Geoffrey Stone

A look at the constitutional vision and legacy of the mid-century Warren Court, led by the late Chief Justice Earl Warren.

What we have come to know as freedom of speech in the United States is relatively new, and very fragile.

How we got to where we are on the First Amendment. 

UC Berkeley is where the 1960s free speech movement started. Now it has become a battlefield over partisan speech issues. 

The history of legislating sex in America.

A University of Chicago law professor on threats to free speech on American college campuses. 

Last week, the University of Chicago made a stand on free speech when it informed the incoming class that it would not support trigger warnings or safe spaces.

What goes into choosing a Supreme Court Justice? #30Issues looks at how this question has been answered by politicians and prominent Americans over the years.

A 5-3 Supreme Court ruling striking down a Texas law restricting abortion access may have implications across the country.

With the PATRIOT Act up for renewal in Congress, a federal appeals court ruled this week that the NSA's phone metadata program is illegal. We hear what it means for the law.

New York Times reporter James Risen is facing potential jail time for refusing orders from the government to divulge a confidential source, and the Supreme Court won’t intervene on his behalf. Bob talks with University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone about what the situation means for the Obama administration and the press.

In the Constitution, there is a fundamental tension between the decision-making authority of the majority, and the protections granted to the minority. We take a closer look the asser...

This morning, the Supreme Court announced opinions on a few key cases, including:

• In the affirmative action case Fisher vs. University of Texas, the court will send the case back to a lower court. SCOTUSBlog reports that this indicates "the majority seems to reaffirm that diversity is a compelling interest if only because that rule was not challenged by the plaintiffs in the case."
• The court announced that it will hear a case this Fall about the constitutionality of President Obama's recess appointments.
• Several pro-business rulings on the scope of the Civil Rights Act when it comes to workplace harassment.

We discuss the rulings and the impact with University of Chicago's Geoffrey Stone.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice revealed that it had subpoenaed the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors over the course of two months in 2012. Many in the media were not pleased at what the AP called an "unprecedented intrusion." Brooke talks with University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone who says, unprecedented or not, the DOJ's actions were certainly legal.

Geoffrey Stone, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, dissects the arguments before the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 referendum, which affirmed that gay marriage would not be recognized in California.

Geoffrey Stone thinks Kennedy's "real view" is SSM=constitutional. But he's "tempered" to not go too far in ruling. wny.cc/Zw2eXa

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Late last month, Bradley Manning pled guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him for leaking a trove of information to WikiLeaks. He did not plead guilty to 'aiding the enemy,' a capital offense. Brooke talks to University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone about the validity of the 'aiding the enemy' charge.

Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago, takes a closer look at the actual document behind the Republican plan to read the constitution on the floor of the house.

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