The great dissent, how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America, Thomas Healy
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The great dissent, how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America, Thomas Healy
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index
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non fiction
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The great dissent
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bibliography
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811597495
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Thomas Healy
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how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America
Summary
Based on newly discovered letters and memos, this riveting scholarly history of the conservative justice who became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First Amendment reconstructs his journey from free-speech skeptic to First Amendment hero
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Prologue: an unexpected visit -- Train fever -- A smart chap -- The habit of intolerance -- Catspawned -- The old ewe and the half-bakes -- "He shoots so quickly" -- Defending sophistries -- Dangerous men -- "They know not what they do" -- The red summer -- "Workers--wake up! -- A plea for help -- "Quasi in furore" -- Adulation -- "Alone at Laski" -- Epilogue : "I simply was ignorant."
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