What is Section 230?

Twitter recently added a fact-check message to President Trump's tweets about vote by mail. In response, the president signed an executive order aimed at limiting the legal protections given to online platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This episode explores Section 230, the potential consequences of the executive order, and other First Amendment topics. Host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by digital speech experts professor Kate Klonick and David French.
George F. Will and Sai Prakash on the Presidency
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George F. Will joins Saikrishna Prakash, professor of law at the University of Virginia, for a conversation on Prakash's new book, The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers. They explore the expansion of presidential power throughout American history and whether originalism can provide a solution. National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen moderates.
The Supreme Court's Role in the Police Accountability Controversy by Marcia Coyle
An Important Landmark Anniversary for the National Guard by NCC staff
Yesterday, the National Constitution Center held a virtual program, A National Town Hall on Policing and the Constitution, featuring a keynote conversation with Judge Theodore McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a panel with Monica Bell of Yale Law School, David French of The Dispatch, Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Theodore Shaw of the University of North Carolina School of Law. Their wide-ranging discussion covered qualified immunity for police officers, the history of racial inequality, protests and the First Amendment, and more. Jeffrey Rosen moderated.

From the National Constitution Center
First Amendment Right to Assemble and Petition

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Read > the roundup of this week's articles on The Battle for the Constitution—a partnership with The Atlantic that explores constitutional debates in American life.
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