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FREEDOM OF SILENCE: CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL INTRUSIONS IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Paradoxically enough, the right to be silent has been vociferously asserted by some of our most loquacious citizens. The current activities of Congressional investigating committees and the possible enactment of laws regulating participation in certain political affairs make timely a consideration of the basis for the assertion of the right and an attempt to determine the extent to which it may be said truly to be protected against intrusions by the state or national governments. It is proposed first to consider the question of secrecy in connection with the elective process itself and later to extend the inquiry into problems connected with political beliefs and activities in general
Report of an evaluation made on April 23 - 24, 1959
Report of an evaluation made in April 1959 by William B. Lockhart and Charles B. Nutting
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