28. CENSORSHIP and FREE SPEECH with Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen is one of the preeminent constitutional law and civil liberties scholars in the United States. Her impressive resume includes serving as the first female President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), being a member of the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Heterodox Academy, Council on Foreign Relations, and the National Coalition Against Censorship. The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America’s "100 Most Influential Lawyers," and several other publications have named her one of the country’s most influential women. She is currently the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. 

Her latest book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship was published in 2018. Her earlier book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights, was named by The New York Times as a “Notable Book” of 1995.

Nadine Strossen Book Recommendations:

On Liberty - John Stuart Mill 

1984 - George Orwell 

Kindly Inquisitors - Jonathan Rauch 

Bleak House - Charles Dickens 

Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 

A Promise of Ankles: 44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith 

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