I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome

to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate

information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

And in this episode, we discuss Charlottesville

and the right to free assembly.

Protest in Charlottesville, Baltimore, and elsewhere

have prompted many questions about the right to protest in our country.

What restrictions can the government place on assemblies?

What responsibilities do governments have to protect protesters?

How should we think about the right to protest

in a free society?

And are there constitutional dimensions

to the decision to leave up or to remove statues?

Joining us to discuss these crucial, relevant, and important questions

are two of America's leading scholars of the First Amendment,

both of whom have contributed to the interactive Constitution's

explainer on the Free Association Clause.

John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion

at Washington University Law School.

His research focuses on the First Amendment

freedom to speech, assembly, and religion.

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