The Kingfish and the Constitution: Huey Long, the First Amendment, and the Emergence of Modern Press Freedom in America
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The Kingfish and the Constitution is an in-depth analysis of the poisonous relationship that evolved between Huey Kingfish Long, legendary governor of Louisiana, and the state's daily newspapers. Long's political battle over the newspaper tax in the Louisiana legislature in 1934 and the subsequent battle over the constitutionality of his attempt at censorship by taxation culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grosjean v. American...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0313298424
ISBN13:9780313298424
Release Date:February 1996
Publisher:Praeger
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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