Snyder v. Phelps: Defending Speech You Hate - A Panel Discussion

Date/Time:	Thursday, 07 Apr 2011 at 4:45 pm
Location:	Cardinal Room, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
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Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Diversity Lectures
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Media law experts will discuss last month's Supreme Court ruling that the First Amendment protects the right to stage protests at funerals and burials. Panelists include Gene Policinski, First Amendment Center; Jeff Hunt, a First Amendment attorney; Adam Kissell, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; and Frank LoMonte, sTudent Press Law Center. Moderated by Richard Doak. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.

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The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church, whose members frequently picket military funerals, claiming the death of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is God's way of punishing the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality and abortion.