Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast

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Episodes 16

Avg. Duration 31m

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Since Jan 2018

Latest Episode Sep 2025

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Semi-Annually

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About This Podcast

Ken White explores the background of important First Amendment cases and the personalities and history that led to them. Join Ken, First Amendment litigator and law blogger at Popehat.com, as he interviews some of the people behind America’s most important free speech cases.

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Recent Episodes

INTRODUCING: For the Innocent Season 3 | Amanda Knox, JJ Velasquez, and More

Sep 08, 2025 5m Bonus

Hosted by Michael Semanchik, For the Innocent exposes the shocking reality of wrongful convictions through raw, first-person stories from the exonerated. Season 3 returns September 9th featuring…

S2E1 The F-Bomb

Nov 29, 2021 28m

On April 26, 1968, Paul Robert Cohen walked down the corridor of the Los Angeles County Courthouse at the corner of Grand and 1st. He didn’t start a fight, he didn’t make any threats, he didn’t even…

S1E13 Imminent Lawless Action

Oct 28, 2020 35m

Ken White explores how the First Amendment has handled inflammatory speech, from Schenck to the current Brandenburg standard and all the way up to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

S1E12 I Know It When I See It

Jun 03, 2020 28m

Host Ken White dives into the famously ambiguous obscenity standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E11 Deplatformed: Social Media Censorship and the First Amendment

Aug 28, 2019 28m

Host Ken White looks at the legal bases of arguments made by critics of social media sites moderation and shows why Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube bans are legally protected. Learn more about your ad…

S1E10 Gag

Apr 18, 2019 33m

Criminal or civil, plaintiff or defendant — what’s the one piece of legal advice all should follow? Shut up! That being said, should a judge be able to make you do this? Learn more about your ad…

S1E9 The F-Bomb

Nov 29, 2018 28m

S1E8 Bonus: The Mailbag Episode

Sep 12, 2018 34m Bonus

Host Ken White answers common questions his listeners have about freedom of speech and the First Amendment. He addresses the misleading claim that “hate speech is not free speech,”, explains the case…

S1E8 Fighting Faiths

Jul 27, 2018 29m

Everyone loves a good redemption story. Maybe that's because it helps us believe it's never too late to change. But how does the same Justice who decided Schenck v. United States, a low point for…

S1E7 Fire in a Crowded Theater

Jun 28, 2018 30m

“You can’t yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater” is one of the most commonly used First Amendment catchphrases -- but does it really support exceptions to free speech? The answer to this question can be…

S1E6 Street

May 16, 2018 34m

In June of 1966, Sidney Street heard the news that James Meredith, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, had been shot on the second day of his March Against Fear. Street, an African American…

S1E5 Crush

Apr 12, 2018 38m

The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 was an animal cruelty prevention law aimed at videos showing women in high heels crushing small animals. But it ended up being used to target Robert…

S1E4 Disparagement, Contempt, and Disrepute

Mar 15, 2018 27m

Simon Tam named his band “The Slants” as a form of self empowerment, but ran into problems when he tried to tried to register the name as a trademark, and ended up taking the case to the Supreme…

S1E3 On The Job

Feb 14, 2018 25m

When Richard Ceballos, a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County, expressed concern about the validity of a search warrant in 2000, he discovered the fuzzy line between free speech rights and…

S1E2 The Schoolhouse Gates

Jan 31, 2018 34m

In late 1965, a 13-year-old student named Mary Beth Tinker was suspended for wearing a black armband to school to support a truce in the Vietnam war. Through her parents, Mary sued the school. Ken…

S1E1 Fighting Words

Jan 31, 2018 31m

On April 6, 1940, a Jehovah's Witness named Walter Chaplinsky was arrested for yelling, “You are a God damned racketeer and a damned Fascist and the whole government of Rochester are Fascists or…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast have?

Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast has published 16 episodes since January 2018, covering topics in Government, History.

Is Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast still active?

Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 31m.

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