Episode 19: Constitutionalists United – Special Guest Floyd Abrams

May 19, 2021

Amarica’s Constitution continues our parade of civil libertarian greats, and asks: What is the State of the First Amendment? as its champion, Floyd Abrams, appears as our special guest.  The answers are sometimes surprising, indeed.

Our series on civil liberties, including especially the First Amendment and free speech, continues with perhaps its greatest advocate before the Supreme Court, Floyd Abrams.  It’s natural to assume that Floyd would be an absolutist on such bedrocks as the case New York Times v. Sullivan – especially since he has represented The NY Times for years.  But no, surprisingly, he expresses, to Akhil and Andy, certain abridgments of this case that he might consider if he were, say, on the bench.  This and so much more, as a momentous career is celebrated and revealed, from one’s duty to one’s client to what it’s like to appear before the Supreme Court.