Understanding Your Right to Free Speech

by Sally Ganchy and Claudia Isler

It is often observed that Americans passionately believe in their own right to free speech but can be quick to demand censure of anyone else's speech that they don't agree with or are offended by. This goes straight to the thorny heart of the free speech debate--how far should society and government go to protect a citizen's right to utter all kinds of free speech, including profane, unpopular, revolutionary, or blasphemous. Who gets to decide what...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448846676
• ISBN13: 9781448846672
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12