James Madison and Freedom of Speech

Major Debates in the Early Republic

• Author(s): Martti Juhani Rudanko,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 147
• ISBN_10: 0761828559
  ISBN_13: 9780761828556
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State , Political Science / General , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / History & Theory ,

Description:... In this book, Juhani Rudanko sheds important new light on James Madison's contributions to the debates on freedom of speech, during the formative period of 1789 to 1801 in the United States. When Madison proposed amendments that eventually formed the core of the Bill of Rights (June 8, 1789), the reaction from the Federalist party majority was initially hostile. Rudanko examines Madison's patterns of argumentation in eventually persuading the House of Representatives to proceed with consideration of the Bill of Rights.