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Episode: College Palestine / Israel Protests: Free Speech, Hate Speech & Your First Amendment Rights w/ Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon
Description: Protect speech, punish violence. True supporters of the First Amendment oppose government suppression of free speech even if the speech is abhorrent. But when does free speech cross the line – or can “hate speech” even exist without violent actions?As college students at Columbia, UCLA & UT Austin rally around the Israel / Palestine conflict, First Amendment attorney Harmeet Dhillon pledges to defend the rights of “jack**s terrorist apologists to protest” until they target students for their ethnicity or become violent. What should happen to the students who vandalized Hamilton Hall – and how does the state’s response affect the fre...