About the Author

PATRICK M. GARRY holds J.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota and is a professor of law at the University of South Dakota. He has taught at the University of Utah School of Law and the George Washington University Law School and has published numerous articles on the First Amendment in basic legal reference books. In addition to being the author of six books on law, politics, and history, he has been a research adviser to the Silha Center for Media Law and Ethics at the University of Minnesota and a legal consultant to the Minnesota News Council. He lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.