Rod rosenstein thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us on Constitution Day to discuss a topic central to the rule of law in america. I want to say a special thanks to jesse panuchio, our acting social attorney general and his team for putting together superb agenda inviteing so many superb speakers. More than a decade lapsed between the adoption of the deck la rax of declaration of independence and constitution. A decade during which our citizens devoted significant attention to the question of how best to secure the blessings of liberty. On this 231st anniversary of the constitution, we properly praise the written document for establishing the framework of liberty. The constitution did not write itself nor did it take effect automatically. The drafters engaged in a lengthy debate about First Principles and the people carefully considered the terms before accepting them. Their decision reflected free thought and reflected required free speech. As jesse described i
Peter you very much, mr. Acting associate attorney general, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, my name is peter beauchamp. Im a Trial Attorney in the Educational Opportunity section here in the department of justice. Peter you very much, mr. Acting associate attorney general, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, my name is peter beauchamp. Im a Trial Attorney in the Educational Opportunity section here in the department of justice. In this capacity, ive contributed to several of the statements of interest regarding 1st amendment free speech rights at public colleges and speaker, the John Marshall harlan the second professor of law, nadine strossen. For three decades, professor strassen has been an advocate and collar of the civil rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution, including the free speech right. In 1991, professor strassen became the first woman and yuck and youngest person to be named president of the American Civil Liberties unio
Rod rosenstein thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us on Constitution Day to discuss a topic central to the rule of law in america. I want to say a special thanks to jesse panuchio, our acting social attorney general and his team for putting together superb agenda inviteing so many superb speakers. More than a decade lapsed between the adoption of the deck declaration of independence and the constitution. A decade during which our citizens devoted significant attention to the question of how best to secure the blessings of liberty. On this 231st anniversary of the constitution, we properly praise the written document for establishing the framework of liberty. But the constitution obviously did not write itself nor did it take effect automatically. The drafters engaged in a lengthy debate about First Principles and the people carefully considered the terms before accepting them. Their decision reflected free thought and it required free speech. As jesse described
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Peter you very much, mr. Acting associate attorney general, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, my name is peter beauchamp. Im a Trial Attorney in the Educational Opportunity section here in the department of justice. In this capacity, ive contributed to several of the statements of interest regarding 1st amendment free speech rights at public colleges and universities that the Department Filed in the last year. Im also a proud graduate of new York Law School, where i had the great privilege of studying the 1st amendment and other facets of constitutional law under the tutelage of todays keynote speaker, the John Marshall harlan the second professor of law, nadine strossen. For three decades, professor strassen has been an advocate and collar of the civil rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution, including the free speech right. In 1991, professor strassen became the first woman and yuck and youngest person to be named president of the American Civil Libert