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A Thousand Ways to Kill You
Listen now | He called it artistic expression. The government called it a threat. When does free speech go too far?
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Michael Vuolo
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TRANSCRIPT: A Thousand Ways to Kill You
NINA TOTENBERG: "There are lots of warning signs and these are the warning signs. Language like this is the warning sign."
Bodily Harm is Coming
Listen now | Is burning a cross so intimidating as to not deserve First Amendment protection?
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Michael Vuolo
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38:29
TRANSCRIPT: Bodily Harm is Coming
"We wasn't here to kill nobody."
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TRANSCRIPT: Drugs for a Deity
"I tried to debate her over this in her office, asking, 'Why am I being suspended? This is freedom of speech!'"
Drugs for a Deity
Listen now | Joe Frederick knew that students have some free speech rights, but he wanted to find out just how far those rights go. Find out what…
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Michael Vuolo
26:30
Why Larry Tribe expects “blood in the streets”
Overturning Roe v. Wade could be just the beginning. Find out why one of the country's foremost constitutional law scholars thinks America may be close…
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Matthew S. Schwartz
Will the Supreme Court uphold a nationwide ban on abortion?
Professor Laurence Tribe thinks so: If the GOP takes Congress, he says, "abortion will not be legal in America."
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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June 2022

Now What?
Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, will Americans ever trust the Supreme Court again?
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Do schoolchildren have First Amendment rights?
Listen now | The student protest that started it all.
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Michael Vuolo
32:27
Why it’s so hard to go after police for “excessive force”
A pair of cases demonstrates just how much power the cops have. (ALSO: Can you sell raw butter over state lines?)
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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Life without parole for marijuana possession??
Also: Are elephants people?
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Matthew S. Schwartz
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