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Author Batchis, Wayne, 1974- author.

Title The right's First Amendment : the politics of free speech & the return of conservative libertarianism / Wayne Batchis.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2016]

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Description xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm.
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Series Stanford studies in law and politics
Stanford studies in law and politics.
Contents Introduction : the right's First Amendment -- Conservatism, the First Amendment, and National Review -- The political science of judicial decision making -- Political correctness and the rise of the conservative victim -- The courts and the political correctness indictment -- The rise of free-market conservatism -- Commercial speech in the modern era -- Citizens United and the paradox of associational speech.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-269) and index.
Summary "Not so long ago, being aggressively "pro-free speech" was as closely associated with American political liberalism. But with little notice, this political dynamic has been shaken to the core. The Right's First Amendment examines how conservatives came to adopt, and co-opt, constitutional expressive rights. Free speech on college campuses in the 1960s was seen as a guarantee for social agitators and hippies--but today, for many conservatives, it represents instead a crucial shield protecting unfashionable traditionalists from a perceived scourge of political correctness and liberal oversensitivity. Does this shift represent a genuine and principled change in conservative philosophy, or merely a results-oriented strategy? What do these changes mean for the future of First Amendment interpretation? Wayne Batchis explores these questions by surveying six decades of the conservative publication National Review. Presented alongside evolving constitutional law, Batchis reveals how this keystone of American civics now carries a much more complex and nuanced political identity."--Back cover.
Subject Freedom of speech -- United States.
Political correctness -- United States.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Judicial process -- United States.
Conservatism -- United States.
Libertarianism -- United States.
United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.
Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
Conservatism. (OCoLC)fst00875582
Constitutional law. (OCoLC)fst00875797
Freedom of speech. (OCoLC)fst00934044
Judicial process. (OCoLC)fst00984705
Libertarianism. (OCoLC)fst00997235
Political correctness. (OCoLC)fst01069237
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title Politics of free speech, and the return of conservative libertarianism
ISBN 9780804796064 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804796068
9780804798006 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804798001
9780804798013 (electronic)

 
    
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