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Free Speech and Political Stagflation
Document Type
Blog Posting
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
OUPblog
Abstract
The Supreme Court’s First Amendment decisions make a system of canals for the flow of public discussion. The Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has spent the past decade letting big expressive tankers clog up those canals. The Roberts Court’s First Amendment has strengthened powerful institutions’ dominance of public debate while letting the government squelch dissenters who might challenge dominant ideas. We can trace many aspects of political stagflation right to the Court’s marble steps.
Keywords
Free Speech, Political Debate, First Amendment, United States Supreme Court
Publication Citation
Gregory P. Magarian, Free Speech and Political Stagflation, OUPblog (Sep. 26, 2017), https://blog.oup.com/2017/09/free-speech-political-stagflation/.
Repository Citation
Magarian, Gregory P., "Free Speech and Political Stagflation" (2017). Scholarship@WashULaw. 212.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/212