Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment - Hardcoverby Mark V. Tushnet (Author), Alan K. Chen (Author), Joseph Blocher (Author) A look at First Amendment coverage of music, non representational art, and nonsense The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an