5 episodes
Free Speech Unmuted Hoover Institution
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Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Eugene Volokh is one of the country’s foremost experts on the 1st Amendment and legal issues surrounding free speech. Jane Bambauer is a distinguished professor of law and journalism at the University of Florida. On Free Speech Unmuted, Volokh and Bambauer unpack and analyze the current issues and controversies concerning the First Amendment, censorship, the press, social media, and the proverbial town square. They’ll also explain in plain English the often confusing legalese around these issues and explain how the courts and government agencies interpret the Constitution and new laws being written, passed, and decided will affect their everyday lives.
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Free Speech On Campus | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh discuss how free speech principles apply at colleges and universities, both public and private.
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AI and Free Speech | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Jane and Eugene discuss how First Amendment law would apply to the output of OpenAI, Google Gemini, and the like.
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Free Speech, Government Persuasion, and Government Coercion | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Jane and Eugene discuss Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which asks: If the government asks social media platforms to remove certain posts, does that violate the First Amendment?
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Deplatformed: The Supreme Court Hears Social Media Oral Arguments | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Jane and Eugene discuss the Netchoice cases, which challenge the Florida and Texas laws that limit platforms’ ability to remove users and their posts.
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Book Bans – or Are They? | Free Speech, Unmuted | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
Jane and Eugene discuss: When public school libraries remove books based on the views expressed in the books, are they violating the First Amendment?