Class for 2020 and we are talking about free speech, incitement, tree threats and will get started on obscenity. True threats. We will be less socratic than usual because the cspan people asked me to be. And heres a task text we are using, demings constitutional law, a good casebook. The first time i have used it so we are learning our way. Today we talk about free speech and we havent talked about it will protection and race discrimination, gender and things like that. Now we are pivoting to a core part of the bill of rights, a different section about free speech. The framers valued free speech highly. Itthe extent they talk about , they saw as mostly political, more than artistic or expressive. The interesting thing about the First Amendment is the courts did little with it for the First Century of its existence. Fromt all case law comes the 20th century or that when he first. R the 21st. Or that when he First Century. 21st century. E many matters were not federal issues incitement w
Here we are viewed here we are. The first class went pretty well. We are being recorded for cspan. For the folks at cspan, i am university of Tennessee College of law professor glenn harlan reynolds. This is our standard law class for 2020 and we are talking about free speech, incitement, true threats and will get started on obscenity. We will be less socratic than usual because the cspan people asked me to be. Here is the textbook we are using, constitutional law, a good casebook. The first time i have used it so we are learning our way. It is going just fine. We have been talking about free speech, equal protection, race discrimination, gender and things like that. Now we are pivoting to a core part of the bill of rights, a different section about free speech. The framers valued free speech very highly. To the extent they talked about it, they saw it as mostly political, more than artistic or expressive. The interesting thing about the First Amendment is the courts did little with it
Pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses you can tell i am not actually outside because i have to put them on before i do the introduction and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. Lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the White House Historical association. She is the author of the new book the cabinet George Washington and the creation of an american institution. She is widely published. I had the great pleasure of introducing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Lindsay thank you so much for having me. Jeffrey and edward larson, the hugh and hazel darling chair of law at pepperdine university. He is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history. He is the coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders, and his newest book is franklin and washington the founding partnership. It is wonderful to welcome you back to the National Constitution c
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Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Henry Wallace center here at the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum. I would like to welcome you to todays program. As you know it today is pearl harbor day and i would like to take just a moment to recognize those who have served, if theres any veterans are activeduty servicemen, please rise so we can acknowledge your service. Thank you very much. [applause] today is the day that marked the transition of america from an isolationist nation to a global superpower and there are few days in World History like december 7, because of what that meant for the world we live in today, in so many ways. Were very fortunate to be able to honor today with a Wonderful Program on a new book that is just come out. How many of you are members . If you are a member raise your hand. Look at that, thats great. They given much, your support makes these programs possible because of members and atrocities like you that we can do these programs. And l