You Can't Say That! The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws by David E. Bernstein

About The Book

In a misguided attempt to eradicate every vestige of "discrimination" in society, activists and courts are using antidiscrimination laws to erode civil liberties such as free speech, the free exercise of religion, and freedom of association. Civil rights laws today are being applied in ways that threaten free speech on campus and in the workplace, the right of local community activists to speak out against government policies, the rights of private associations such as the Boy Scouts to determine their membership policies, and even the rights of individuals to choose their roommates.

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Resources from Chapter One: Why Civil Liberties Should Be Protected From Antidiscrimination Laws

CRITICAL RACE THEORY

Critical Race Theory Links: Bobcat.cc.oxy.edu

Critical Race Theory Resource Guide: www.Pages.Drexel.edu

Footnote 22.
Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984): www.FindLaw.com
"Comment: Freedom of Association After Roberts vs. United States Jaycees": www.Law.UMKC.edu
Dave Kopel, "Naked Justice" (An article about Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.): www.NationalReview

Footnote 23.
PDF of Akhil Reed Amar, "The Case of The Missing Amendments: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul," Harvard Law Review 106 (1992): Islandia.Law.Yale.edu

Footnote 25.
Eugene Volokh, "Freedom of Speech and the Constitutional Tension Method," University Chicago Roundtable 3 (1996): www1.Law.UCLA.edu

Footnote 26.
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992): SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu

Footnote 27.
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston, 515 U.S. 557 (1995): www.Oyez.org

Footnote 28.
Boy Scouts of America. v. Dale, 120 S. Ct. 2446 (2000): www.Oyez.org

Footnote 32.
Thomas W. Hazlett, "Looking for Results," (Interview with Ronald Coase), Reason, January 1997: www.Reason.com
Ronald Coase's website: www.Coase.org
Coase on the Nobel website: www.Nobel.se

Footnote 34.
Reviews of Richard A. Epstein, Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws: LawEcon.SmartLibrary.info and www.LaissezFaire.org and www.FFF.org
For other books by Epstein: www.AuthorInformation.net
An interview with Epstein: Reason.com

Footnote 35.
List of law review articles about hate speech: JComm.UOregon.edu
Michael S. Greve, "Remote Control Tuning for Speech," Washington Times, November 9, 1996, p. D3 (available for a fee): www.WashTimes.com

Footnote 36.
American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut, 475 U.S. 1001 (1986): www.BCU.edu

Footnote 39.
John O. McGinnis, "Reviving Tocqueville's America: The Supreme Court's New Jurisprudence of Social Discovery," California Law Review 90 (2002): www.Law.Berkeley.edu

Footnote 41.
Stanley Fish, There's No Such Thing as Free Speech—And It's a Good Thing, Too (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994): www.BedfordStMartins.com
Links to articles by Stanley Fish: www.mv.Helsinki.fi

Footnote 44.
Archived articles by George Will: www.WashingtonPost.com

Footnote 45.
California Education Code § 943671(a) and § 48950: www.LegInfo.ca.gov
Links to other articles by Nat Hentoff: www.b.150m.com

Footnote 51.
James Weinstein, Hate Speech, Pornography, and the Radical Attack on Free Speech Doctrine (Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 1999): www.Questia.com

Footnote 55.
William Graham Sumner: cepa.NewSchool.edu and www.Swarthmore.edu