Böcker av Lucas A. Powe

In a learned and lively narrative discussing over 200 significant rulings, Lucas A. Powe, Jr. explores why the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was the most revolutionary and controversial Supreme Court in American history. Powe finds the Warren Court to be a functioning partner in Kennedy-Johnson liberalism.

In 1964 the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in New York Times v Sullivan guaranteeing constitutional protection for caustic criticism of public officials, thus forging the modern law of freedom of the press. The author synthesizes law, history, and theory to explain and justify full protection of the editorial choices of the press.