That's Not the First Amendment
March 9, 2022
Hosted by Carliss Chatman
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Episode Description
With many issues--from wearing masks, to posting on social media and even using racial slurs in the workplace--people claim their rights are protected by the First Amendment. Sometimes there is no First Amendment protection, sometimes there is protection but from another source in the Constitution or elsewhere in the law, and sometimes the answer lies somewhere in between. On this episode Professor and First Amendment expert Shaakirrah Sanders will join us to discuss the misconceptions about the First Amendment, and to explain exactly what it means to have protected speech. We will discuss the importance of the First Amendment to the Nation’s founding, the incorporation of the First Amendment to apply against state governments, not only the federal government, the historical role of the First Amendment in criminal law and procedure, the First Amendment and social justice movements, and how the First Amendment impacts issues today including corporate personhood, cancel culture, and Critical Race Theory bans.
Getting Common
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Getting Common with Professor Carliss Chatman provides a refreshing common sense approach to business, law, women's rights, racial justice, and entrepreneurship. Featuring experts in law, business and entrepreneurship, politics and government, and education, Getting Common educates while exposing you to a fresh and new perspective. Listen live every Wednesday at 8 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel.
Carliss Chatman
Carliss Chatman is an Associate Professor specializing in corporate and commercial law. Her eleven years of legal practice before entering the academy lends a common sense approach to her teaching and scholarship. She specializes in bringing practical experience to all of her classes, making complex legal concepts within reach for students of all backgrounds. Through service on the Advisory Board of Compliance.ai, she has worked on the cutting edge of legal regulatory technology, helping to train the machine learning platform to anticipate the research needs of those in the compliance and regulatory legal space. Her experience in leadership of non-profit boards and over two decades of social activism has allowed Professor Chatman to develop expertise on matters involving race, women's rights, and educational access. Her scholarship, teaching and service have been celebrated and awarded by her faculty and peers. She is the 2021 Recipient of Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award, presented by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups, the 2020 Recipient Jessine A. Monaghan Fellowship, an award for experiential education, given in recognition of contributions to the transactional component of the Law School’s experiential program and the 2020 Recipient Lewis Prize for Excellence in Legal Scholarship.