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We the People

What’s next for free speech?

We the People

National Constitution Center

History, News Commentary, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law dissect the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and explore current debates over its meaning.

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0:00.0

Hey We The People listeners. As the 2016 presidential campaign hits overdrive and the Supreme Court begins another round of oral arguments,

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we invite you to submit your questions about the Constitution, the court, and more to Jeff Rosen, host of We The People,

0:15.4

and President of the National Constitution Center.

0:18.9

Questions must be submitted no later than midnight on Sunday, January 24th.

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You can tweet them at us using the hashtag Ask Jeff NCC.

0:27.7

You can also send us a message on Facebook or go to Constitution Daily, our blog, and submit your question anonymously.

0:35.0

We look forward to hearing from you.

0:37.0

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

0:42.0

and welcome to We The

0:46.7

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

0:51.9

information about the U. the US Constitution on a nonpartisan

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basis.

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And on today's show we take a close look at the free speech and press clauses of the First

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Amendment, which state Congress shall make no law of bridging

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the freedom of speech or of the press.

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Joining me to discuss this most hotly contested and deeply treasured of constitutional protections

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are the nation's leading First Amendment scholars, both of whom wrote about these clauses for the National Constitution Center's wonderful

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new interactive constitution, which I want you to check out online at constitution center.org.

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Jeffrey Stone is the Edward H. Levy Distinguished Service Professor at the University of California. Center. at the UCLA School of Law.

1:42.6

Jeff, Eugene, thank you so much for being here.

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Thank you for having us.

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Thank you very much for having us.

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