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Book Review, Anna Spain Bradley
Excavating The Forgotten Suspension Clause, Helen Norton
Excavating The Forgotten Suspension Clause, Helen Norton
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Government Speech And The War On Terror, Helen Norton
Government Speech And The War On Terror, Helen Norton
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The government is unique among speakers because of its coercive power, its substantial resources, its privileged access to national security and intelligence information, and its wide variety of expressive roles as commander-in-chief, policymaker, educator, employer, property owner, and more. Precisely because of this power, variety, and ubiquity, the government's speech can both provide great value and inflict great harm to the public. In wartime, more specifically, the government can affirmatively choose to use its voice to inform, inspire, heal, and unite -- or instead to deceive, divide, bully, and silence.
In this essay, I examine the U.S. government's role as …
Book Review, Lakshman Guruswamy