First, after years of allowing censorship and criminal prosecution of dissent, what caused the radical turnaround by the Supreme Court to then support free speech and dissent? Part one of a two part discussion with Thomas Healy.
- Thomas Healy is Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. Author of The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind–and Changed the History of Free Speech in America
Then, we know that the wealthy have more influence than other americans, but just how unrepresentative is the American Congress and the state legislatures?
- Thomas Hayes, is Professor of Political Science at University of Connecticut.
- Martin Gilens, is Professor of Politics, Princeton University. Author of Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
- Patrick Flavin, is Professor of Political Science at Baylor University.
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