Violence, Vulgarity, Lies
The Albany Law Review has a symposium on free speech issues -- "Violence, Vulgarity, Lies ... and the Importance of 21st Century Free Speech" -- coming up September 27 at Albany Law. And it looks like it's gathered a solid lineup of speakers, including:
Floyd Abrams, First Amendment lawyer, whose wins before the U.S. Supreme Court range from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United
Dean Alan B. Morrison, George Washington School of Law, who co-founded the Public Citizen Litigation Group with Ralph Nader and who has argued more than 20 cases before the Supreme Court
Susan Herman, President, American Civil Liberties Union, and author, Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy
Robert O'Neil, former President, University of Virginia, and founder, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Ronald Collins, Harold S. Shefelman Scholar, University of Washington School of Law
Robert D. Richards, founding co-director, Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment, and John & Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies at Penn State
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent, The New York Times
The symposium is free and open to the public.
Yep, Albany Law does advertise on AOA.
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Bob "No beer, Cavalier" O'Neil is coming to town? I feel like chasing after him and shouting, "FLASH!" just to see if he freezes in place. (First-year football flashbacks...)
Seriously though, that's quite an impressive lineup. Way to go, Albany Law!
... said apertureamy on Aug 22, 2012 at 5:11 PM | link
Isn't having a symposium about free speech sort of rubbing it in?
... said Code Monkey on Aug 22, 2012 at 8:39 PM | link
I'm not sure how anyone could possibly describe Citizens United as a "win"
... said On Second Thought... on Aug 23, 2012 at 12:58 PM | link