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A Conversation with Professor Eugene Volokh
Jul 6, 2022
01:05:57
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The AFA's Keith Whittington interviews
Professor Eugene Volokh
of the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches on the First Amendment. Volokh is also the founder and coauthor of
The Volokh Conspiracy
, a leading legal blog. Whittington and Volokh discuss the recent
Georgetown Law controversy involving Ilya Shapiro
, and
whether universities should take public positions
on the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion. They also discussed
the Kalven Report
, a 1967 report from the University of Chicago on the relationship between academic freedom and the political neutrality of academic institutions.