May 08, 2017
Floyd Abrams, celebrated First Amendment lawyer, discusses his new book, The Soul of the First Amendment, and examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than anywhere else in the world.
Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderated the event on May 8, 2017.
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Authors Richard Kreitner and Shari Rabin discuss their new books on the broader Jewish experience from the Revolutionary era to…
As students across the U.S. protest federal immigration policies, legal experts are re-evaluating the boundaries of student free…
In this fast-paced and fun session, Caroline Fredrickson, one of the legal scholars behind the National Constitution Center’s…
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