Representative Christopher Cox, author of Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn, and Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago join moderator Jeffrey Rosen to discuss Woodrow Wilson’s constitutional and historical legacy. They explore Wilson’s illiberal record in the defining constitutional battles of his time, focusing his opposition to women’s suffrage, free speech, and racial equality. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on November 25, 2024.

Resources:

Christopher Cox, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn (2024)
Geoffrey Stone, "Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University, and the Battles We Choose to Fight," Huffington Post (Nov. 21, 2015)
Geoffrey Stone, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (2004)
Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918
Committee on Public Information, Free Speech Center (2009; updated 2024)
The First Amendment, National Constitution Center exhibit
Susan B. Anthony Amendment, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Justice Brandeis, Oyez

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