Can Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech?

Run time: 1 hour, 3 minutes

Genevieve Lakier and Eugene Volokh join to discuss the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and the broader history and constitutionality of jawboning, the practice of government officials pressuring private actors to stifle speech. Listen now

Our Fragile Freedoms

Run time: 45 minutes

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner discusses Our Fragile Freedoms, a new collection of essays exploring a range of topics, including debates over slavery and antislavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the battle to dismantle it, and modern debates over the Constitution and how to teach American history. Watch now

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A look at early landmark free press censorship cases

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“In the first part of a three-part series, Constitution Daily looks at a series of landmark cases that have defined free speech rights in the press and popular media, from the Colonial era until today. In part one, we look at controversies from the founding until the Civil War’s end. …” Read more

September 28, 1787: The Confederation Congress agrees to a new Constitution

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 3 minutes

“On September 28, 1787, the congress under our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, agreed to submit a new Constitution to the states, an act that would render that legislative body obsolete. …” Read more

Humility with John and Abigail Adams

Run time: 34 minutes

John and Abigail Adams formed a partnership fueled by intellectual curiosity, a desire to be the best versions of themselves and many, many letters. Jeffrey Rosen speaks with political historian Lindsay Chervinsky and Ken Burns on how John and Abigail supported each other through the birth of the United States. Listen now on Pursuit: The Founders' Guide to Happiness

The First Amendment

“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.”

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