Is the Big Lie Protected Speech? w/ Brennan Center for Justice

IS THE BIG LIE PROTECTED SPEECH?

Wednesday, May 4 @ 3-4 p.m. PT (6–7 p.m. ET)

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One-third of Americans still believe the Big Lie, which is the verifiably false claim that Donald Trump was the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

The Supreme Court has ruled that certain lies and inaccuracies are protected under the First Amendment — but when an elected official’s lies intentionally undermine our democracy, does that protection extend?

And since big lies need an audience, what is the responsibility of the press in preventing
their spread?


MODERATOR: Eugene Daniels, White House Correspondent, Playbook Co-Author, POLITICO

SPEAKERS:

--Katy Glenn Bass, Research Director, Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University

--Catherine J. Ross, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

--Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice; Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law

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COMMON DREAMS:

"The Real "Big Lie" Has Nothing to Do With Donald Trump"
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/02/real-big-lie-has-nothing-do-donald-trump

"The Ongoing GOP Attack on Democracy" - Big Lie
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/25/ongoing-gop-attack-democracy

" 'A Real Threat to Democracy': Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/25/real-threat-democracy-musk-buys-twitter-44-billion
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