On January 15, the American Constitution Society held a discussion on free speech and a book signing with Anthony Lewis, author of Freedom For The Thought That We Hate: A Biography Of The First Amendment at the law firm of Jenner & Block. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lewis was a columnist for the New York Times op ed page from 1969 through 2001. He has also been a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and a visiting professor at the Universities of Columbia, California, Illinois, Oregon and Arizona and is the author of three previous books including Gideon's Trumpet.

Lewis' latest work traces the First Amendment from its early origins and engages such contemporary issues as hate speech and journalists' claim of a right to conceal confidential sources. In describing the great legal battles along the way, the author reminds us that it is judges, issuing their written interpretations of the First Amendment, who have made the U.S. the most boisterous, outspoken and free society in history.

"Anthony Lewis's Freedom for the Thought That We Hate" is a must-read for Americans who want to understand their most cherished liberty."

- Professor Geoffrey Stone, author of Top Secret and Perilous Times

"If you are interested in the First Amendment and the Supreme Court, there is nobody who is more interesting to read than Anthony Lewis."

- Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR

Moderating the discussion was Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Partner at Jenner & Block and Adjunct Professor of First Amendment Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

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