Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
In this article I advance two arguments. The first is that 2016 was a particularly important year for freedom of speech and the press, although not for conventional reasons. The second is that hte events of 2016 revealed that one of the essential components of our democracy - the central role that free expression plays in the democratic process - is in a state of serious dysfunction, if not crisis.
Recommended Citation
Niehoff, Leonard. "Bankrupt Marketplace: First Amendment Theory and the 2016 Presidential Election." Communications Lawyer 32, no. 4 (2017): 1,4-11.
Comments
2017, Published in Communications Lawyer 32, no. 4, Spring (2017) by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association