Description:
Introduction -- Freedom of Speech and of the Press -- Assembly and Association -- The Petition Clause -- Cognate Rights and Democratic Citizenship -- Cacophony : Speech and Press in the Internet Era -- DeSiloing : Of Civic Associations, Book Clubs, and Taverns -- Why Assembly and Petition Still Matter -- Conclusion
"This chapter looks at the history and meaning of the two most familiar provisions of the First Amendment, and indeed of the entire Constitution: Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. The importance of free speech and a free press to a functioning democracy is not seriously controverted, which is why in the modern era-meaning, essentially, since the late 1960s-there has been a broad consensus across the political spectrum that robust enforcement of these rights is essential"--