Partner, Barr & Klein PLLC
Steve Klein, a partner at Barr & Klein PLLC, is an experienced free speech attorney who has successfully fought for the First Amendment rights of his clients against local, state and federal regulators. As a lobbyist, Steve’s advocacy has led to the successful amendment of state laws to respect political engagement and prevented the enactment of laws that burden it. Steve has published articles in several legal journals, and his commentary has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Detroit News, and other outlets. Steve earned a bachelors degree in politics at Hillsdale College and a law degree from Ave Maria School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Ave Maria Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Illinois and Michigan.
John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School; Former President, American Civil Liberties Union
Nadine Strossen, New York Law School Professor Emerita and Senior Fellow at FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), was national President of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008. An internationally acclaimed free speech scholar and advocate, who regularly addresses diverse audiences and provides media commentary around the world, Strossen is also the Host and Project Consultant for Free To Speak, a 3-hour documentary film series distributed on public television in 2023. Her books about free speech include: Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press 2023); HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (Oxford University Press 2018); and Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights (Scribner 1995), which was republished with a new Preface in 2024 as part of the NYU Classics Series. Her many honors and awards include the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Judy Blume Lifetime Achievement Award for Free Speech. She serves on the Advisory Boards of several organizations that do free speech work, including: ACLU, Academic Freedom Alliance, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR), Heterodox Academy, National Coalition Against Censorship, and the University of Austin.
Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law, Advancing American Freedom
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Telescope Media Group v. Lucero Decided: Religious Liberty in the 8th Circuit
Assessing a pre-enforcement challenge, the 8th Circuit via Judge Stras protects religious liberty and conscience...
Citizens’ Secret Recording and the First Amendment
Stephen R. Klein
For over half a century, federal law and most states have regulated secretly recording speech...
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The Alaska Bar Association Considers ABA Model Rule 8.4(g): Comments Received Until August 15, 2019
The Alaska Bar Association recently announced that it is taking comments on Proposed Rule 8.4(f)...
Should Hate Speech Be Censored? [POLICYbrief]
Nadine Strossen
Short video featuring Nadine Strossen
Should the US government censor hate speech? Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York...
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Fourth Circuit Recognizes Free Speech Concerns with Voter List Access Restrictions
On July 12, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...
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Licensing Speech & Regulating the Internet: Tennessee’s Auctioneer Licensing Scheme
This spring the Tennessee legislature substantially broadened the sweep of its auctioneering license, with an...
Courthouse Steps Decision: Iancu v Brunetti
Remember “The Slants,” the Asian-American rock band who were denied a trademark because the U.S....
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Justice Kavanaugh, Technology, and the Future of Free Speech
In a case closely watched for its potential impact on the debate about tech companies'...
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Cert Seeking: Can Courts Allow Disgruntled Ministers to Punish Churches for Being Fired?
Pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is a little-noticed petition from Kentucky that raises a...
Courthouse Steps Decision: The Gerrymandering Cases, Rucho et al. v. Common Cause et al.
Michael R. Dimino, Hans A. Von Spakovsky
On June 27, the Supreme Court decided several redistricting cases in Rucho et al. v. Common...