The liberties of an American; the Supreme Court speaks

American liberties and the Supreme Court : A declaration of liberties ; The Bill of Rights, the president, and the courts ; The Bill of Rights and the states ; The Bill of Rights and private action ; The role of the Supreme Court ; The weighing of competing values

Liberty of belief and disbelief : A revolutionary experiment ; The meaning of separation ; Separation and freedom ; The consequences of separation ; State involvement in church affairs ; Religion and public education ; State aid to religious training ; The free exercise of religion ; National defense and security ; Public morals and public peace ; The public health and the public welfare

Liberty of speech and silence : The first amendment and sedition ; Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian views of free speech ; What is meant by speech? ; Can speech be absolutely free? ; Evil mind and evil tendency ; "Clear and present danger" ; The history of "clear and present danger" ; Communism and "clear and present danger" ; Freedom of silence ; Congressional investigations and the right of silence

Liberty of petition, assembly, and association : The right to petition ; Assembly, lawful and unlawful ; Freedom of association ; Unlawful association and the communist conspiracy

Liberty of knowledge and learning : The invention and suppression of printing ; Licensing and censorship in England ; Taxing the press ; Freedom of the press won in America ; Censorship through the mails and customs ; State censorship and taxation ; Radio and television ; Motion pictures ; Freedom of teaching ; Freedom of learning

Liberty and justice: fair play and fair trial : From Magna Carta to Bill of Rights ; Due process-federal and state ; The law of the land ; Ex post facto laws ; Bills of attainder ; Habeas corpus and arbitrary arrest ; Indictment by grand jury ; Bail ; Searches and seizures ; Trial by jury ; Right to counsel ; Confrontation and cross-examination ; Coerced confessions and the Fifth Amendment ; The privilege against self-incrimination ; Fair trial ; Double jeopardy ; Cruel and unusual punishments

Liberty of franchise : The poor man's vote ; Free access to an honest ballot ; The negro's vote ; Equality of votes ; The civil servant in politics ; The communist's vote ; Communists on the ballot

Liberty of entry, sojourn, and exit : The right to enter ; The right to stay ; The right to be an American ; Equality between citizen and alien ; Equality among citizens ; The right to go

Liberty and equality : Up from slavery ; Inequality-the badge of slavery ; The Fourteenth Amendment ; The equal protection of the laws ; State action ; State action and state officials ; State action and personal security ; State action and racial ghettos ; Separate but equal ; Segregated schools: separate and unequal ; Transportation and the demise of Plessy ; State anti-discrimination laws

Today and tomorrow : Liberty of belief and disbelief ; Liberty of speech and silence ; Liberty of petition, assembly, and association ; Liberty of knowledge and learning ; Fair play and fair trial ; Liberty of franchise ; Liberty of entry, sojourn, and exit ; Liberty and equality