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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Categorization -- Content -- Context -- Principles -- Sedition Act (July 14, 1798) -- Introduction -- John Quincy Adams's Letter on the "Gag Rule" (May 25, 1836) -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Robert LaFollette's "Free Speech during Wartime" Speech (October 6, 1917) -- Introduction -- Eugene Debs's Speech in Canton, Ohio (June 16, 1918) -- Introduction -- Schenck v. United States (March 3, 1919) -- Introduction -- Abrams v. United States (November 10, 1919) -- Introduction -- Whitney v. California (May 16, 1927) -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech (January 6, 1941) -- Introduction -- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (March 9, 1942) -- Introduction -- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (June 14, 1943) -- Introduction -- Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" Speech (June 1, 1950) -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Talley v. California (March 7, 1960) -- Introduction -- Edwards v. South Carolina (February 25, 1963) -- Introduction -- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (March 9, 1964) -- Introduction -- Mario Savio's "Bodies upon the Gears" Speech (December 2, 1964) -- Introduction -- United States v. O'Brien (May 27, 1968) -- Introduction -- Pickering v. Board of Education (June 3, 1968) -- Introduction -- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (February 24, 1969) -- Introduction -- Watts v. United States (April 21, 1969) -- Introduction -- Per Curiam -- Brandenburg v. Ohio (June 8, 1969) -- Introduction -- Per Curiam -- Cohen v. California (June 7, 1971) -- Introduction -- New York Times Co. v. United States (June 30, 1971) -- Introduction -- Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley (June 26, 1972) -- Introduction -- Miller v. California (June 21, 1973) -- Introduction

"Freedom of Speech" published on by Oxford University Press.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees American citizens the rights of freedom of speech and of the press. When the rights to self-expression and publication clash with other rights, however, it becomes the government's job to prioritize rights and resolve the conflict. Although First Amendment rights have been negotiated constantly since their establishment, free speech controversies assume new dimensions in the age of digital media. But what is "speech" in the digital age? Are some kinds of speech worthier of protection than others? Has social media shifted the bou