In this session, authors Amanda Becker, David Daley and Jonathan Turley will discuss some of the First Amendment freedoms that are now under fire. Voting rights, abortion access, and threats to free speech should give them plenty to talk about.
Recording this moment in our history is a form of bearing witness to that shared trauma, writes Amanda Becker on hearing the news Roe vs. Wade was overturned. Becker wrote "You Must Stand Up, The Fight for Abortion Rights" for history's sake....
David Daley's third book, "Antidemocratic," recounts the 50-year campaign by the Republican right to roll back the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A key participant in that movement was John Roberts, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court....
Jonathan Turley, a law professor, columnist, television analyst and litigator, holds the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School. He has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades, including representing members of Congress, judges and the workers at the secret facility Area 51....