{"product_id":"make-no-law-the-sullivan-case-and-the-first-amendment-paperback","title":"Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA crucial and compelling account of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Co. v. Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The First Amendment puts it this way: \"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.\" Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for libel--and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury--because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers--and ordinary citizens--can print or say.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Amendment puts it this way: \"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.\" Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel -- and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury -- because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests. The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize -- winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers -- and ordinary citizens -- can print or say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGideon's Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e which concerned \u003ci\u003eGideon v. Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book \u003ci\u003eMake No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times v. Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that revolutionized American libel law. Lewis was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter at the Supreme Court from 1957 to 1964 and wrote an Op-Ed column for thirty years called \"At Home Abroad\" or \"Abroad at Home\" depending on where he was writing from . He also taught at the Harvard Law School where he was a Lecturer on Law from 1974 to 1989. He has also been the James Madison Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Anthony Lewis died in 2013 at the age of 85.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50728641855794,"sku":"9780679739395","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/6yjy0AHs_U9780679739395.webp?v=1765576538","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/make-no-law-the-sullivan-case-and-the-first-amendment-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}