Bell Ringers

Bell Ringer: Deliberation- "The Court Has Been Quite Right in Rejecting Any Such Exception"

"The Court Has Been Quite Right in Rejecting Any Such Exception"

UCLA Law School professor Eugene Volokh discusses the difficulties of commonly used definitions of hate speech.

Description

UCLA Law School professor Eugene Volokh discusses the difficulties of commonly used definitions of hate speech

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • What did Professor Volokh mean when he said that “Very appealing restrictions on speech can turn quickly into suppression of dissent?" What is a possible example?
  • What does Professor Volokh indicated that he views as the appropriate response to controversial speech? Do you agree? Why or why not?
  • On a scale of 1-4, one being not at all persuasive and four being highly persuasive, indicate how persuasive you believe this argument to be and why you selected that ranking.

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • 1st Amendment
    • Freedom Of Speech

    Topics

    Civil Rights & Civil Liberties