Abstract
What does it mean for the Supreme Court, under Chief Justice John Roberts, to be “good” when it comes to the First Amendment? First Amendment lawyer Robert Corn-Revere tackles this question, by looking at the history of censorship in the United States. Through a historical lens, Mr. Corn-Revere examines the arguments for regulating “bad” speech in order to promote “good” speech, and analogizes this approach to the work of early American censors like Anthony Comstock. This article examines how the history of censorship has shaped First Amendment law, and ultimately through his analysis, Mr. Corn-Revere identifies several examples of what constitutes censorship through an intriguing line of hypotheticals entitled “You Might Be a Censor If . . . .”
Recommended Citation
Robert Corn-Revere,
The Anti-Free Speech Movement,
87 Brook. L. Rev.
145
(2021).
Available at:
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/blr/vol87/iss1/4
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