The right's First Amendment
Subtitle: the politics of free speech & the return of conservative libertarianism
By: Wayne Batchis
Series: Stanford studies in law and politics; Stanford studies in law and politics
Publisher: Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780804796064; 9780804798006
Subjects: United States; Judicial process; Freedom of speech; Constitutional law; Libertarianism; Conservatism; Political correctness
Other titles: Politics of free speech, and the return of conservative libertarianism
Description: "Not so long ago, being aggressively "pro-free speech" was as closely associated with American political liberalism. But with little notice, this political dynamic has been shaken to the core. The Right's First Amendment examines how conservatives came to adopt, and co-opt, constitutional expressive rights. Free speech on college campuses in the 1960s was seen as a guarantee for social agitators and hippies--but today, for many conservatives, it represents instead a crucial shield protecting unfashionable traditionalists from a perceived scourge of political correctness and liberal oversensitivity. Does this shift represent a genuine and principled change in conservative philosophy, or merely a results-oriented strategy? What do these changes mean for the future of First Amendment interpretation? Wayne Batchis explores these questions by surveying six decades of the conservative publication National Review. Presented alongside evolving constitutional law, Batchis reveals how this keystone of American civics now carries a much more complex and nuanced political identity."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the right's First Amendment; title: Conservatism, the First Amendment, and National Review; title: The political science of judicial decision making; title: Political correctness and the rise of the conservative victim; title: The courts and the political correctness indictment; title: The rise of free-market conservatism; title: Commercial speech in the modern era; title: Citizens United and the paradox of associational speech.