In-Person: Free Speech & the Constitution with Jim Coll

The Supreme Court ruled in a 1919 decision that free speech does not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing panic. As a consequence, the government routinely makes laws preventing people from speaking or expressing themselves in every instance without recourse. This informative lecture will discuss circumstances and landmark Supreme Court decisions that analyze the challenge of balancing this important civil liberty and public safety in America.