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Walden, Ruth – 1984
An analysis of the Supreme Court's First Amendment decisions under Chief Justice Warren Burger does not indicate any pattern of repudiation of doctrinal advances made by earlier courts. Like its predecessors, the Burger Court has dealt most frequently with First Amendment cases requiring definition and interpretation of government abridgement. In…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Download full textParker, Richard A. – 1989
The "least restrictive means" test, a frequently used tool for resolving First Amendment cases in federal courts, is designed to insure that state-imposed abridgement of free expression is limited to the narrowest scope and the least impact necessary to fulfill a compelling state interest. Analysis of the history of the test since its…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Communication Research, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
