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The Program on Free Expression, led by Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow Eugene Volokh, advances rigorous, nonpartisan research, public education, and practical training on First Amendment issues and free-speech policy. The program examines how law, technology, and institutions shape public discourse and seeks evidence-based solutions that protect speech while addressing modern challenges like social-media moderation, doxxing, and foreign speech restrictions.

The program connects doctrinal expertise with contemporary social and technological realities to inform court cases, public debate, and policy decisions – helping ensure that free expression principles remain strong and sensible in the 21st century.

Core Activities
  • Research & publications: Scholarly articles, policy briefs, and public essays on constitutional doctrine and the modern regulation of speech.
     
  • Filing pro bono briefs in First Amendment cases, usually together with law students (from Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, UCLA, and Notre Dame), thus advancing the development of First Amendment law while training the next generation of First Amendment litigators.
     
  • Conferences: Programs that bring together leading scholars, practitioners, and judges to learn from each other about a wide range of First Amendment issues.
     
  • The Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Conference Series, co-sponsored with the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law: A program that brings people who are writing their first, second, or third law journal articles, and who are interested in becoming free speech scholars, with leading established academics, and offers the aspiring scholars detailed written and oral feedback on their work.
     
  • Free Speech Unmuted: Podcast that unpacks contemporary First Amendment controversies in plain language for policymakers and the public.
     
  • Fellowships & scholar development: Short- and longer-term research fellowships and workshops that mentor early-career scholars and support new work in free-speech law.

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The Center for Revitalizing American Institutions in multiple ways affirms the purpose for which Herbert Hoover created the Hoover Institution. Through scholarship, policy analysis, and dissemination of findings, RAI will help the nation meet the current existential challenges to our institutions. By giving definition to the problem and approaching it holistically, RAI is a resource for improving the current situation and encouraging an informed and active citizenry.

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