War & Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative PowerOxford University Press, 1999 - 324 من الصفحات War and Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative Power is a groundbreaking and provocative study of one of the most perplexing civil liberties issues in American history: What authority does or should the government have to control press coverage and commentary in wartime? First Amendment scholar Jeffery A. Smith shows convincingly that no such extraordinary power exists under the Constitution, and that officials have had to rely on claiming the existence of an autocratic "higher law" of survival. Smith carefully surveys the development of statutory restrictions and military regulations for the news media from the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 through the Gulf War of 1991. He concludes that the armed forces can justify refusal to divulge a narrow range of defense secrets, but that imposing other restrictions is unwise, unnecessary, and unconstitutional. In any event, as electronic communication becomes almost impossible to constrain, soldiers and journalists must learn how to respect each other's obligations in a democratic system. |
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... thought that the president is the sole judge of when it was necessary to use force to repel another nation , Lincoln spelled out what he thought were the reasons for Congress having the war - making power . “ Kings had always been ...
... thought that the president is the sole judge of when it was necessary to use force to repel another nation , Lincoln spelled out what he thought were the reasons for Congress having the war - making power . “ Kings had always been ...
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... thought had an inappropriate topic for debate in wartime . 50 The Sedition Act of 1918 amended the Espionage Act to include a greater number of thoughts that could not be expressed ( including contempt for the government , the ...
... thought had an inappropriate topic for debate in wartime . 50 The Sedition Act of 1918 amended the Espionage Act to include a greater number of thoughts that could not be expressed ( including contempt for the government , the ...
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... thought no atomic bombs should have been used , while 22.7 percent thought many more of them should have been dropped before Japan had a chance to surrender . A majority thought that the two bombs were used just as they should have been ...
... thought no atomic bombs should have been used , while 22.7 percent thought many more of them should have been dropped before Japan had a chance to surrender . A majority thought that the two bombs were used just as they should have been ...
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War Autocracy and the Constitution | 3 |
The Purpose of the Press Clause | 27 |
The Federalists and the French Revolution | 75 |
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