Geoffrey Stone and Adam Liptak on the Future of Free Speech at the Supreme Court

We the People commemorates the second annual Freedom Day with a look at the future of free speech at the Supreme Court.

Freedom Day, celebrated on April 13, is a day of appreciation for the freedoms accorded to us as Americans. In 2016, the focus of events in Philadelphia and across the country was how the freedoms of speech and expression are exercised, threatened, and protected.

In the last decade, those freedoms have emerged as flashpoints in public debate about the Constitution. Narrow Supreme Court decisions about campaign finance, unions, and commercial speech have raised questions about the meaning and purpose of the First Amendment. After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, what’s next?

Two leading experts on the First Amendment and the Supreme Court—and returning guests on We the People—weigh in.

Adam Liptak is the Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times.

Geoffrey Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School.