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Civics In A YearHate Speech And The First AmendmentEver wonder why the law protects some of the most offensive speech you’ve ever heard? We sit down with Professor Eugene Volokh to map the real boundaries of the First Amendment—where protection is strongest, where it stops, and why those edges exist at all. No jargon, no euphemisms, just a clear guide to what the Constitution allows the government to punish and what it must tolerate.We start by untangling the core exceptions: defamation, true threats, and incitement of imminent lawless action. From there, we tackle a widespread misconception: there is no “hate speech” exception in U.S...
2025-11-0516 minCivics In A YearFreedom Of The Press, Plainly ExplainedDo you want to know what “freedom of the press” protects when you hit publish, post a video, or record a public official? We sit down with Professor Eugene Volokh, a leading First Amendment scholar, to draw a clear map through press rights, speech doctrine, and the practical rules that shape what you can say—and how you can gather the facts to say it.We start with a plain-English definition: press freedom, not just credentialed journalists, belongs to everyone. That means the right to use mass communication tools—from the printing press to social platforms—without prior lice...
2025-11-0410 min
Free Speech UnmutedFree Speech and the Future of Legal Education | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and the Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute, joins Free Speech Unmuted to discuss his new book Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites. Ilya, Jane, and Eugene discuss the state of American law schools, why many students fear open discussion, and what can be done to improve things.
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2025-10-2151 minFree Speech UnmutedFrom Brandenburg to Britain: Rethinking Free Speech in the Digital Era with Eric Heinze | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer speak with Eric Heinze, professor of law and humanities at Queen Mary University of London, about how the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression. The discussion ranges from Britain’s recent Lucy Connolly case—involving online incitement and hate speech—to the philosophical and legal contrasts between the American Brandenburg standard and the U.K.’s more interventionist approach. Heinze argues that democracies must rethink free speech in an era dominated by opaque, powerful platforms like Twitter and Facebook, where risk, harm, and accountability are far harder to define. They deb...
2025-10-0651 min
We the PeopleCan Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech?In this episode, Genevieve Lakier of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law join to discuss the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and the broader history and constitutionality of jawboning, the practice of government officials pressuring private actors to stifle speech.
Resources
National Rifle Association v. Vullo (2024)
Murthy v. Missouri (2024)
Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan (1963)
Rust v. Sullivan (1991)
Genevieve Lakier, “Enforcing the First Amendment in an Era of Jawboning,” University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming 2026
Eugene Volokh, “Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment,” V...
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cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastCan Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech?In this episode, Genevieve Lakier of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law join to discuss the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and the broader history and constitutionality of jawboning, the practice of government officials pressuring private actors to stifle speech. Resources National Rifle Association v. Vullo (2024) Murthy v. Missouri (2024) Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan (1963) Rust v. Sullivan (1991) Genevieve Lakier, “Enforcing the First Amendment in an Era of Jawboning,” University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming 2026 Eugene Volokh, “Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment,” Volokh Conspiracy, September 18, 2025 In our new podcast, Pur...
2025-09-261h 03Free Speech UnmutedKimmel, the FCC, and the Government's Power Over Broadcast Speech | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer are joined by Ashutosh Bhagwat (Professor of Law at UC Davis) as they discuss the FCC’s ability to regulate broadcast speech, directly and indirectly. Jimmy Kimmel, the old Fairness Doctrine, Ted Cruz, affiliate/network relations, and more.
Recorded on September 22, 2025.
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2025-09-2343 minFree Speech UnmutedA Conversation with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionFIRE is one of the leading free speech advocacy and litigation groups in the country, and Greg is not only its long-time head but also coauthor of several books, including Coddling of the American Mind (with psychologist Jonathan Haidt) and War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail (with law professor and former ACLU President Nadine Strossen). Jane and Eugene talk with Greg about free speech lawsuits, free speech debates, and more.
Recorded on September 4, 2025.
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2025-09-0845 minFree Speech UnmutedA Burning First Amendment Issue: President Trump’s Executive Order on Flag Desecration | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionHosts and law professors Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer dive into President Trump’s new executive order on flag burning. Is it bold politics or bad law? Or maybe both? They break down what the order really says, how it clashes with First Amendment precedents, and why targeting flag desecration even under otherwise content-neutral laws could violate the First Amendment. Jane and Eugene also discuss the tricky question of whether non-citizens can be deported for speech or symbolic expression that is protected for citizens (more on that in this Free Speech Unmuted episode).
Recorded on August 26, 2025.
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2025-08-2738 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech and Doxing | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer dive into the debate about “doxing” — putting someone’s personal info out in public, usually to call them out or put pressure on them. They talk about how the term is defined (or not) in different laws, and how those laws bump up against the First Amendment. They also share real-life examples — from civil rights boycotts to the online outrage over the dentist who shot Cecil the Lion — and look at how exceptions like “true threats” or “incitement” fit in. The big case in this area is the recent Kratovil v. City of New Brunswick, where New...
2025-08-1846 min
The Lawfare PodcastScaling Laws: Eugene Volokh on Libel and AIIn this Scaling Laws Academy "class," Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, speaks with Eugene Volokh, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and long-time professor of law at UCLA, on libel in the AI context. The two dive into Volokh's paper, “Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output.” Extra credit for those who give it a full read and explore some of the "homework" below:“Beyond Section 230: Principles for AI Governance,” 138 Harv. L. Rev. 1657 (2025)“When Artificial Agents Lie, Defame, and Defraud, Who Is to Blame?,” Stanford HAI (2021)Fin...
2025-07-1859 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionScaling Laws: Eugene Volokh on Libel and AIIn this Scaling Laws Academy "class," Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, speaks with Eugene Volokh, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and long-time professor of law at UCLA, on libel in the AI context. The two dive into Volokh's paper, “Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output.” Extra credit for those who give it a full read and explore some of the "homework" below:“Beyond Section 230: Principles for AI Governance,” 138 Harv. L. Rev. 1657 (2025)“When Artificial Agents Lie, Defame, and Defraud, Who Is to Blame?,” Stanford HAI (2021)Fin...
2025-07-1859 min
Scaling LawsEugene Volokh: Navigating Libel and Liability in the AI AgeKevin Frazier brings Eugene Volokh, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and UCLA law professor, to explore the complexities of libel in the age of AI. Discover how AI-generated content challenges traditional legal frameworks and the implications for platforms under Section 230. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of AI and law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-07-1758 minFree Speech UnmutedThe Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the Court’s June 27 decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which upheld a state law that required pornography sites to “use reasonable age verification methods ... to verify” that their users are adults.
Recorded on July 1, 2025.
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2025-07-0146 min
FedSoc ForumsLitigation Update: S.E. v. GreyEncinitas Unified School District required two fifth-grade boys and their assigned kindergarten buddies to read and watch My Shadow is Pink and do an activity, pressuring the kindergartners to choose a color to represent their own shadows. The plaintiffs allege this was designed to make the students question their gender identity. Represented by First Liberty Institute and the National Center for Law and Policy, the families filed a complaint in the Southern District of California and sought a motion for preliminary injunction. On May 12, 2025, Judge M. James Lorenz granted that motion in part, requiring the school district to provide advance...
2025-06-1058 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech, Public School Students, and “There Are Only Two Genders” | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the First Amendment rules pertaining to public school students. The occasion: The Supreme Court just declined to consider a federal appeals court case that led a public school to punish a student for wearing a T-shirt saying “There Are Only Two Genders.” Did the lower court get that right?
Recorded on June 3, 2025.
2025-06-0949 minFree Speech UnmutedCan AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionA mother sues Character.AI, claiming that a conversation between her teenage son and a Character.AI chatbot led him to commit suicide. A conservative activist sues Meta, claiming that its AI-generated false accusations about him. Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh analyze these cases, and more broadly, discuss lawsuits against AI companies, and possible First Amendment defenses to those lawsuits.
Recorded on May 6, 2025.
2025-05-0952 minFree Speech UnmutedHarvard v. Trump: Free Speech and Government Grants | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the Administration’s freezing of grants to Harvard, and Harvard’s lawsuit challenging the freeze.
The Trump Administration has announced that it was freezing grants to Harvard, and demanding that Harvard change many of its policies and practices in order to get back in the Administration’s good graces. President Trump has also suggested that Harvard might lose its tax-exempt status for “pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness.’” Would such a cutoff of funding or tax exemption benefits violate the First Amendment? Jane and Eugene dig deep into that.
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2025-04-2350 minFree Speech UnmutedTrump’s War on Big Law | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss President Trump’s Executive Orders that target major law firms (such as WilmerHale and Jenner & Block).
The orders target the firms for retaliation based largely on their past support of various left-wing legal causes. Do those Orders violate the firms’ (and their clients’) Free Speech Clause or Petition Clause rights? Might they also violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause (in civil cases) and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel (in criminal cases)?
Recorded on March 31, 2025.
2025-04-0345 minFree Speech UnmutedCan Non-Citizens Be Deported For Their Speech? | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the First Amendment and immigration law.
Recorded on March 12, 2025.
2025-03-1336 minFree Speech UnmutedFreedom of the Press, with Floyd Abrams | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionDoes the Free Press Clause provide extra rights to the institutional press, or instead protect all speakers’ equal rights to use the printing press and its technological heirs? Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss this and more with legendary First Amendment litigator Floyd Abrams.
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Recorded on February 21, 2025.
2025-02-2448 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech, Private Power, and Private Employees | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionThe Constitution generally covers only government action; if a private university expels students for their speech, or a private shopping mall forbids leafletting, or a private employer fires an employee for backing some candidate, that doesn’t violate the First Amendment. But state laws in roughly half the states do limit some such private restrictions on speech and political activity, especially ones imposed by private employers, much as federal law limits private employers’ restriction on their employees’ religious activity. Should there be more such laws? Fewer? Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer talk about this, and more.
Recorded on Janua...
2025-01-3049 minFree Speech UnmutedCourt Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionCongress, worried that TikTok may be unduly subject to Chinese government control, passed a law that would in effect stop TikTok from being made available in the U.S. unless it’s sold off to a non-China-linked company. This morning (Dec. 6), the federal D.C. Circuit upheld the law against a First Amendment challenge (and some other legal challenges); Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh explain.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, w...
2024-12-0937 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech in European (and Other) Democracies, with Prof. Jacob Mchangama | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionHow does European free speech law differ from American free speech law, when it comes to “hate speech,” blasphemy, and misinformation?
Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh welcome Jacob Mchangama, who is CEO of The Future of Free Speech; research professor of political science at Vanderbilt; the author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media and other works on free speech; Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; and a trained Danish lawyer who is one of the leading experts in comparative free speech law.
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Euge...
2024-11-1542 minFree Speech UnmutedProtests, Public Pressure Campaigns, Tort Law, and the First Amendment | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionCan you sue protesters who block the street in front of your business? Protesters who block your way to work? People who are trying to get you fired? Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer, who have written and taught about tort law as well as free speech law, discuss all these questions and more.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tor...
2024-11-0147 minFree Speech UnmutedMisinformation: Past, Present, and Future | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss calls to restrict misinformation, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to Hurricane Helene.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy. Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (8th ed., 2023) and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed., 2016), as well as more than one hundred law review...
2024-10-1738 min
The Nick Halaris ShowEugene Volokh – What’s the Truth about Free Speech in AmericaThis week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring prominent legal scholar and free speech expert, Eugene Volokh. Eugene is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the author of The Volokh Conspiracy, a widely read legal blog, and a co-host of the Free Speech Unmuted Podcast. For thirty years, he has been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy. Free speech debates are all the rage today and I wanted to have...
2024-10-081h 08Free Speech UnmutedI Know It When I See It: Free Speech and Obscenity Laws | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionEugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the various rules the Court applies in obscenity cases and the forthcoming Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton decision.
Fun fact: Associate Justice Potter Stewart, who wrote the “I know it when I see it” line in a 1964 obscenity opinion, later concluded that any such obscenity test would be unconstitutionally vague.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyr...
2024-09-2038 min
The Lawfare PodcastLawfare Archive: Eugene Volokh on AI LibelFrom April 26, 2023: If someone lies about you, you can usually sue them for defamation. But what if that someone is ChatGPT? Already in Australia, the mayor of a town outside Melbourne has threatened to sue OpenAI because ChatGPT falsely named him a guilty party in a bribery scandal. Could that happen in America? Does our libel law allow that? What does it even mean for a large language model to act with "malice"? Does the First Amendment put any limits on the ability to hold these models, and the companies that make them, accountable for false statements they make? An...
2024-08-2554 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Eugene Volokh on AI LibelFrom April 26, 2023: If someone lies about you, you can usually sue them for defamation. But what if that someone is ChatGPT? Already in Australia, the mayor of a town outside Melbourne has threatened to sue OpenAI because ChatGPT falsely named him a guilty party in a bribery scandal. Could that happen in America? Does our libel law allow that? What does it even mean for a large language model to act with "malice"? Does the First Amendment put any limits on the ability to hold these models, and the companies that make them, accountable for false statements they make? An...
2024-08-2554 minFree Speech UnmutedSpeech and Violence | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionIncitement, solicitation, fighting words, threats, bad tendencies, and more, with special attention to NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982), the Court’s little-publicized precedent on the subject.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy. Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (8th ed., 2023) and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed., 2016), as well as...
2024-07-2340 minFree Speech UnmutedEmergency Podcast: The Supreme Court’s Social Media Cases | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionIn Moody v. Netchoice, the Supreme Court considered the Florida and Texas laws that tried to limit social media platforms’ power to moderate (or is it censor?) user posts. In Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court considered whether the federal government impermissibly pressured social media platforms to moderate (or is it censor?) user posts. What did the Court tell us? Jane and Eugene try to figure it out.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles Sc...
2024-07-0230 minFree Speech UnmutedInternet Policy and Free Speech: A Conversation with Rep. Ro Khanna | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionRep. Ro Khanna (D-Silicon Valley) sits down with First Amendment scholars Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh to explore Internet policy and free speech. Topics include the TikTok ban, social media child addiction claims, competition, and more.
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Congressman Ro Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fourth term. Rep. Khanna serves on the House Armed Services Committee as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI), as co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, a...
2024-06-1141 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech, TikTok (and Bills of Attainder!), with Prof. Alan Rozenshtein | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionCan Congress require China-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok as a condition for TikTok continuing to be easily accessible in the US? Alan Rozenshtein, Jane Bambauer, and Eugene Volokh discuss whether the law is consistent with the First Amendment – and with the much more rarely talked about Bill of Attainder Clause.
2024-05-2149 min
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2024-04-181h 11
Is That Even Legal?SUPREME COURT TAKES ON FIRST AMENDMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA...Send us a textTHE SUPREME COURT WILL SOON DECIDE: If a social media censures you for your viewpoint - does that violate the First Amendment? If laws tell Social Media companies they must publish your viewpoint...is the company's First Amendment rights violated?We all say we want free speech. But if you own a private company can the government tell you what it can and cannot post? Are social media companies the public square...common carriers...or...private companies that can choose their own content?That is the question b...
2024-04-1537 minFree Speech UnmutedAI and Free Speech | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionIs AI output generally protected by the First Amendment, even though AIs have no self to express (or so we think ...)? Can people sue if they are libeled by AIs, or if AIs give them false information that leads to physical harm? Jane and Eugene discuss this, and more.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eugene Volokh is a visiting fellow (soon to be senior fellow) at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he has been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law...
2024-04-0836 minFree Speech UnmutedFree Speech, Government Persuasion, and Government Coercion | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionThe First Amendment protects against certain kinds of indirect government suppression of speech, as well as direct. That means the government can’t coerce bookstores, platforms, and the like, to remove material. But when does persuasion become coercion? And when, if ever, is even noncoercive persuasion aimed at the removal of speech unconstitutional?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eugene Volokh is a visiting fellow (soon to be senior fellow) at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he has been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law...
2024-03-261h 00
The Voting BoothFree Speech, Regulation of Speech, and Elections (with Eugene Volokh)Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Eugene Volokh (Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA Law) to recap the NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton oral argument and preview Murthy v. Missouri.
2024-03-1443 minFree Speech UnmutedBook Bans – or Are They? | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover InstitutionWhen public school libraries remove books based on the views expressed in the books, are they violating the First Amendment? What if the librarians stocking the shelves have a political agenda? It all comes down to a precedent called Pico, and Eugene and Jane disagree about which Supreme Court justices got the rule right.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eugene Volokh is a visiting fellow (soon to be Senior fellow) at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he has been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Am...
2024-02-2229 min
The California Appellate Law PodcastEugene Volokh on Restraining Orders and the First AmendmentProf. Eugene Volokh joined us to discuss restraining orders, how many of them violate the First Amendment as unlawful prior restraints, and how you can spot the First Amendment problems. The purpose of a restraining orders is to get a person to stop harassing you, but “harassment” can be a pretty vague term—and the same goes for “bullying,” “cyberbullying,” “hate speech,” etc.—especially when no physical violence threatened or happening. The result is that many restraining orders not only prevent the subject from speaking TO the plaintiff, but from speaking ABOUT the plaintiff, and last INDEFINITELY.Here are the key iss...
2023-12-1958 min
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastCan a Public Official Block You on Social Media?This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases about social media and the First Amendment. The cases involve questions surrounding when and whether a public official’s social media activity constitutes state action subject to First Amendment constraints—and if so, whether they can block individuals from their social media pages. In this episode, David Cole of the ACLU and Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA Law join to break down the arguments in both cases, discuss the claims being made, and how the outcomes of the cases could contribute to further defining the scope of speech rights onli...
2023-11-031h 00
We the PeopleCan a Public Official Block You on Social Media?This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases about social media and the First Amendment. The cases involve questions surrounding when and whether a public official’s social media activity constitutes state action subject to First Amendment constraints—and if so, whether they can block individuals from their social media pages. In this episode, David Cole of the ACLU and Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA Law join to break down the arguments in both cases, discuss the claims being made, and how the outcomes of the cases could contribute to further defining the scope of speech righ...
2023-11-031h 00
GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover InstitutionSupreme Court, United Nations—What Next for Free Speech, the Free World? | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Eugene Volokh, and Bill Whalen | Hoover InstitutionThe US Supreme Court seems headed for a showdown with social media platforms over content and censorship; the United Nations’ 78th General Assembly underscores that body’s inability to curb totalitarian aggression. Eugene Volokh, a soon-to-be Hoover Institution senior fellow and a First Amendment law professor at UCLA, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson and John Cochrane to discuss free speech in the Information Age and what comes next for universities following the court’s rebuke of race-factored admissions. This is followed by Niall and John discussing whether 20th-century international agencies remain true to their charters. On a lighter note...
2023-09-261h 08
Middle East Forum Podcast"Fighting BDS" with Eugene Volokh | MEF Podcast Ep. #288The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has become a powerful force in the United States, working to isolate Israel and its American supporters. Although BDS raises Constitutional questions, it does have First Amendment protection. That being the case, how can opponents of BDS effectively fight the movement? What other legal tactics exist? How best to expose its harmful nature?Eugene Volokh is a professor of First Amendment law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of two textbooks, The First Amendment and Related Statutes (7th ed. 2020), and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2016). Mr. Volokh is...
2023-08-2540 min
Two Think MinimumLarge Libel Models: Liability for AI Output with UCLA School of Law Professor Eugene VolokhOn the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, Technology Policy Institute Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam and President and Senior Fellow Scott Wallsten welcomed Eugene Volokh, a distinguished law professor at UCLA School of Law, to discuss his new law review article on LLMs and liability for AI output. This episode focuses on the legal implications of AI-generated content, particularly in the realm of libel, the current legal landscape, and the potential need for new legislation to address emerging AI technologies.
2023-08-0343 min
We the PeopleArtificial Intelligence, Defamation, and New Speech FrontiersAs ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms have taken off, they’ve demonstrated exciting possibilities about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence; while at the same time, have raised a myriad of open questions and complexities, from how to regulate the pace of AI’s growth, to whether AI companies can be held liable for any misinformation reported or generated through the platforms. Earlier this week, the first ever AI defamation lawsuit was filed, by a Georgia radio host who claims that ChatGPT falsely accused him of embezzling money. The case presents new and never-before answered legal questions, including what...
2023-06-0954 mincmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastArtificial Intelligence, Defamation, and New Speech FrontiersAs ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms have taken off, they’ve demonstrated exciting possibilities about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence; while at the same time, have raised a myriad of open questions and complexities, from how to regulate the pace of AI’s growth, to whether AI companies can be held liable for any misinformation reported or generated through the platforms. Earlier this week, the first ever AI defamation lawsuit was filed, by a Georgia radio host who claims that ChatGPT falsely accused him of embezzling money. The case presents new and never-before answered legal questions, including what happ...
2023-06-0954 min
Scaling LawsEugene Volokh on AI LibelIf someone lies about you, you can usually sue them for defamation. But what if that someone is ChatGPT? Already in Australia, the mayor of a town outside Melbourne has threatened to sue OpenAI because ChatGPT falsely named him a guilty party in a bribery scandal. Could that happen in America? Does our libel law allow that? What does it even mean for a large language model to act with "malice"? Does the First Amendment put any limits on the ability to hold these models, and the companies that make them, accountable for false statements they make? And what's...
2023-04-2653 min
UnityNow!Episode 62: The Free Speech Conspiracy with Eugene VolokhToby Davis is joined by Eugene Volokh to discuss his blog the Volokh Conspiracy and, along with Rumble and Locals, a challenge to New York's Law that requires Social Media Networks to publish a plan for for responding to alleged hate speech by users. Eugene wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “NEW YORK STATE WANTS TO CONSCRIPT ME TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION”. We discuss this article and the implications of a law that Volokh says "violates the First Amendment" by opening the door to define hate speech at the State government level. Eugene Volokh is a Uk...
2023-02-1645 min
Real Talk With Susan & KristinaThe Internet, Social Media, and the First AmendmentIn this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Supler are joined by Eugene Volokh, a leading First Amendment Law Professor from UCLA. Topics they discuss are related to the First Amendment. The conversation includes how the internet impacts Free Speech, what responsibilities the Social Media Platforms have towards free speech, and how Free Speech impacts abortion, fraternities and sororities, as well as housing laws. Links: Eugene Volokh's Bio (UCLA Webpage) Free Speech Rules Videos: https://FreeSpeechRules.org Show Notes: (02:40) Has the internet changed the First...
2023-02-0148 min
The Freedom of Thought PodcastOpen Minds with Prof. Eugene Volokh & Prof. Joshua Kleinfeld, Part IIIFinally, we turn to the present moment and consider the current challenges to American free speech and culture. How does cancel culture contribute to professional blacklisting at law firms and universities? Professor Volokh tackles this issue and addresses the role of social media companies in restricting speech and participating in canceling.Featuring:Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of LawProf. Joshua Kleinfeld, Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
2023-01-301h 01The Freedom of Thought PodcastOpen Minds with Prof. Eugene Volokh & Prof. Joshua Kleinfeld, Part IIWhat are the fundamentals of how free speech law works and what are the outer limits of free speech protection? Is it constitutional to allow voters to wear a Trump hat while casting a ballot? Tune in to hear Professor Volokh's perspective.Featuring:Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of LawProf. Joshua Kleinfeld, Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
2023-01-2733 minThe Freedom of Thought PodcastOpen Minds with Prof. Eugene Volokh & Prof. Joshua Kleinfeld, Part IWhat made Professor Volokh the independent and influential thinker he is today? It began with an unusual childhood and education. He discusses how his early years shaped his career path, how he has developed his approach to law and doctrine, and which major justification of free speech most resonates with him.Featuring:Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of LawProf. Joshua Kleinfeld, Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
2023-01-2348 minFedSoc ForumsLitigation Update: Volokh et al v. JamesIn early December, Prof. Eugene Volokh, Rumble Canada, and Locals Technology filed a complaint in federal court against New York Attorney General Letitia James, seeking to stop a new New York state law from taking effect. The suit challenges a recently enacted section of New York’s General Business Law, “Social media networks; hateful conduct prohibited.” The new law originated, in part, as a response to a 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead as the result of what is alleged to be a racially motivated crime. The law aims to restrict "hateful" speech on social media platforms and requir...
2022-12-1558 min
Moderated ContentMC Weekly Update 12/5: THE MODERATED CONTENT FILESStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:Using a powerful AI language model developed by OpenAI, the new ChatGPT tool allows anyone to generate short text that is indecipherable from written text and that draws upon vast amounts of publicly available information. - Janus Rose/ Vice, Ina Fried/ AxiosMore: ChatGPT has fun and informative uses, but is also easy to abuse — from generating recipes or funny movie scripts, to the spread of misinformation or nefarious tips to get away with crimes.TikTok and Bumble are adopting a to...
2022-12-0631 min
Law&Crime SidebarRussell Brand Calls Out YouTube for 'Censorship and Bias'Comedian Russel Brand is calling out YouTube for silencing him but not mainstream media…is he right? Jesse Weber and Professor Eugune Volokh discuss.GUEST:Professor Eugene Volokh: https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/eugene-volokhLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokePodcasting - Sam GoldbergVideo Editing - Michael Deininger & Logan HarrisGuest Booking - Alyssa FisherSocial Media Management - Kiera BronsonSUBSCRIBE TO OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Court JunkieObjectionsThey Wal...
2022-09-3011 min
The Academic Freedom PodcastA Conversation with Professor Eugene Volokh
The AFA's Keith Whittington interviews Professor Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches on the First Amendment. Volokh is also the founder and coauthor of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog. Whittington and Volokh discuss the recent Georgetown Law controversy involving Ilya Shapiro, and whether universities should take public positions on the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion. They also discussed the Kalven Report, a 1967 report from the University of Chicago on the relationship between academic freedom and the political neutrality of academic institutions.
2022-07-061h 05
Good DistinctionsDoes Free Speech Have Limits?NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS PUBLISHED BEFORE OUR REBOOT. willwrightcatholic.com is now gooddistinctions.comDoes the First Amendment of the Constitution Cover Freedom of Speech?The United States of America is the freest nation on Earth, for the time being. The Supreme Law of the land continues to be the Constitution. The founding document of our great nation on its own is the crowning achievement of the Founding Fathers, but before its ratification, ten articles were included as amendments.These ten articles became known as the Bill of Rights. The first of those...
2022-06-1717 min
Gun TalkComparing First and Second Amendments; Permitless Carry Comes To Ohio; What State Has The Best Carry Laws?: Gun Talk Radio | 06.12.22 Hour 2In this hour: - Professor of Law and Volokh Conspiracy creator Eugene Volokh discusses the Second Amendment and compares it to the First Amendment and free speech. - Ohio becomes a Constitutional Carry state! - One vote for Utah having the best concealed carry laws. Tom Gresham's Gun Talk 06.12.22 Hour 2
2022-06-1243 min
Talk, UnleashedProfessor Eugene VolokhOne of the most powerful and important pillars of democracy in the United States is freedom of speech – the privilege granted a right in the US Constitution is a shield. It also can be a sword. Eugene Volokh is a Professor of Law at UCLA. His specialty, the First Amendment. What’s a canine behaviorist and life coach talking about with a First Amendment expert? Simple. Cheap Speech. It’s a phrase Professor Volokh coined back in 1995 as he predicted the massive impact the Internet would have on democratizing information and empowering free speech. He was, of course, correct. And th...
2022-06-0851 min
The Politically Social PodcastIn Conversation With Professor Eugene Volokh : Analysis of Roe v. WadeToday we have with us, Professor Eugene Volokh. Prof. Volokh. Prof. Volokh teaches Constitutional Law at the UCLA School of Law. Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court. Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (6th ed. 2016), Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2013), and over 90 law review articles. He is the founder and co-author of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog. His law review article...
2022-05-1634 min
Zone of RiskDisney v Florida? (with Prof. Volokh)Good evening friends:Many are wondering whether Disney has a claim against Florida for retaliation under the First Amendment? On the latest episode of Summarily—a podcast for busy lawyers—First Amendment expert, Professor Eugene Volokh, explains retaliation theory. Professor Volokh teaches First Amendment at the UCLA School of Law and instructs law students in the School's First Amendment amicus brief clinic. Professor Volokh clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the 9th Circuit. He can read Professor Volokh's recent pieces about First Amendment retalia...
2022-04-2820 min
Andrew and Jerry Save The World!Andrew and Jerry Save Free Speech!It's Episode 6: Andrew and Jerry Save Free Speech! It's clear that platforms like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter favor certain kinds of speech over other kinds of speech. Without the free exchange of ideas, solving the world's problems becomes impossible. We're joined by noted free speech expert and co-founder of the Volokh Conspiracy, UCLA Law School professor Eugene Volokh! We tackle the thorny question of how to protect free speech without curtailing the rights of others. We also revisit the Russia-Ukraine crisis in light of the weekend's events, and Andrew talks about his problems with the season premiere of Bi...
2022-01-271h 35
Supreme MythsProfessor Eugene VolokhProfessor Eugene Volokh stops by Supreme Myths to talk about blogging, social media and free speech, the religion clauses of the First Amendment, and federalism.
2021-11-1948 min
Winner Take AllBig Tech Censorship: Is Treating Platforms as Common Carriers a Solution? - Eugene Volokh InterviewEugene Volokh is founder and coauthor of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog. His law review articles have been cited by opinions in eight Supreme Court cases and several hundred court opinions in total, as well as several thousand scholarly articles. Eugene sits down with Alex and Nick to discuss his recent article in the Journal of Free Speech Law that looks at the pros and cons that could occur if the U.S. were to treat social media platforms as common carriers. Companies distinguished as common carriers are generally required to provide service to the public without discrimi...
2021-08-1452 min
Tech Policy Podcast#295: Can Social Media Be Regulated Like Common Carriage?Are social media websites more like newspapers (with strong free speech rights) or common carriers (with weaker free speech rights)? Enjoining enforcement of Florida’s Internet speech law, SB 7072, a federal judge recently wrote that they’re somewhere “in the middle.” Eugene Volokh, of UCLA School of Law, and Berin Szóka, president of TechFreedom, join the show to debate whether that’s right.
For more on Eugene’s position (i.e., some aspects of social media can properly be analogized to common carriage), see Eugene’s recent post, “Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers?,” at The Volokh Conspiracy...
2021-07-071h 18
Politics: Meet Me in the Middle68 - The 2nd Amendment & Gun Control with Eugene Volokh (Encore Edition)Nowadays there's not much that enflames passions more than a conversation about gun safety, the NRA, and the "right to bear arms." In this episode, Constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh goes toe-to-toe with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson and host Bill Curtis as they argue what the framers meant when they crafted the second amendment on this encore edition of Politics: Meet Me in the Middle. Episode Timestamps: 2:10 2nd Amendment Lesson 4:06 Deeper Dive into the 2nd Amendment 5:39 What is the militia? 6:25 Individual Rights 7:40 The right to bear arms 8:07 break 1
2021-06-0728 min
The Mona Charen ShowReading the Riot ActEugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy) joins to discuss the anti-riot laws in several states, whether libel law should be upended, and the Chauvin verdict.
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2021-04-231h 08
FedSoc EventsDebate: Social Media, Free Speech, and Section 230On March 18, 2021, the Federalist Society's Southwest Florida Lawyers Chapter hosted Prof. Eugene Volokh and Berin Szoka to debate issues surrounding social media, free speech, and Section 230. Featuring: Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of LawBerin Szoka, President, TechFreedomModerator: Alex Brockmeyer, Shareholder, Boyle, Leonard & Anderson, P.A.; The Federalist Society's Southwest Florida Lawyers Chapter*******As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
2021-04-051h 01FedSoc ForumsRicky Vaughn's Prosecution and the First AmendmentThe DOJ has charged Douglas Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, with conspiracy “to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate” people in the exercise of their constitutional rights. His crime? Using his social media platform in the months leading up to November 2016 to post memes about the Presidential election, including ones that – if taken literally – falsely state that people could vote for Hillary just by posting on Twitter and Facebook. Are such prosecutions consistent with the First Amendment? Are they authorized by federal law? Joining us to discuss is Professor Eugene Volokh, noted First Amendment scholar and the Gary T. Schwartz, Professor of Law at t...
2021-03-1858 min
FedSoc EventsPast is Prologue: A Discussion of the First Amendment and a Revised Proposal for Rule 8.4On February 19, 2021, the Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia Lawyers Chapters hosted Eugene Volokh and Casey Mattox for a discussion on the First Amendment and Rule 8.4.Featuring: Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA Law and a recognized First Amendment expertCasey Mattox, Vice President of Legal Strategy, Americans for Prosperity and a regular First Amendment litigatorIntroduction: Miles Coleman, Partner, Nelson Mullins; The Federalist Society's Columbia Lawyers Chapter* * * * * As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those...
2021-03-121h 01
Is That Even Legal?You can be silenced. You can be censored! Bob Interviews 1st Amendment Scholar Eugene VolokhSend us a textYou can be silenced. You can Be Censored. Is That Even Legal?In this episode, Bob is joined by 1st Amendment expert and Constitutional Scholar Eugene Volokh, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and co-founder of the Volokh Conspiracy blog, hosted at Reason.com.Listen as Bob and Volokh discuss censorship on social media such as Twitter and Facebook, where many, from Trump to regular citizens, are being banned.Are social media outlets the modern public...
2021-02-1537 min
Are You Kidding Me?Can the government deny foster parent applications due to religious beliefs?James and Gail Blais were barred from fostering their one-year-old great-granddaughter due to their religious beliefs. During the foster parent application process, the Washington state government led the Blaises through hypothetical questions assessing how they would respond if their great-granddaughter were to identify as homosexual or transgender at some point in the future. As Seventh-Day Adventists, the Blaises said they would certainly continue to love the child, but they could not support the child’s decision in that circumstance. This raises an important question: can state governments deny foster applications due to the religious beliefs of potential foster parents?
2020-12-0925 minFedSoc ForumsBorn in the USA: A Debate on the Meaning of the Constitution’s Citizenship ClausesArticle II and the 12th Amendment require those seeking the office of President and Vice-President be a natural-born citizen. The 14th Amendment provides that "all persons born...in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens." But what does it mean to be "subject to the jurisdiction thereof?" These two texts have been the subject of controversy throughout the past decade, and present interesting legal questions for constitutional theorists. Is it enough to be born in the U.S.A.?In conjunction with the Chapman University and UCLA Federalist Society chapters, the Federalism and Separation...
2020-10-211h 13
Legal Talk TodayPennsylvania’s UnConstitutional Shutdown OrderProfessor Eugene Volokh from the UCLA, School of Law and the Volokh Conspiracy blog joins us to talk about Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 shutdown order and its violation against free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-10-1218 min
Deep Background with Noah FeldmanFREEDOM OF SPEECH: Eugene VolokhEugene Volokh, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses workplace harassment, racial discrimination, and the First Amendment. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2020-08-1230 min
The Future of DemocracyContemporary Free Speech with Eugene VolokhHow has free speech changed in the past 50 years? What do the First Amendment’s protections look like in the modern era? On this weeks episode, we’re talking with Eugene Volokh, a prominent First Amendment law professor at UCLA.
Eugene Volokh teaches First Amendment law and a First Amendment amicus brief clinic at UCLA School of Law, where he has also taught copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy.Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. C...
2020-07-3000 minPolitics: Meet Me in the Middle14 - A Revisit to: Constitutional Law Professor Eugene Volokh - 2nd Amendment and Gun ControlNowadays there's not much that enflames passions more than a conversation about gun safety, the NRA, and the "right to bear arms." In this episode, Constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh goes toe-to-toe with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson and host Bill Curtis as they argue what the framers meant when they crafted the second amendment. Learn more: www.curtco.com/meetmeinthemiddle Music by Celleste & Eric Dick Produced by Mike ThomasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2020-02-0933 minPolitics: Meet Me in the Middle04 - Eugene Volokh - Part 2: Free Speech & Social Media PlatformsSocial media platforms seem to take no responsibility for spreading fake news and hate speech. Does the constitution protect their right to it? Depends on who you ask and what you believe the definition of "responsible" is. Hosts Ed Larson and Bill Curtis sit down with UCLA Constitutional Law Professor Eugene Volokh for part 2 of their interview. Learn more: https://www.curtco.com/meetmeinthemiddle And follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtcomedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtcomedia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/curtcomedia ...
2019-11-2134 minPolitics: Meet Me in the Middle03 - Eugene Volokh - Part 1: 2nd Amendment & Gun ControlNowadays there's not much that enflames passions more than a conversation about gun safety, the NRA, and the "right to bear arms." In this episode, Constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh goes toe-to-toe with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson and host Bill Curtis as they argue what the framers meant when they crafted the second amendment. Learn more about Politics: Meet Me in the Middle: https://www.curtco.com Follow Us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtcomedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtcomedia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/curtcomedia
2019-11-1533 min
Short CircuitShort Circuit 114 – Live at UCLA (9/27/19)A Ninth Circuit episode featuring Eugene Volokh, Richard Re, and Robert Everett Johnson. Recorded live before a student audience at the invitation of the UCLA chapter of the Federalist Society.
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2019-09-2700 min
Think About ItFree Speech 52: Eugene Volokh on What We Mean by "The First Amendment"What do we mean when we say "The First Amendment"? It's obvious: we mean the most robust protection of speech rights, religious liberty, freedom of the press, and freedom of association in the world today. Correct, says Eugene Volokh, absolutely correct. But it could change! Listen to this illuminating conversation with a leading expert on freedom of speech and constitutional law at UCLA. Volokh clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and runs the Volokh Conspiracy, a legal blog.Uli Baer teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Ge...
2019-05-201h 19
Democracy ForumDemocracy Forum 5/17/19: Republic vs Democracy: Why Should We Care?Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Engineer: Amy Browne What do those words mean: republic and democracy? What do people mean when they say, “We’re not a democracy; we’re a republic,” in the context of different policy debates. Is there a particular subtext implicating minority rights, even minority rule, and possibly states’ rights and federalism? Guests : Lance Dutson, a Republican communications consultant and a columnist for the Bangor Daily News. lancedutson.bangordailynews.com/about/ Joseph Reisert, Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law at Colby College www.colby.edu/directory/profile/jrreiser/ To learn more about this...
2019-05-1700 min
The ComMN Law: A Minnesota Supreme Court PodcastMaethner v. Someplace SafeMN Lawyer’s Kevin Featherly with an update on the finances of the 2018 judicial races (bottom line: no one is trying to buy our judges . . . yet)Justice Chutich's campaign website and Michelle MacDonald’s campaign websiteVideo of the judicial candidate forum in Golden Valley on October 4, hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Minnesota State Bar Association, featuring Justice Chutich and Judge Jesson, as well as their respective challengers, Michelle MacDonald and Anthony L. BrownMichelle MacDonald's disciplinary case suspending her from the practice of law for 60 days starting in Janu...
2018-10-261h 17The ComMN Law: A Minnesota Supreme Court PodcastMaethner v. Someplace SafeMN Lawyer’s Kevin Featherly with an update on the finances of the 2018 judicial races (bottom line: no one is trying to buy our judges . . . yet)Justice Chutich's campaign website and Michelle MacDonald’s campaign websiteVideo of the judicial candidate forum in Golden Valley on October 4, hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Minnesota State Bar Association, featuring Justice Chutich and Judge Jesson, as well as their respective challengers, Michelle MacDonald and Anthony L. BrownMichelle MacDonald's disciplinary case suspending her from the practice of law for 60 days starting in Janu...
2018-10-261h 17
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastMandatory union fees and the First AmendmentAlicia Hickok and Eugene Volokh join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss a major Supreme Court case about public-union dues. The Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could have a huge effect on public-section unions and their membership. The case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will be heard on February 26 at the Court. The question in front of the nine Justices is if public-sector “agency shop” arrangements -- payments that workers represented by a union must pay even if they are not dues-paying members -- should be i...
2018-02-2251 min
We the PeopleMandatory union fees and the First AmendmentAlicia Hickok and Eugene Volokh join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss a major Supreme Court case about public-union dues.The Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could have a huge effect on public-section unions and their membership. The case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will be heard on February 26 at the Court. The question in front of the nine Justices is if public-sector “agency shop” arrangements -- payments that workers represented by a union must pay even if they are not...
2018-02-2255 min
We the PeopleMandatory union fees and the First AmendmentAlicia Hickok and Eugene Volokh join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss a major Supreme Court case about public-union dues.The Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could have a huge effect on public-section unions and their membership. The case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will be heard on February 26 at the Court. The question in front of the nine Justices is if public-sector “agency shop” arrangements -- payments that workers represented by a union must pay even if they are not...
2018-02-2255 min