Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast

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  • Summary

  • Ken White explores the background of important First Amendment cases and the personalities and history that led to them. Join Ken, First Amendment litigator and law blogger at Popehat.com, as he interviews some of the people behind America’s most important free speech cases.
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Episodes
  • The F-Bomb

    The F-Bomb
    Nov 29 2021
    On April 26, 1968, Paul Robert Cohen walked down the corridor of the Los Angeles County Courthouse at the corner of Grand and 1st. He didn’t start a fight, he didn’t make any threats, he didn’t even hold up a sign, but he did wear a jacket. This jacket featured “STOP THE WAR,” two peace signs, and the phrase “FUDGE THE DRAFT” (only it didn’t say “fudge”). The result was a court battle over whether the government has the power to punish the use of the word fuck because many find it offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Imminent Lawless Action

    Imminent Lawless Action
    Oct 28 2020
    Ken White explores how the First Amendment has handled inflammatory speech, from Schenck to the current Brandenburg standard and all the way up to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • I Know It When I See It

    I Know It When I See It
    Jun 3 2020
    Host Ken White dives into the famously ambiguous obscenity standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins

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