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Download full textGilbertson, Eric R. – 1987
During the past 150 years U.S. courts have demonstrated a special protectiveness toward academics and academic institutions. Academic freedom was not a concern when the U.S. Constitution and the First Amendment were drafted and is not mentioned in the "Federalist Papers." However, decisions by a series of Supreme Court justices led to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
