Speech and Press
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, founders of the United States, believed in the importance of freedom of conscience, which may be connected to freedom to exercise one’s thoughts and beliefs as well as to freedom of speech and press. U.S. Supreme Court opinions subsequently connected freedom of expression to fundamental liberties recognized in the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This panel, which will be a discussion among communication and legal experts, will explore freedom of speech and press rights in the United States, how necessary free expression values are to a functioning democracy, and how we can protect these values.
Organized in partnership with the Cronkite School.