June 20, 2017

Free Speech on College Campuses

College students, university officials, and law professors testified at a hearing on the First Amendment and free speech on college… read more

College students, university officials, and law professors testified at a hearing on the First Amendment and free speech on college campuses. Topics included the role colleges play in protecting students if there is a threat of violence due to a controversial speaker, defining offensive speech or thought, and how students deal with viewpoint discrimination in classroom settings. close

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Floyd Abrams Attorney Cahill, Gordon, and Reindel->Constitutional Law
Fanta Aw Interim Vice President American University->Campus Life

Richard Blumenthal U.S. Senator (Class 3) [D] Connecticut
Richard Cohen President and CEO Southern Poverty Law Center
Ted Cruz U.S. Senator (Class 1) [R] Texas
Dick Durbin U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] Illinois
Dianne Feinstein U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] California
Chuck Grassley U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Iowa
John Neely Kennedy U.S. Senator [R] Louisiana
Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Minnesota
Frederick M. Lawrence Secretary and CEO Phi Beta Kappa Society
Ben Sasse U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Nebraska
Isaac Smith Student University of Cincinnati->College of Law
Eugene Volokh Professor University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
Zachary Wood Student Williams College

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Program ID:: 430214-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jun 20, 2017 | 10:03am EDT | C-SPAN.org
Last Aired:: Dec 28, 2017 | 2:44am EST | C-SPAN 1

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Jun 20, 2017 | 8:35pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jun 21, 2017 | 2:08am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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Dec 28, 2017 | 2:44am EST | C-SPAN 1

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