Books
May 21, 2011
Tales of the First Amendment
A review of William Bennett Turner's "Figures of Speech, Heroes and Villains of the First Amendment." By Dennis Aftergut
How could raising a summer camp's morning flag change the history of the First Amendment? The answer emerges in the first of many entertaining tales in a new book, "Figures of Speech, Heroes and Villains of the First Amendment," by Bay Area lawyer, William Bennett Turner. The camp flag, it turns out, was red; the year 1929; and the campers were young communists. George Johnson, District Attorney of San Bernardino County (an...
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