Exceptions to & exapnsions of Freedom of Speech.
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In this interview:
►Was the First Amendment really the first?
►Why does the First Amendment only mention Congress?
►Did our Founders believe the President has no power to restrict freedom of speech?
►To our Founders and their British counterparts, was freedom of press more consequential than freedom of speech?
►In the First Amendment, is the word "THE" controversial?
►Does Pres. Trump's Executive Order to prosecute flag burning violate the First Amendment?
►Was the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show a 1st amendment violation?
►Do states extend freedom of speech protection to private employees?
►When and how did the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, get applied to states?
►What is Selective Incorporation of the Bill of Rights?
►Can a federal employee be fired for their political affiliation?
►Why is Pres. Trump relitigating the Supreme Court 1960's "Sullivan" case?
🚩About My 194th Guest Scholar:
Prof. Eugene Volokh is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is Emeritus professor of law at UCLA, where he taught First Amendment law among other subjects. And before UCLA, he clerked at the US Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Prof. Volokh is the author of "The First Amendment and Related Statutes" 8th Ed., and he hosts Free Speech Unmuted – a video podcast series sponsored by the Hoover Institution.
Watch this interview: 🎞️ https://youtu.be/MJLtinvs03o
🚩My Recommendations:
►S3E16, Dr. Aimee Edmondson: Sullivan Case, Defamation Suits & Journalism
►S5E35, Dr. Robert Thompson: Late-Night TV Show Hosts & History
► S5E30, Dr. Lindsay P. Cohn: National Guard & Civil-Military Relations - From Whiskey Rebellion To Los Angeles
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