09/06/2024
The First Amendment and College Protests: A Constitution Day Conversation
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, 1:30-2:45 pm CST
WHERE: online via Zoom (email Matt Evans at [email protected] for the link)
What rights do protestors at public colleges and universities have, and what rights do professors, students, and staff have engaged in public debate and free discussion?
How are these rights balanced against the rights against the need for public institutions to prevent discrimination or the ability to maintain an orderly classroom?
How do we see some of these rights in contention within these protests and counter protests over Israel's war in Gaza, as well as other topics?
Timothy Zick, a first amendment expert and constitutional law professor at William & Mary, and Matt Evans, a political science professor at NWACC, explore these questions in an informative conversation to commemorate Constitution Day.
Zick is John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, VA. He is the author of "Speech out of Doors: Preserving First Amendment Liberties in Public Places"(Cambridge University Press, 2008) and "Managed Dissent: The Law of Public Protests" (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
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