Readers
in the New York area: The Columbia Law
Review will be holding a day-long symposium this Friday, March 23, that asks
how First Amendment law might be reimagined for a present and future of
mounting economic inequality and authoritarian challenges to democratic norms.
The panels are organized around works-in-progress by Jack Balkin, Catherine
Fisk, Leslie Kendrick, Genevieve Lakier, Jed Purdy, Bertrall Ross, and Mike
Seidman. (Fisk’s and Seidman’s drafts are already online; all of the papers will be
available in hard copy at the event.) More information about the symposium,
which is cosponsored by the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Center for
Constitutional Governance, can be found here. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required.