Free Speech Unmuted
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Free Speech Unmuted

Unpack and analyze the current issues and controversies concerning the First Amendment, censorship, the press, social media, and the proverbial town square. 

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Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Eugene Volokh is the co-founder of The Volokh Conspiracy and one of the country’s foremost experts on the 1st Amendment and the legal issues surrounding free speech. Jane Bambauer is a distinguished professor of law and journalism at the University of Florida. On Free Speech Unmuted, Volokh and Bambauer unpack and analyze the current issues and controversies concerning the First Amendment, censorship, the press, social media, and the proverbial town square. They explain in plain English the often confusing legalese around these issues and explain how the courts and government agencies interpret the Constitution and new laws being written, passed, and decided will affect Americans' everyday lives.

Meet the Hosts

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Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Insitution. For 30 years, he had been a professor at the University of California - Los Angeles School of Law. He is the author of the textbook The First Amendment and Related Statutes (8th ed. 2023) as well as more than 100 law journal articles; the founder and coauthor of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog; and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Free Speech Law.

 

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Jane Bambauer is the Brechner Eminent Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Florida. She has authored a textbook and dozens of law journal articles on topics related to free speech and emerging technologies. She co-founded the Journal of Free Speech Law (with Eugene and Ashutosh Bhagwat) and serves as an Executive Editor.

I Know It When I See It

I Know It When I See It: Free Speech and Obscenity Laws

Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the various rules the Court applies in obscenity cases and the forthcoming Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton decision.

 

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