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On the Front Lines with the First Amendment
Yale University Press
June 2013
On Sale: June 1, 2013
488 pages
ISBN: 0300190875
EAN: 9780300190878
Kindle: B00CSPYBZA
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Since 1971, when the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the
New York Times and furious debate over First
Amendment rights ensued, free-speech cases have emerged in
rapid succession. Floyd Abrams has been on the front lines
of nearly every one of these major cases, which is also to
say that, more than any other person, he has forged this
country’s legal understanding of free speech. Litigating
everything from national-security and prior-restraint issues
to controversies concerning the law of libel and attempts by
local officials to censor art, Abrams has worked devotedly
to protect the First Amendment, the “crown jewel” of
America’s Constitution. This
collection of Abrams’s writings gathers speeches, articles,
debates, briefs, oral arguments, and testimony from his
entire career. The writings illuminate topics of ongoing
import: WikiLeaks, the correctness of the Citizens United
case, journalist shield laws, and, not least, the
responsibilities of the press. An exceptional writer and a
brilliant thinker, Abrams offers a unique perspective on the
First Amendment and the unparalleled rights it confers.
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