Fighting Faiths

Everyone loves a good redemption story. Maybe that's because it helps us believe it's never too late to change. But how does the same Justice who decided Schenck v. United States, a low point for First Amendment jurisprudence, become the ultimate source of famous First Amendment concepts and rhetoric? In this episode of Make No Law, the First Amendment Podcast by Popehat.com, host Ken White explores Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's transformation into the First Amendment hero we know him as today. To do this, Ken discusses the Sedition Act of 1918, Holmes's dissension in United States v. Abrams, and the discourse with his friends and colleagues that ultimately swayed his opinion on free speech. He also talks to Professor Thomas Healy, First Amendment and constitutional law professor at Seton Hall and author of "The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind And Changed The History Of Free Speech In America."

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Fighting Faiths is an episode from Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast by Legal Talk Network.

This episode is 27:42 long.

This episode was published on Jul 27, 2018.

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