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Anthony Lewis — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1927–2013 · United States · Journalist

Anthony Lewis

Make no law

The First Amendment's chronicler.

Reformist Social Libertarian →
Economic−6
SocialistMarket
Governance−48
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+54
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The Pulitzer-winning columnist whose 'Gideon's Trumpet' and 'Freedom for the Thought That We Hate' made the civil-libertarian case for free speech and fair trials to a mass readership.

social

Progressive on rights and due process.

economic

Mainstream mixed-economy liberal.

governance

Champion of free press and the limits of state power.

Notable for
  • 'Gideon's Trumpet'
  • 'Freedom for the Thought That We Hate'
  • Supreme Court journalism
free-pressdue-processfirst-amendment
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