Reynolds. On the law professor at the university of tennessee. We are talking today about free speech and incitement and were going to get started on obscenity. We will be a last socratic than usual today because the cspan people asking to be. Heres the textbook we are using. Constitutional law. Its a good case book. Its the first time ive used this one actually, so we are still learning our way here. Today we are talking about free speech. We have been talking about equal protection. Weve been talking about race discrimination and gender and things like that. Now we are pivoting to a core part of the bill of rights on a different section entirely, its all about free speech. We know they value free speech very highly, to the extent that they talked about it, its mostly political. More than artistic or expressive. The interesting thing about the First Amendment. Almost all the case law comes from the 20th century, for the 21st, and there are a couple of reasons for that. One is that man
Efforts and to show the construction of two projects, norris dam in tennessee and wheeler dam in alabama. Both are still operational and on the register of historical places. Watch american heft tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan3. Earlier today defense secretary mark esper held a briefing at the pentagon where he responded to questions about President Trumps visit to Saint Johns Church during the protest. A look now at his remarks. Well, good morning, everyone. Over the mast couple of days there has been a fair share of reporting, some good, some bad, about what is transpiring in our great nation. And the role that the department of defense and its leaders. I want to take a few minutes to address the issues in person to make clur the facts and offer my views. First, let me say up front, the killing of george floyd by a minneapolis policeman is a horrible crime. The officers on the scene that day should be held accountable for his murder. It is a tragedy that we have seen repeat
It is a tragedy we have seen repeat itself too many times. With great sympathy, i want to extend the deepest of condolences to the family and friends of george floyd from me and the department. America, andl in we must do our very best to recognize it, to confront it, and to eradicate it. I have been proud to be a member of an institution, the United States military, that embraces diversity and inclusion. And prohibits hate and discrimination at and discrimination in all forms. We have led on these issues. While we still have much to do on this front, leaders across the dod and the services take this responsibility seriously, and we are determined to make a difference. Every member of this department has sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of america. I have taken this oath many times, beginning at the age of 18 when i entered west point. The rights embedded in this great document begin with the first amendment, which guarantees the five free speed
Prof. Reynolds hello and welcome to a second episode of lot 2020, Global Pandemic edition. The first class went pretty well. Law 2020. 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 introductory law class for 2020 and we are talking about free speech, incitement, true threats and we will get started on obscenity. We will be less socratic than today because the cspan people asked me to be. Is textbook we are using constitutional law. Its a good casebook. The first time i have used it so we are learning our way. It is going just fine. Today we talk about free speech and we havent talked about it we have talked about 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 highly. To the extent they talk about it, they saw as mostly saw it as mostly poli
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