The First Amendment comes of age: the emergence of free speech in twentieth-century America. From: Michigan Law Review | Date: November 1, 1996| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1996 Michigan Law Review Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The continual expansion of freedom speech rights and the special status granted the First Amendment has led some scholars to call for a narrowing of speech rights that provide maximum protections only for speech consistent with the promotion of public discourse. The development of a modernist consciousness in the US can be seen as a precondition to expanded free speech, but the rise of absolute free speech resulted in its separation from democratic ideals. The paradox now inherent in free speech is that when all speech is allowed speech is no longer special.

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