In this episode, constitutional law scholar Timothy Zick joins us to discuss how President Trump's second term is testing our commitments to free expression and academic freedom. From the chilling of faculty speech to the fraught intersection of the First and Second Amendments, Zick examines how executive overreach is placing the nation's core democratic freedoms under unprecedented strain.

Episode Resources

 * Thoughts on the First Substack [https://timzick.substack.com/]
 *  Trump 2.0: Executive Power and the First Amendment [https://firstamendmentwatch.org/deep-dive/trump-2-0-executive-power-and-the-first-amendment/]
 * "New Threats to Campus Protest" [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5035039]

SpeechMatters

UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

Trump 2.0: A Stress Test for the First Amendment

OCT 15, 202561 MIN
SpeechMatters

Trump 2.0: A Stress Test for the First Amendment

OCT 15, 202561 MIN

Description

In this episode, constitutional law scholar Timothy Zick joins us to discuss how President Trump’s second term is testing our commitments to free expression and academic freedom. From the chilling of faculty speech to the fraught intersection of the First and Second Amendments, Zick examines how executive overreach is placing the nation’s core democratic freedoms under unprecedented strain.Episode ResourcesThoughts on the First Substack Trump 2.0: Executive Power and the First Amendment“New Threats to Campus Protest”