The Origins of the First Amendment with Akhil Reed Amar, Jacob Mchangama, and Stephen Solomon

Panel 1: The Origins of the First Amendment and Its Central Role in Democracy Probing the origins of the First Amendment and its critical role as a check on the government Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University Jacob Mchangama, founder and CEO of Justitia; Research Professor at Vanderbilt University Stephen Solomon, Marjorie Deane Professor of Journalism at New York University; founder of NYU’s First Amendment Watch Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center This program is presented in partnership with the Freedom Forum, FIRE, the First Amendment Watch at NYU, PEN America, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.