The Great Dissent
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The Great Dissent
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Author : Thomas Healy
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Great Dissent written by Thomas Healy and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year: "Fascinating . . . A magnificent book about a magnificent moment in American legal history." — The Atlantic A Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award No right seems more fundamental to American public life than freedom of speech. Yet well into the twentieth century, that freedom was still an unfulfilled promise, with Americans regularly imprisoned merely for speaking out against government policies. Indeed, free speech as we know it comes less from the First Amendment than from a most unexpected source: Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A lifelong skeptic, he disdained individual rights, including the right to express one's political views. But in 1919, it was Holmes who wrote a dissenting opinion that would become the canonical affirmation of free speech in the United States. Why did Holmes change his mind? That question has puzzled historians for almost a century. Now, with the aid of newly discovered letters and confidential memos, law professor Thomas Healy reconstructs in vivid detail Holmes's journey from free-speech opponent to First Amendment hero. It is the story of a remarkable behind-the-scenes campaign by a group of progressives to bring a legal icon around to their way of thinking—and a deeply touching human narrative of an old man saved from loneliness and despair by a few unlikely young friends. Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, The Great Dissent is intellectual history at its best, revealing how free debate can alter the life of a man and the legal landscape of an entire nation. "Compelling [and] charming." — The Wall Street Journal "A beautifully written history, capturing the lively and passionate debate as Holmes came to see the abiding imperative of free speech and defend it at great cost to his own reputation at the time." — Booklist "A stirring mix of intelligent biography and truly significant social and legal history." — The Christian Science Monitor
The Safety Of The Kingdom
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Author : J. Michael Martinez
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-08-25
The Safety Of The Kingdom written by J. Michael Martinez and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with History categories.
The horrendous events of September 11, 2001, heightened awareness of terrorism unlike all but a handful of major catastrophes in American history. Like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, 9/11 is a date forever enshrined in our national memory. But 9/11 once again raised the question: What should government do to eliminate or reduce the likelihood of a future attack? How should national leadership balance its responsibility to protect the civil liberties of U.S. citizens with its sworn duty to protect their lives? In The Safety of the Kingdom, J. Michael Martinez takes up the question of how the United States government has responded to terrorist attacks and, in the absence of an attack, the fear of foreign and subversive elements that may harm the nation. In some cases, the government “overreaction” led to a series of abuses that amplified the severity of the original threat. Rather than selecting every instance of government reaction to threats, Martinez examines representative cases, from the alien and sedition acts in the eighteenth century to the post-9/11 “war on terror.” Edward Snowden’s disclosure of classified information related to the NSA’s surveillance program brought to the fore an important debate about government scrutiny of its citizens. As J. Michael Martinez makes clear in this book, it is a debate that has been ongoing for centuries. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
The Diversity Principle
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Author : David B. Oppenheimer
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2026-02-24
The Diversity Principle written by David B. Oppenheimer and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2026-02-24 with Social Science categories.
The surprising two-hundred-year history of diversity in education, commerce, and science from the scholar the New Yorker dubbed America’s “diversity detective� As a war on diversity upends government, corporate, and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important. In this contrarian book, David B. Oppenheimer, a diversity skeptic turned admirer, chronicles how diversity became a foundational value of higher education over the last two hundred years, how it evolved as it was adopted in commerce and science, and the implications of the current backlash. The diversity principle—the idea that people with different backgrounds, experiences, identities, and viewpoints produce better work by engaging with one another—was a core tenet of the first modern research university, founded in Germany in 1810. It was the inspiration for John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, a touchstone of academic freedom; a hallmark of Charles Eliot’s remaking of Harvard in the late nineteenth century to promote the “clash of ideas�; and a foundation of the twentieth century efforts toward equality of Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Pauli Murray. In telling the story of the diversity principle through the experiences of these and other remarkable thinkers, Oppenheimer argues for affirming diversity as a central value of education and an essential ingredient for a robust intellectual and political culture.
Loose Sallies Essays
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Author : Daniel J. Kornstein
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-01-23
Loose Sallies Essays written by Daniel J. Kornstein and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-23 with Law categories.
Loose Sallies is a new collection of essays from an experienced writer who also happens to be a full time practicing lawyer. In this stimulating and provocative volume, Daniel J. Kornstein turns his searching eye and fluent pen to a number of topics of interest to all of us. The first group of essays contains Kornstein's original thoughts on the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, a subject that affects us every day. Next he explores the most treasured part of our Constitution: our precious civil liberties. From there the author describes some interesting personalities and their lives. The final section is a miscellany of essays on subjects as varied as: the similarities between politics and litigation, whether private schools should be abolished, Bill Clinton and the draft, anti semitism in New York and London, and Steve Jobs and Ayn Rand. All in all, Loose Sallies is a virtuoso performance, a tour de force, by one of our finest essayists.
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Law categories.
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
The Church Of England Dissent And The Disestablishment Policy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Church Of England Dissent And The Disestablishment Policy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Church history categories.
A Warning To Churchmen Being Extracts From Dissenting Publications In Disparagement Of The Church Of England Compiled By G F Chambers Reprinted From The Church And State Handy Book
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Author : George Frederick CHAMBERS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
A Warning To Churchmen Being Extracts From Dissenting Publications In Disparagement Of The Church Of England Compiled By G F Chambers Reprinted From The Church And State Handy Book written by George Frederick CHAMBERS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.
Dissent In Its Relation To The Church Of England
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Author : George Herbert Curteis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Dissent In Its Relation To The Church Of England written by George Herbert Curteis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Creeds categories.
Student
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Student written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Education categories.
The Chautauquan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Chautauquan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Chautauquas categories.