title: Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment
author:  Floyd Abrams 
description: "Charming, engaging, and often compelling." &mdash;<b>The Washington Post</b>
zlib_text: Emma Goldman’s No-Conscription League and the First
  Amendment
  Emma Goldman’s Supreme Court appeal occurred during a transitional point for First Amendment law, as justices
  began incorporating arguments related to free expression into decisions on espionage and sedition cases. This book
  analyzes the communications that led to her arrest—writings in Mother Earth, a mass-mailed manifesto, and
  speeches related to compulsory military service during World War I—as well as the ensuing legal proceedings and
  media coverage. The authors place Goldman’s Supreme Court appeal in the context of the more famous Schenck
  and Abrams trials to demonstrate her place in First Amendment history while providing insight into wartime
  censorship and the attitude of the mainstream press toward radical speech.
  Erika J. Pribanic-Smith is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Arlington. She
  specializes in research examining political communication in newspapers and magazines of the nine