Jameel Jaffer talks with Genevieve Lakier, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and one of the country’s leading theorists of free speech, about the climate for speech in the United States relating to the war in Israel and Gaza. How repressive is this moment, really? Is the First Amendment failing us? And what imprint will the events unfolding now leave on free speech law and culture?

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FURTHER READING
An Open Letter to the Deans of U.S. Law Schools: https://medium.com/@uslegalscholars/an-open-letter-to-the-deans-of-u-s-law-schools-d7c9ef846c68