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Colonial Intentions and Current Realities of the First Amendment

Emerson, Thomas
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History is seldom simple or forthright. This is surely true of the concept of freedom of expression as expounded in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It is by no means clear exactly what the colonists had in mind, or just what they expected from the guarantee of freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/2121