Beyond the Burning Cross : The First Amendment and the Landmark R. A. V. Case

by CLEARY, EDWARD J.

• ISBN13: 9780679424604
• ISBN10: 0679424601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Random House

Summary

An attorney describes his involvement in a controversial case in which a teenager is charged with placing a burning cross on the lawn of a black family in St. Paul, Minnesota, a case that made its way to the Supreme Court and sparked a landmark decision. 10,000 first printing. Tour.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
Cross-Burning Doesn't Happen Here	p. 3
"The Pervasive Threat Inherent in Its Very Existence"	p. 20
A "Constitutional Moment"	p. 31
Words That Injure; Laws that Silence	p. 40
Death and Decision	p. 51
Fascism from the Left: Speech Codes and Political Correctness	p. 63
The Eyes of the Country: The Supreme Court Agrees to Hear R.A.V.	p. 76
Thought Control in the Marketplace: Progressive Censorship, Sexual Harassment, and the Pornography Debate	p. 98
Racial Politics: Clarence Thomas, David Duke, and R.A.V. v. St. Paul	p. 111
The Price of Liberty: Courage, Tolerance, and Vision	p. 134
"Each Generation": The Court Hears Argument	p. 150
"The Rankest Kind of Subject-Matter Discrimination": The Argument Continues	p. 172
"Without Adding the First Amendment to the Fire": The Court Decides	p. 190
"An Occasion...to Dance in the Streets"	p. 204
Epilogue: The Lessons of History	p. 219
Notes	p. 225
Appendix: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S., 112 S.Ct. 2538 (1992)
Majority Opinion	p. 257
Concurring Opinions	p. 271
Index	p. 303
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