Law and the Constitution
Roy Klein, J.D., is an honors
graduate of Columbia Law
School, where he was a two-time
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. In his
40 years of legal practice with a
small Manhattan law firm, with a
large national law firm and as a
sole practitioner, he represented large companies,
small businesses and individuals as both plaintiffs and
defendants in commercial, employment and civilrights
litigation. Roy has served as president of the
Nassau County (NY) chapter of the ACLU. In that
capacity, he developed extensive experience
speaking to high school, college, civic and
community groups on a wide variety of
constitutional/civil-liberties issues. He also has
extensive experience judging high-school, college
and law-school mock-trial tournaments, and he’s
been the volunteer attorney-adviser to a Long Island
high-school mock-trial team for 15 years.
Is Free Speech Really Free?
Censorship and the First Amendment
The First Amendment states “Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.” This
presentation will show how broad and absolute
freedom of speech is on its face. No local, state or
federal government entity (or private entity acting
like the government) can restrict any form of
expression. The presentation will also explore various
areas in which the freedom has been limited,
including political speech (except campaign finance,
focusing on the Citizens United case); school speech;
defamation, including public-figure libel; commercial
speech; hate speech; and obscenity.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Thursday, October 18 2018 |
| Time: | 2:30 - 4 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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