Genevieve Lakier
Professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School whose scholarship focuses on free speech, the role of expression in democratic life, and the challenges posed by modern platforms and politics.
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Dec 31, 2022 • 57min
Lawfare Archive: Content Moderation and the First Amendment for Dummies
From March 11, 2021: On this episode of Arbiters of Truth, the Lawfare Podcast’s miniseries on disinformation and misinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Genevieve Lakier, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and First Amendment expert. It’s basically impossible to have a conversation about content moderation without someone crying “First Amendment!” at some point. But the cultural conception of the First Amendment doesn’t always match the legal conception. Evelyn and Quinta spoke with Genevieve about what First Amendment doctrine actually says, how its history might be quite different from what you think and what the dynamism of the doctrine over time—and the current composition of the Supreme Court—might suggest about the First Amendment’s possible futures for grappling with the internet.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2026 • 1h 23min
Judicial Importance, Independence, And Legitimacy In Polarized Times
Michael McConnell, former federal appellate judge and Stanford law professor; Genevieve Lakier, University of Chicago law professor focused on free speech; Tom Clark, Stanford political scientist on the judiciary. They debate courts as dispute resolvers and democratic backstops. Topics include judicial legitimacy in polarization, the shadow docket, enforcement against the executive, justiciability limits, and originalism’s practical reach.
