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Freedom of Speech and Presss: Exceptions to the First Amendment
Publication Date: September 2008
Publisher(s): Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Series: 95-815
Topic: Law and ethics (Constitutional law)
Type: Report
Coverage: United States United States
Abstract:
This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment -- of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for
some types of speech.