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The must-read summary of Anthony Lewis's book: “Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment”.
This complete summary of "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate" by Anthony Lewis, journalist and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, presents his account of the history of the First Amendment and the courts' interpretations of it over time. It recounts the hard choices made by the legal system, and the plight of citizens to protect their First Amendment rights.
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To learn more, read "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate" and discover the history of the First Amendment and its relevance today.
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Book Presentation: Freedom for the Thought That We Hateby Anthony Lewis
Book Abstract
The freedom Americans exercise to say and write what they think is based upon the free expression clauses of the First Amendment. In Freedom for the Thought That We Hate, Lewis explores the history of the First Amendment, from its inception through the vastly different interpretations of its meaning that the Supreme Court has provided through the centuries.
About the Author
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Lewis was an op-ed columnist for the New York Times from 1969 through 2001. He has been a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a visiting professor at the Universities of California, Illinois, Oregon, Arizona, and Columbia University. He is also the author of Gideon’s Trumpet and Make No Law.
Summary of Freedom for the Thought That We Hate (Anthony Lewis)
Introduction
Americans are freer to speak out and say what we think than any society on earth; other countries such as Great Britain have many more restrictions on what can be said. The reason generally espoused for this amount of freedom is the First Amendment, which provides, among other things, that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”
Those words, however, cannot by themselves explain our great freedom, because for many decades they did not protect critical expression. History, law, and culture have all contributed to the process of defining what the Constitution commands. The meaning of the First Amendment has been, and continues to be, shaped by each American generation. There will always be people who try to suppress critical comment, but the fundamental American commitment to free speech is not in doubt.
Beginnings
Our 17th century colonists came from an England where it was extremely dangerous to utter a thought that differed from official truth in either politics or religion. Repression was accomplished via a licensing – aka censorship – system for all publications, as well as the law of seditious libel. This law made it a crime to publish anything disrespectful of the state or church or their officers. Truth was no defense and punishment included the death penalty.
