The First Amendment, 1791-1991: Two Hundred Years of Freedom

by James E. Leahy

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, when he was governor of New York, said, the Constitution is what the judges say it is." This book discusses what the justices of the United States Supreme Court have said about the First Amendment since 1791. The book is also about people-Walter Barnette, Benjamin Gitlow, Ismael Jaffree, and Fred Shuttleworth, to name a few-who during the past 200 years fought "to place [our freedoms] beyond the reach of majorities...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899505732
• ISBN13: 9780899505732
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher