First Amendment & Free Expression
Encyclopedia Articles:
Columbia Encyclopedia: Freedom of Speech
Answers.com: Freedom of Speech
FindLaw: Freedom of Expression—Speech and Press Detailed analysis of how the Supreme Court has interpreted the free expression clauses of the First Amendment.
Links:
Open Directory Project: First Amendment
Yahoo Directory: First Amendment
Encyclopedia Articles:
Wikipedia: Espionage Act of 1917
Encarta: Espionage Act of 1917
Answers.com: Espionage Act of 1917
Espionage Act of 1917 — Further Readings Overview of the act.
First World War: The Espionage Act of 1917
First World War: The Espionage Act of 1918
Encyclopedia Articles:
Columbia Encyclopedia: Schenck v. U.S.
American Bar Association: Schenck v. U.S.
PBS: Supreme Court History: Schenck v. U.S.
Oyez: Schenck v. U.S. Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Schenck v. United States — Further Readings Overview of the case.
Primary Document: Schenck Flyer (PDF file) A copy of the flyer in the case.
First Amendment Center: Schenck v. U.S.
Wikipedia: Clear and Present Danger Standard
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The “Clear and Present Danger” Test
Yale Law School: Briefs for Schenck v. U.S.
Text of the Case:
Legal Information Institute: Schenck v. U.S.
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Google Directory: Schenck v. U.S.
Yahoo Directory: Schenck v. U.S.
Open Directory Project: Schenck v. U.S.
Encyclopedia Articles:
Oyez: Abrams v. U.S. Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Abrams v. United States — Further Readings Overview of the case.
Text of the Case:
Legal Information Institute: Abrams v. U.S.
Encyclopedia Articles:
Wikipedia: Debs v. United States
Biographies and Information About Debs:
Eugene V. Debs Foundation: Personal History
Eugene Debs — Further Readings
Links on Eugene Debs:
Google Directory: Eugene V. Debs
Open Directory Project: Eugene V. Debs
Yahoo Directory: Eugene V. Debs
Wikipedia: Socialist Party of America
Text of the Case:
First Amendment Center: Frohwerk v. U.S.
Text of the Case:
Encyclopedia Articles:
Oyez: Gitlow v. New York Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Gitlow v. New York Overview of the case.
Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Benjamin Gitlow Trials: 1920–25 More information on the case.
Text of the Case:
Answers.com: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wikipedia: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Encarta: Oliver Wendell Holmes
InfoPlease: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bartleby: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. — Further Readings
New York Times Obituary: Justice Holmes’s Long and Useful Life
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Google Directory: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Open Directory Project: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Yahoo Directory: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Encyclopedia Articles:
Louis Dembitz Brandeis — Further Readings
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Google Directory: Louis Brandeis
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Yahoo Directory: Louis Brandeis
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism By Geoffrey R. Stone.
Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court By Terry Eastland.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self By G. Edward White.
Louis D. Brandeis: Justice for the People By Philippa Strum.
