by Timothy Zick (Author)

The right to free speech intersects with many other constitutional rights. Those intersections have significantly influenced the recognition, scope, and meaning of rights, ranging from freedom of the press to the Second Amendment right to bear arms. They have also influenced interpretation of the Free Speech Clause itself. This book examines the relations between the U.S. Constitution's Free Speech Clause and other constitutional rights. Free speech principles and doctrines have brought about constitutional rights including equal protection, the right to abortion, and the free exercise of religion. They have also provided mediating principles for constructive debates about constitutional rights. At the same time, in its interactions with other constitutional rights, the Free Speech Clause has also been a complicating force. It has often dominated rights discourse and has subordinated or supplanted free press, assembly, petition, and free exercise rights.

Author Biography

Timothy Zick is the Mills E. Godwin, Jr. Professor of Law at William & Mary School of Law. Professor Zick teaches courses on constitutional law and the First Amendment. He is the author of Speech Out of Doors: Preserving First Amendment Liberties in Public Places (2009) and The Cosmopolitan First Amendment: Protecting Transborder Expressive and Religious Liberties (2014). Professor Zick has been a frequent commentator on First Amendment issues in local, national, and international media. In 2012, he testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee regarding the First Amendment rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters.

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