 23 cm, Unoriginal Misunderstanding surveys the American libertarian traditions of press freedom that underlie the First Amendment. Author Kenneth Shear collects extensive source material demonstrating the deep roots of free expression in America. Shear also challenges judges and scholars who have proposed to narrow the press freedom guarantee because they misunderstand the origins of the First Amendment, and he shows that historical sources do indeed support broad modern interpretations of freedom of the press.--Provided by publisher, Includes bibliographical references and index, Leonard Levy's Versions of the History of American Press Freedom -- The Development of Press Freedom in Colonial America -- Press Freedom and the American Revolutionary Movement -- Press Freedom in the Ratification Controversy -- Adoption of the First Amendment Press Freedom Guarantee -- Press Freedom During the Washington Administration -- The Federalist Change of Position and the Sedition Act of 1798 -- History and First Amendment Jurisprudence