The Origins of the First Amendment with Akhil Reed Amar, Jacob Mchangama, and Stephen Solomon

Panel 1: The Origins of the First Amendment and Its Central Role in Democracy
Probing the origins of the First Amendment and its critical role as a check on the government
Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University
Jacob Mchangama, founder and CEO of Justitia; Research Professor at Vanderbilt University
Stephen Solomon, Marjorie Deane Professor of Journalism at New York University; founder of NYU’s First Amendment Watch
Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center
This program is presented in partnership with the Freedom Forum, FIRE, the First Amendment Watch at NYU, PEN America, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

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All this talk but when it really actually matters the critics get locked up. Julian Assange is imprisoned and Edward Snowden is in exile

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where did all these first amendment videos come up on every other video. I don't care about these

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I know right, when's the National Third Amendment Summit for crying out loud!

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@@-dash or second, or fourth, or...

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@@JS-dt1tn A National Third Amendment Summit would be funny. There’s no 3A jurisprudence or tradition (which is probably a good thing if you think about it - we’ve never had a problem of troops quartering in people’s homes.)
I can safely describe myself as a Third Amendment expert 😁 There’s no cases to study.