So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
News:Politics
Host Nico Perrino joins his FIRE colleagues Will Creeley and Alex Morey to answer questions about the recent campus unrest and its First Amendment implications.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:41 What is FIRE?/campus unrest
5:44 What are the basic First Amendment principles for campus protest?
11:30 Student encampments
18:09 Exceptions to the First Amendment
29:01 Can administrators limit access to non-students/faculty?
34:13 Denying recognition to Students for Justice in Palestine
36:26 Were protesters at UT Austin doing anything illegal?
40:54 The USC valedictorian
45:09 What does “objectively offensive” mean? / Does Davis apply to colleges?
46:55 Is it illegal to protest too loudly?
50:03 What options do colleges have to moderate/address hate speech?
54:20 Does calling for genocide constitute bullying/harassment?
59:09 Wrapping up on the situation
Show Notes
“USC canceling valedictorian’s commencement speech looks like calculated censorship,” Alex Morey
“Emerson College: Conservative Student Group Investigated for Distributing ‘China Kinda Sus’ Stickers,” FIRE’s case files
“HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship,” Nadine Strossen
“Defending My Enemy: American Nazis, the Skokie Case, and the Risks of Freedom,” Aryeh Neier (pdf)
“David Goldberger, lead attorney in ‘the Skokie case,’” “So to Speak” Ep. 118
Ep. 215: ‘Private Censorship’ with J.P. Messina
Ep. 214: The Antisemitism Awareness Act
Ep. 212: Should the First Amendment protect hate speech?
Ep. 211: Generational differences and civil liberties with Neil Howe
Ep. 210: The First Amendment at the Supreme Court
Ep. 209: ‘Is money speech?’ with Robert Breedlove
Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia
Ep. 207 Free speech news: NetChoice, Taylor Swift, October 7, and Satan
Ep. 206: CJ Hopkins compared modern Germany to Nazi Germany. Now he’s standing trial.
Ep. 205: An anarchist’s perspective with Michael Malice
Ep. 204: “Liar in a Crowded Theater” with Jeff Kosseff
Ep. 203: ‘Undefeated’ with Coach Bill Courtney
Ep. 202: The backpage.com saga
Ep. 201: Crisis on Campus - X Space recording
Ep. 200: The state of free speech
Ep. 199: Israel, Hamas, and censorship at home
Ep. 198: 2023-24 Supreme Court Preview
Ep. 197 ‘Are cakes speech?’ with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Kristen Waggoner
Ep. 196 ‘The Identity Trap’ by Yascha Mounk
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