Discourse Disrupters: Nadine Strossen and Thane Rosenbaum on free speech in America
Robin Hensel and her lawyer, Larry Frost of Bloomington, Minn., stand outside Hensel's home in Little Falls, Minn., in July 2012 next to a sign she created. Hensel has multiple anti-war and political signs in her yard and the city of Little Falls has asked her to take them down, but she refuses and has filed a lawsuit declaring her free speech rights are being violated.
Tom Baker for MPR News 2012
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The first of a new three-part series from John Donvan of Intelligence Squared and ABC News. He's calling the series "Discourse Disrupters."
The first program features former American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen — who grew up in Hopkins, Minn. — and New York University law professor Thane Rosenbaum. They discussed the future and limits of free speech in America.
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