title: Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
author:  Anthony Lewis 
description: A riveting detailed account...[<b>Make No Law</b>] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America.<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br /><br />Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide. <i>Boston Globe</i>
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  _**Praise for**_ **ANTHONY LEWIS’S**  
   **MAKE NO LAW**
  
    
  
  > “Superb … Mr. Lewis … vividly demonstrates how serious a threat libel
  > judgments were both to the civil rights movement and to freedom of the
  > press.… _Make No Law_ is even better than _Gideon’s Trumpet.”_
  
  —Walter Dellinger,  
   _The New York Times Book Review_
  
    
  
  > “Our premier teller of judicial tales for the laity—an eminently readable
  > interpreter of the court’s cryptic processes … Lewis enriches his tale with
  > an informed review of the evolution of free speech law in this century …
  > [and] is in a position to be authoritative where judicial historians often
  > are forced to reconstruct by inference and informed guesses.… _Make No Law_
  > tells the story vividly and even magisterially.”
  
   _—Washington Post Book World_
  
    
  
  > “A landmark study of legal protection for freedom of expression … Lewis
  > tells the story with a reporter’s eye for detail. The vignettes are
  > priceless … crisp and