From the ACLU, this is at Liberty. I'm Kendall Seasmeyer, your host.

With the rise of anti-war protests and encampments taking place on college campuses across the country,

we are sharing an old episode we published

a couple of years ago that addresses some questions related to free speech in an education setting.

In this episode, we address listener questions with our resident free speech expert at the ACLU,

Ben Wisner. You'll hear us talk about the different First Amendment protections at K-12 schools and at colleges and universities, which

vary between the two and also vary between public and privately funded institutions. These questions, however, relate

directly to the questions of today. We are monitoring the student-led protests in support of Palestine

and the subsequent use of force ordered by local authorities across the country, and we'll

bring you an episode next week

with dispatches from our affiliates who have taken legal action or have demonstrated legal

concern. Until then, we hope this episode gives you some sense of student speech rights

and why we are so committed to protecting these rights at the ACLU.

The news is full of stories about people trying to limit other people's expression.

A battle over a flagpole, faith, and the First Amendment, and free speech.

Americans are divided over what, when, where, and how things can or can't be said.

This is Ask an Expert, a special mini-series where our constitutional experts answer your

civil rights and civil liberties questions. The importance of free speech in our democracy. The

culture of free speech is under attack. It's crucial for students to be able to express themselves

because schools are nurseries of democracy. And democracy only works if we protect a free exchange of ideas.

I'm Kendall Seesmire, your host.

For this edition, we are diving deep into free speech and talking to expert Ben Wisner,

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