Yael Melamede discusses Floyd Abrams.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely debuted on September 22nd and is currently available to stream on the PBS app. With a runtime of 1 hour and 23 minutes, the biopic centers around the career of lawyer and legal expert, Floyd Abrams, and how his contributions expounded upon the First Amendment.
Hate speech is very painful. He's not someone who says, "Oh, just don't take it so seriously." He understands that there's a real cost.
Citizens United is Floyd’s most controversial case. Where do you think the controversy stems from and what impact do you think it's had on political elections? It's interesting that a lot of the organizations who you would think would be in support of transparency actually aren't. And in some ways, I don't know if that's why they don't support it, but it would mean that their donors would be more known to people, and they don't want their donors to feel in any way anxious about giving money.
I think she really believed that those things were the truth. But on the one hand, we had Nina Totenberg who was beloved by the press and seen as being under siege and very defended by the liberal press. And then Judith Miller, who had come out of the Iraq War somewhat scathed as a result of her reporting, and now was being not defended by her colleagues, and instead, left out there unprotected, even though what she was fighting for was to the benefit of all journalists.
I loved that he was quite humble at the end about Citizens United as well, saying that when he came to the ACLU, his predecessor said to him, "If you can figure it out, you'll do better than all of us." And he says in the film he's really disturbed by Citizens United, but he also doesn't have a great solution for it, and I kind of love that.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll showsAmericans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll.
Read more »
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll showsNew polling finds America’s college campuses are seen as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech Few Americans
Read more »
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll showsWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the polit
Read more »
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll showsNew polling finds America’s college campuses are seen as far friendlier to liberals than...
Read more »
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll showsAmericans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political ...
Read more »
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses: pollAmericans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, according to new poll.
Read more »