The First Amendment

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Dates:April 3 - May 8, 2024
Meets:Wednesdays, April 3 - May 8, 2024, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Location:The Village at Rockville
Cost: $0.00

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There are only 45 words in the First Amendment to the US Constitution, but they have generated millions of words of court rulings, commentary, and debate over 230 years. This 6-week course will focus on several important and timely aspects of First Amendment cases and controversy. Classes will explore: when free speech is unprotected by the First Amendment; what impact social media and new technologies have on free speech; the interplay of free speech and other rights and values in our society; and evolving notions of religious freedom in the Supreme Court.
Fee: $0.00
Hours:12.00

The Village at Rockville

9701 Veirs Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Stephen Wermiel

Stephen Wermiel, JD, is a Professor of Practice in Constitutional Law and part of the Program
on Law and Government at American University Washington College of Law. He is currently a
Member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association (ABA) and also sits in the
ABA House of Delegates. He is Past Chair of the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
(CRSJ) (formerly Individual Rights and Responsibilities) and authors a monthly column on
SCOTUSblog aimed at explaining the Supreme Court to law students. He is co-author of Justice
Brennan: Liberal Champion (the definitive biography of the late Supreme Court Justice William
J. Brennan Jr.), published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover 2010 and by University
Press of Kansas in paperback in 2013. He is also co-author of The Progeny: Justice William J.
Brennan’s Fight To Preserve The Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan, published by ABA
Publishing in 2014.

Date Day Time Location
04/03/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville
04/10/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville
04/17/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville
04/24/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville
05/01/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville
05/08/2024Wednesday10 AM to 12 N The Village at Rockville

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