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Free Speech: The First Amendment In Crisis
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in reaI\-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award\-winning professors and experts in their fieId, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worIds of reIigion, government, literature, and social justice. The First Amendment to the Constitution is considered a pillar of our democracy. By pIacing checks on governmentaI power to silence its populace, its protections have important ramifications. But the First Amendment is not simpIy a IegaI concept\-\-it has significant and far\-reaching cuIturaI impIications as well. This course wiII consider questions of how we define speech, and when the state or others can interfere with individual rights. What the First Amendment protects is largeIy a function of why it offers protection\-\-a commitment to democracy and liberty. ln pursuit of these ideaIs, courts have often pIaced a higher vaIue on poIitical speech, aIthough no such distinction is made in the Constitution. ln recent years, American universities today have become hotbeds not just for vigorous debate but for questioning whether vigorous debate even has a rightfuI place on campus. Speech codes, canceled guest Iecturers, and heckIers regularIy make headlines. This taIk wiIl expIore how our coIleges have become Iightning rods for conflict about the First Amendment. |
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