Roberts court more than any other Supreme Court justice in the recent history john roberts has played a defining role to change our free speech law writing twice as many majority opinions in anyny colleagues b a once philosophicl and tactical 95 percent of those cases decided it is 15 years roberts has been in theaj majority so there is Something Special about this area of cases that speaks to how john roberts sees the court in the First Comprehensive report ron and david each of published looking at those 56 cases handed down by the Roberts Court the authors eyeopening study provides a l detailed look at of the justices differing approaches in here to tell us are the authors and david henson who serves as a legal fellow with individual rights and education with the freedom form is to. Larissa is dean and leading professor of lot university of Missouri School of law where the focus of the research and teaching is tort law and First Amendment with emphasis on freespeech issues and socia
Public school, video games, made cookies with my parents with all wonderful memories but then our lives were organized around a picketing ministry from the age of five i would protest gay people originally and then from there to everyone outside of the church was headed for hell and we had a duty to go with them of the consequences of their sins and our whole lives were organized around the ministry. Host how does that begin if you talk about this loving family that you have and a normal childhood when did the god hates fags signs calm. When i was five years old and incident occurred at a local park where my grandfather thought he saw my older brother who was that about four or five being approached by two men trying to lure him into the bushes. He found out that parkland is a place for gay men. So he went to start to get the city to clean up the park it was called the park decency drive but even from the first protest it said gays are worthy of death romans one 32 and almost immediate
Things. I was looking up a speech that president carter gave in naming building in texas after congressman brooks and one of the things the president sent at the time was hes a new president who thought ill just have one congressman who disagrees with me, im the president of the united states, its no big deal. Then he found out that one congressman was jack brooks and it was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. We are pleased tonight to have his son here with us. Jeb has worked in the financial industry and companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank in taiwan, Vice President of city groups National Securities and hes currently the managing partner and is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided the wonderful reception so please join me in welcoming and thanking jeff brooks. [applause] thank you so much for t
We have coming up. Later this week we have romance writer duo Christina Lauren here with boston globe on thursday. Next week on tuesday we are hosting former poet lawyer Robert Pinsky along with a few contributors for the new anthology the mind has cliff to fall, next wednesday we are hosting ncc usual the alice of boston history. He got many more events coming up and you can find more information on our website and in the brochures by the registers when you pick up your copy of the book tonight. Tonight we are so glad to be hosting Holly Jackson for her new book american radicals, how a 19thcentury protest shape the nation. But page magazine calls it magnificent calling abwho protested wrongs in their society deserve wide readership. Many find Academic Studies have cover the subjects here but this account written for a general audience is authoritative and fastpaced and visibly portrays a crucial period. In publisher weekly star review wrote electric, this is essential reading for any
Sundays Chris Wallace, Eleanor Holmes norton, and lloyd abrams. This is one hour and 10 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Walter to the news forum. We welcome you tonight to welcome the newseum and the First Amendment and to look to a new chapter in it i would like to look to several of the Founding Partners we have with us this evening, leslie hill and carol, ryan and myra, arthur, and robin. [applause] jan we are also honored to have several trustees in attendance. Shelby, phil, david, jack gutierrez, jack kirschenbaum, john lee, charles, mike regan,rd, john, mike, and barbara walkure [applause] while. And barbara while. Wall. [applause] jan after more than 11 years, the newseum will close its doors on pennsylvania avenue at the end of the month. While the closure saddens us, we are heartened that nearly 10 million visitors walked through our doors to experience a story of news, the role of the free press in history, and how the core freedoms of the First Amendment religio