The Fight for Free Speech:

Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms

A User's Guide to Free Speech

“Essential reading for journalists, political activists, and ordinary citizens alike."

~Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"The Fight for Free Speech may very well be the best introduction to free speech and freedom of the press."

~Los Angeles Review of Books

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Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions about their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be punished for parody? While people are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn to learn about the extent of their First Amendment rights.

The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms answers this call with an accessible, engaging user’s guide to free speech. Media lawyer Ian Rosenberg distills the spectrum of free speech law down to ten critical issues. Each chapter in this book focuses on a contemporary free speech question—from student walkouts for gun safety to Samantha Bee’s expletives, from Nazis marching in Charlottesville to the muting of adult film star Stormy Daniels— and then identifies, unpacks, and explains the key Supreme Court case that provides the answers. Together these fascinating stories create a practical framework for understanding where our free speech protections originated and how they can develop in the future. As people on all sides of the political spectrum are demanding their right to speak and be heard, The Fight for Free Speech is a handbook for combating authoritarianism, protecting our democracy, and bringing an understanding of free speech law to all.

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