Craig Smith

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases. In each of the chapters, a justice is profiled in terms of his or her claims during the nomination hearings and the positions they have taken in significant Supreme Court decisions. These chapters provide a rhetorical frame that each of these justices would find appealing regarding First Amendment case law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978783867
• Artikelnr.: 75142085

Autorenporträt

Craig Smith is director of the Center for First Amendment Studies and professor of communication studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Chapter One: Introduction, Methodology, and Overview Chapter 2
Chapter Two:The Nomination Process Chapter 3 Chapter Three: Chief Justice
Roberts Chapter 4 Chapter Four: Associate Justice Stevens Chapter 5 Chapter
Five: Associate Justice Scalia Chapter 6 Chapter Six: Associate Justice
Kennedy Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Associate Justice Souter Chapter 8 Chapter
Eight: Associate Justice Breyer Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: Associate Justice
Ginsburg Chapter 10 Chapter Ten: Associate Justice Thomas Chapter 11
Chapter Eleven: Associate Justice Alito Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve:
Conclusion 13 About the Contributors 14 Index of Major First Amendment
Supreme Court Cases