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Cases and doctrinal developments in The First Amendment: Cases and Theory are presented in historical context so that students may understand the Supreme Court's evolving tests, standards, and approaches to the Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, and Religion Clauses in historical context through lightly edited cases. Engaging problems help students apply legal concepts in real situations. All the major contemporary free speech controversies are covered, including conflicts between free speech and national security, equality, civility, and other values, with particular attention to how these conflicts are playing out in the Internet context. Introductory chapters set the stage, and brief chapter overviews introduce the main themes and doctrines to improve student learning from the cases. The First Amendment: Cases and Theory is teachable in a standard three-hour survey course. It is also useful as a casebook for specialized offerings on the Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition Clauses, or the Religion Clauses.The Second Edition features major First Amendment cases that have come down since 2007: (taxpayer standing to challenge tax credits for religious schooling); (equalization of ampaign expenditures); (violent video games and children);(college and university student organization antidiscrimination policies); (direct corporate electoral expenditures); (equalization of candidate campaign expenditures); (material support of terrorism federal law and free speech); (public forums and monuments); (government speech in a government park); (offensive funeral protests); (data mining as speech); (depictions of animal cruelty); and (solicitations of child pornography.) New issues of First Amendment law such as The Stolen Valor Act are included in a refined presentation, strategically edited for greater clarity. Features: Thoroughly updated, the revised Second Edition presents: