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Eric Daniels Webcast on the Foundations of Free Speech

Date: 10 January 2011
Length: 1 hour, 44 minutes
Cost: $50 via PayPal (or US Mail)

About the Webcast

Freedom of speech and expression forms a vital foundation of a free society. The Founding Fathers established a firm but not unassailable foundation for protecting this freedom in the First Amendment. Over the course of the twentieth century, freedom of speech experienced a patchwork of protection and rejection by the courts. In recent major cases, the US Supreme Court and lower courts have appeared to bolster the protection for speech in areas such as campaign finance, obscenity, and commercial speech. Despite these victories, the foundation of these decisions has relied upon the flawed theories of free speech that have been part of American jurisprudence. Without a proper foundation for freedom of speech, these cases will remain a paper barrier to further assaults on our freedoms.

In this webcast, Dr. Daniels investigated some interesting recent developments in First Amendment cases (including Citizens United v. FEC, United States v. Stevens, and others). In many of these cases, he illustrated how the flawed theories that support the correct decisions act to undermine the proper defense of freedom. He also discussed what a proper defense would look like in each case and suggested ways that we can act to protect freedom of speech into the future by improving its foundations.

Dr. Eric Daniels is a research assistant professor at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. He lectures internationally on American history. He recently coauthored U.S. Economic Freedom Index. He contributes to The Objective Standard and wrote a chapter for Abolition of Antitrust.

Free Webcast Preview

On January 3rd, Eric Daniels gave a 10-minute free audio-only preview of then-upcoming webcast. (Problems with the video feed limited Dr. Daniels to just audio.) That audio preview is available as a NoodleCast podcast. The podcast contains the audio from the 17-minute teaser given by Eric Daniels, after a 5-minute introduction by Diana Hsieh about pledging for or purchasing the full webcast.

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