Title: Make no law : the Sullivan case and the First Amendment /
Authors: Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013.
Publisher: Random House,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Sullivan, L. B. Trials, litigation, etc.; New York Times Company Trials, litigation, etc.; Libel and slander United States.; Press law United States; Freedom of the press United States
Abstract: Tells the story of the Sullivan case against the New York Times and the history and evolution of the First Amendment.
Contents: Heed their rising voices -- Reaction in Montgomery -- Separate and unequal -- The trial -- Silencing the press -- The meaning of freedom -- The sedition act -- World War I -- Holmes and Brandeis, dissenting -- "The vitalizing liberties" -- To the Supreme Court -- "There never is a time" -- May it please the court -- "The central meaning of the First Amendment" -- What it meant -- Inside the court -- Public and private -- "The dancing has stopped" -- Back to the drawing board? -- Envoi.