Freedom of Speech and the Press (WMA)

Freedom of Speech and the Press (WMA)
The course considers the history and contemporary meaning of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press. Emphasizing the real world implications of major Supreme Court decisions, the course examines restrictions on speech and press imposed by national security, libel, injurious speech, and privacy, as well as issues of access to information and government regulation of new media.

Lesson content


Lec 1. Introduction Syllabus

Lec 2 Famous Features and Current

Lec 5 Political and corporate speech

Lec 6 Aftermath of Citizens United

Lec 7 Subversive, Symbolic and Protest Speech

Lec 8 Subversive, Symbolic and Protest Speech

Lec 9 National Security and Terrorist Speech

Lec 10 Prior Restraints: Near and

Lec 11 Prior Restraints; WikiLeaks

Lec 12 Jehovah's Witnesses, U

Lec 13 Commercial Speech

Lec 14 Review for Midterm-No video

Lec 16 False Speech: Common law liabelty

Lec 17 New York Times v. Sullivan

Lec 18 Aftermath of Sullivan; U.S vs Alvarez

Lec 21 Injurious Speech: Hustler v

Lec 22 Injurious Speech: Hustler v

Lec 23 Access to places and information

Lec 24 Access to places and information

Lec 25 "Or of the Press" 1

Lec 26 "Or of the Press" 2

Lec 27 Different Rules for New Media

Lec 28 Different Rules. Radio, Television

Lec 29 Different Rules: The Intern

Lec 30 Different Rules: The Intern