This month, the National Constitution Center convened the 2024 National First Amendment Summit, in partnership with FIRE and NYU’s First Amendment Watch. America’s leading legal thinkers joined for a vigorous discussion on the state of free speech in America and around the globe. “Free Speech on Campus Today” features Mary Anne Franks, author of the new book Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment; FIRE’s Vice President of Campus Advocacy Alex Morey; and Keith Whittington, author of You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms. “Free Speech In and Out of the Courts” features Nadine Strossen, author of Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know; Jonathan Turley, author of the new book The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage; and Kenji Yoshino of NYU School of Law and Meta's Oversight Board.
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2024 National First Amendment Summit
FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
NYU’s First Amendment Watch- Mary Ann Franks, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment (2024)
- Keith Whittington, You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms (2024)
- Nadine Strossen, Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know (2023)
- Jonathan Turley, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage (2024)
Meta Oversight Board
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