Includes bibliographical references and index.

First Amendment fundamentalism : George Anastaplo and free-speech absolutism -- "Everybody is against the reds" : Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments -- Calling Dr. Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to association -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech.

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