These immortal words from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ran into quite a challenge when the Reverend Jerry Farwell sued Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt for publishing a mock advertisement in his magazine describing Falwell as engaging in an incestuous act with his mother. In Parody of Public Figures: Hustler Magazine Inc. v. Falwell, award-winning author Susan Dudley Gold shows readers how the case got all the way to the Supreme Court, where the right to parody public figures--and the First Amendment--were upheld. Gold explains the controversial decision in a narrative that is both informative and highly entertaining.
