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Free Speech Unmuted

Free Speech Unmuted

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 Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Eugene Volokh is one of the country’s foremost experts on the 1st Amendment and legal issues surrounding free speech. Jane Bambauer is a distinguished professor of law and journalism at the University of Florida. On Free Speech Unmuted, Volokh and Bambauer unpack and analyze the current issues and controversies concerning the First Amendment, censorship, the press, social media, and the proverbial town square. They’ll also explain in plain English the often confusing legalese around these issues and explain how the courts and government agencies interpret the Constitution and new laws being written, passed, and decided will affect their everyday lives.© Copyright by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University Political Science Politics & Government World
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  • The Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution

    The Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
    Jul 1 2025

    Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the Court’s June 27 decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which upheld a state law that required pornography sites to “use reasonable age verification methods ... to verify” that their users are adults.

    Recorded on July 1, 2025.

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    46 mins
  • Free Speech, Public School Students, and “There Are Only Two Genders” | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution

    Free Speech, Public School Students, and “There Are Only Two Genders” | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
    Jun 9 2025

    Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the First Amendment rules pertaining to public school students. The occasion: The Supreme Court just declined to consider a federal appeals court case that led a public school to punish a student for wearing a T-shirt saying “There Are Only Two Genders.” Did the lower court get that right?

    Recorded on June 3, 2025.

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    50 mins
  • Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution

    Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer | Hoover Institution
    May 9 2025

    A mother sues Character.AI, claiming that a conversation between her teenage son and a Character.AI chatbot led him to commit suicide. A conservative activist sues Meta, claiming that its AI-generated false accusations about him. Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh analyze these cases, and more broadly, discuss lawsuits against AI companies, and possible First Amendment defenses to those lawsuits.

    Recorded on May 6, 2025.

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    53 mins
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