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This volume of the Yearbook commemorates the bicentennial of the signing of the Bill of Rights and is dedicated to William J. Brennan, Jr., Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1956–1990.

Anthony Lewis recalls Justice Brennan’s bold support of the First Amendment. In the Preface, Raymond S. Rodgers examines the press management imposed during Operation Desert Storm.

Franklyn S. Haiman looks to the future in "The First Amendment in Its Third Century: The Majoritarian Challenge," and W. W. Finlator discusses "Mr. Jefferson’s Wall and ‘Christian’ America." Harry C. Martin and Donna B. Slawson collaborate on "Freedom of Speech Without a Constitutional Guarantee: A State Case History," while Robert M. O’Neil contributes "An Inquiry into the Legal and Ethical Problems of Campus Hate Speech."

Other notables and their articles are Rodney A. Smolla, "When Money Talks: Corporate Campaign Expenditures and the First Amendment"; Stephen A. Smith, "The Origins of the Free Speech Clause"; Nadine Strossen, "The Free Speech Jurisprudence of the Rehnquist Court"; William W. Van Alstyne, "Freedom of Speech and the Flag Anti-Desecration Amendment: Antinomies of Constitutional Choice"; and William A. Lindsley, "The Supreme Court and the First Amendment: 1989–1990."