Make No Law The Sullivan Case and the First Ame

TheFirstAmendmentputsitthisway："Congressshallmakenolaw...abridgingthefreedomofspeech，orofthepress."Yet，in1960，acityofficialinMontgomery，Alabama，suedTheNewYorkTimesforlibel--andwasawarded$500，000byalocaljury--becausethepaperhadpublishedanadcriticalofMontgomery'sbrutalresponsetocivilrightsprotests.ThecenturiesoflegalprecedentbehindtheSullivancaseandtheU.S.SupremeCourt'shistoricreversaloftheoriginalverdictareexpertlychronicledinthisgrippingandwonderfullyreadablebookbythePulitzerPrize--winninglegaljournalistAnthonyLewis.Itisourbestaccountyetofacasethatredefinedwhatnewspapers--andordinarycitizens--canprintorsay.