Amendments

Amendments

Amendments to the Constitution are almost as old as the Constitution itself. Learn more about the original “Amendments” (which we now call the Bill of Rights) as well as crucial later amendments that altered and extended the Constitution in new ways.

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8 of 8: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan: A Landmark Case for Free Speech [No. 86]

Are political ads protected under the First Amendment? In this episode of No. 86, Professor Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law explains how New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), a landmark Supreme Court case, transformed our understanding of li ... Are political ads protected under the First Amendment? In this episode of No. 86, Professor Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law explains how New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), a landmark Supreme Court case, transformed our understanding of libel law.

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