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National First Amendment Summit
The National Constitution Center, in partnership with a coalition of leading free speech organizations, is convened a National First Amendment Summit on September 13, 2023 to discuss the increasing threats to freedom of expression and to celebrate the opening of the Center's new First Amendment gallery.
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.
Keynote: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie
The keynote panel of the event, a conversation with author and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie about the importance of free speech in a democratic society and the forces of censorship that imperil its existence, was moderated by Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America.
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 The Future of Free Speech Project; Research Professor at Vanderbilt University
Stephen Solomon, Marjorie Deane Professor of Journalism at New York University; founder of NYU’s First Amendment Watch
Panel 2: The First Amendment in the Courts
Exploring the current legal controversies filling the daily headlines—from defamation to book banning to threatening language
Floyd Abrams, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Lyrissa Lidsky, Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law at Florida Law
Panel 3: The First Amendment on Campus and Online
Examining the increasing conflicts involving free speech on campuses and online in an age of social media, artificial intelligence, and other new technologies
Will Creeley, legal director at FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr., Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita, at New York Law School
Stay Connected and Learn More
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].
Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.
Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.
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By National Constitution CenterThe National Constitution Center, in partnership with a coalition of leading free speech organizations, is convened a National First Amendment Summit on September 13, 2023 to discuss the increasing threats to freedom of expression and to celebrate the opening of the Center's new First Amendment gallery.
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.
Keynote: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie
The keynote panel of the event, a conversation with author and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie about the importance of free speech in a democratic society and the forces of censorship that imperil its existence, was moderated by Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America.
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 The Future of Free Speech Project; Research Professor at Vanderbilt University
Stephen Solomon, Marjorie Deane Professor of Journalism at New York University; founder of NYU’s First Amendment Watch
Panel 2: The First Amendment in the Courts
Exploring the current legal controversies filling the daily headlines—from defamation to book banning to threatening language
Floyd Abrams, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Lyrissa Lidsky, Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law at Florida Law
Panel 3: The First Amendment on Campus and Online
Examining the increasing conflicts involving free speech on campuses and online in an age of social media, artificial intelligence, and other new technologies
Will Creeley, legal director at FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr., Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita, at New York Law School
Stay Connected and Learn More
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].
Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.
Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.