Free Speech Handbook: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections

Ian Rosenberg

Nov 2021 · Sold by First Second

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In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for understanding and appreciating the First Amendment.

Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and what laws shape it? Drawing on parallels between ten seminal Supreme Court cases and current events, Free Speech Handbook lays out the fundamentals of First Amendment law in an accessible and engaging way.

This book is part of the World Citizen Comics series, a bold line of civics-focused graphic novels that equip readers to be engaged citizens and informed voters.

In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for understanding and appreciating the First Amendment. Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and...

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About the author

Ian Rosenberg has worked as a media lawyer for over twenty-five years, specializing in First Amendment, libel, and intellectual property law. A graduate of Cornell Law School, he is an adjunct associate professor at Brooklyn College, and an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. He is the author of The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms and Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody: Dominion v. Fox and the Future of Democracy.

Mike Cavallaro is from New Jersey and has worked in comics and animation since the early 1990s. His comics include Eisner Award–nominated Parade (with Fireworks), The Life and Times of Savior 28 (written by J. M. DeMatteis), Foiled and Curses! Foiled Again (written by Jane Yolen), Decelerate Blue (written by Adam Rapp), and the Nico Bravo and Eowulf series.

Ian Rosenberg has worked as a media lawyer for over twenty-five years, specializing in First Amendment, libel, and intellectual property law. A graduate of Cornell Law School, he is an adjunct associate professor at Brooklyn College, and an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. He is the author o...

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