thank you for having me. tucker: jason nichols is right in the middle of this debate, an actual professor, teaches african-american studies at the university of maryland peer thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. tucker: it seems like a baseline for university to have pretty much absolute freedom of speech, a prerequisite for freedom of thought. what is the point of having colleges if you can t say whatever you think? i think number one, and society, we don t have complete freedom of speech. tucker: true. there is libel, there is defamation, there are threats of violence, and inciting violence. those are limits on free speech. i think we have this idea that freedom of speech means you can say anything at any time. tucker: no, we know what it is, because of brandon versus ohio in 1967, the famous supreme court case, very specifically outlined the boundaries of free speech. libel is not allowed, of course, imminent threats of violence are not allowed. everythi
debate, an actual professor, teaches african-american studies at the university of maryland. thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. tucker: it seems like a baseline for university to have pretty much absolute freedom of speech, a prerequisite for freedom of thought. what is the point of having colleges if you can t say whatever you think? i think number one, and society, we don t have complete freedom of speech. tucker: true. there is libel, there t is defamation, there are threats of violence, and inciting violence. those are limits on free speech. i think we have this idea that freedom of speech means you can say anything at any time. tucker: no, we know what it is, because of brandon versus ohio in 1967, the famous supreme court case, very specifically outlined thesu boundaries of free speech. libel is not allowed, of course, imminent threats of violence are not allowed. everything else is allowed.ng everything else is allowed.
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in places like kentucky and ohio, you see more narrow rulings and a big public shift in opinions over the last decade or so. you actually have seen a major reversal in public opinion. and that is on part what is allowing these courts to make these opinions in favor of same-sex marriage. same-sex marriage is legal in the district of columbia. i don t know because i don t know there are novel issues in some of these lawsuits which would influence whether the supreme court took it or not. just the idea, though, that there are many cases pending shows how contentious this is judicially. maybe it will take a few years for us to determine what is settled law. a point to be made for and i agree that the court is a very dicey strategy for people who
uniform tonight when the nets play the lakers in l.a. this is the first time an openly gay athlete plays in a major league sport. let s get right to our brain trust on that. political in assist and contributor at the grio. lynn sweet is the washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times and zirlina, scholars testifying in defense of michigan s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage aim to show doubt about the wisdom of change, sharply disputed recent studies to suggest that children of same-sex couples do not fare as well as those raised by married heterosexual couples. what is the real next step here? they need to stop making this argument in court. because this argument mirrors many of the arguments we heard, you know, people who are against interracial marriage.