Beschreibung:
A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases. In each of the chapters, a justice will be profiled in terms of his or her claims during the nomination hearings and the positions they have taken in significant Supreme Court decisions. The object of these chapters is to provide a rhetorical frame that each of these justices would find appealing regarding First Amendment case law.
A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases. In each of the chapters, a justice will be profiled in terms of his or her claims during the nomination hearings and the positions they have taken in significant Supreme Court decisions. The object of these chapters is to provide a rhetorical frame that each of these justices would find appealing regarding First Amendment case law.
Chapter 1 Chapter One: Introduction, Methodology, and Overview
Chapter 2 Chapter Two:The Nomination Process
Chapter 3 Chapter Three: Chief Justice Roberts
Chapter 4 Chapter Four: Associate Justice Stevens
Chapter 5 Chapter Five: Associate Justice Scalia
Chapter 6 Chapter Six: Associate Justice Kennedy
Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Associate Justice Souter
Chapter 8 Chapter Eight: Associate Justice Breyer
Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: Associate Justice Ginsburg
Chapter 10 Chapter Ten: Associate Justice Thomas
Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven: Associate Justice Alito
Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve: Conclusion
13 About the Contributors
14 Index of Major First Amendment Supreme Court Cases