Book Banning and the Constitution
What can the government do about the school library and the classroom and what does the Constitution say about it?
An episode of the What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law podcast, hosted by Elizabeth Joh, Roman Mars, titled "Book Banning and the Constitution" was published on March 2, 2022 and runs 36 minutes.
March 2, 2022 ·36m · What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
Summary
What can the government do about the school library and the classroom and what does the Constitution say about it?
Episode Description
A school district in Tennessee voted to ban the graphic novel Maus from their curriculum. Because of a case called Pico (1982) the school board's stated objection to the material had to be very carefully worded as to not violate the First Amendment. Now a number of bills limiting the teaching of Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project are also making their way through state legislatures. What can the government do about the books in the school library and the classroom and what does the Constitution say about it?
Plus we talk about the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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