Once the speech and the First Amendment. Former aclu president Nadine Strossen, First Amendment attorney and other lawyers talk about defining hate speech, social media regulation and controversial College Campus speakers. This event was hosted by new york city bar association. Good evening, i am roger juan maldonado, president of the new york city bar association, and i welcome you to tonights program on the First Amendment in 21st century america. We started this First Amendment series last year following the tragic events at charlottesville. Those events and the medias coverage of those events led many of our city bar members to openly question what does the First Amendments protection of free speech mean in these times . Our goal then, as it is tonight, was to provide a space where experts, this panel, could talk about the state of the law, Current Events and future considerations. As we did last year, we will try to leave time at the end of the program for questions. But as occurr
First amendment in 21st century america. We started this First Amendment series last year following the tragic events at charlottesville. Those events and the medias coverage of those events led many of our city bar members to openly question what does the First Amendments protection of free speech mean in these times . Our goal then, as it is tonight, was to provide a space where experts, this panel, could talk about the state of the law, Current Events and future considerations. As we did last year, we will try to leave time at the end of the program for questions. But as occurred last year we cant guarantee that we will get to each of your questions. This area of law, as i was just discussing with the Panel Members now, clearly raises many questions and requires very difficult line drawing, including whether, and if so, how, to strike a balance between many competing interests. Our panel therefore, is here to help us take a step back and think collectively about these very hard ques
Expected about 11 30 eastern. House and Senate Democratic leaders will be at the white house this morning, meeting with President Trump to talk about a spending bill to fund the federal government. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, who has stretched out the heavens and marches on the waves of the sea, your great works are too marvelous to understand. Thank you for the glory of the sunrise and the majesty of the sunset, for your miracles are without number, and for your providence that sustains us. Strengthen our lawmakers. Empower them this day to mount up on wings like eagles, running without weariness, and walking without fainting. May their consistent communion with you be expressed in their thoughts, words, and actions. Lord, make them one in the common cause of justice, righteousness, and truth. We pray in your loving name. Amen. Please joig the pledge of allegiance i pled
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 63, the nays are 37. The motion is agreed to. Under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session in consideration of the farr nomination. A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Carper mr. President , i was happy to welcome back our colleagues this week from thanksgiving and come back to work. A lot of stuff needs to be done. We have energy and maybe some fresh ideas. But i hope my colleagues were able to get home for thanksgiving and spend time with their families. Id like to say the thing i like about thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. People ask why . It has my favorite f words. Theyre family, faith, friends, food, fun, football among others. Its whats not to like about that, especially football that was played in columbus, ohio, on saturday afternoon. But i hope all americans were able to enjoy some combination of those things ove
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