Constitutional law tends to focus on the rules that apply to what the government does鈥攍ike the rules that apply to the laws that the government enacts to the government鈥檚 taxes and the government鈥檚 decisions to arrest and imprison. What鈥檚 less clear are the constitutional rules that apply to what the government says. In her new book, The Government鈥檚 Speech and the Constitution, constitutional law scholar and Professor Helen Norton investigates the variety and abundance of government speech.
Constitutional law tends to focus on the rules that apply to what the government does鈥攍ike the rules that apply to the laws that the government enacts to the government鈥檚 taxes and the government鈥檚 decisions to arrest and imprison. What鈥檚 less clear are the constitutional rules that apply to what the government says. In her new book, The Government鈥檚 Speech and the Constitution, constitutional law scholar and Professor Helen Norton investigates the variety and abundance of government speech.