Helen J. Knowles is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Brandon T. Metroka is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He has authored and co-authored articles examining free expression and judicial behavior that have appeared in the Justice System Journal, American University International Law Review, and Washington & Lee Law Review.

• Acknowledgments – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Introduction: Why Free Speech Theory Matters – James C. Foster: No Neutrality: Hobbesian Constitutionalism in the Internet Age – Mark A. Graber: Freedoms of Speech in the Multiversity – Keith J. Bybee/Laura E. Jenkins: Free Speech, Free Press, and Fake News: What If the Marketplace of Ideas Isn’t About Identifying Truth? – Logan Strother/Nathan T. Carrington: Free Speech and Confederate Symbols – Aaron Lorenz: Speech and National Past Times: The NFL, the Flag, and Professional Athletes – Jason Zenor: The Slants and Blurred Lines: The Conflict Between Free Speech and Intellectual Property Law – Katharine Gelber: Free Speech Debates in Australia: Contemporary Controversies – Ian Cram: Parliamentary and Judicial Treatments of Free Speech Interests in the UK – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Conclusion: It’s Still Complicated – Contributors – Index

"Not since Watergate have mass media and free speech issues been so critically implicated in the health and ills of our democracy. This volume highlights the most urgent contemporary challenges to our Western free speech tradition, from the persistent drive of polarized politics to the crisis of intellectual freedom on campus. Experienced educators in constitutional law and the courts, Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka present authors in an accessible discourse over free speech today, and whether it will survive tomorrow."—Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Chancellor Professor, University of Massachusetts Law School

Helen J. Knowles is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Brandon T. Metroka is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He has authored and co-authored articles examining free expression and judicial behavior that have appeared in the Justice System Journal, American University International Law Review, and Washington & Lee Law Review.

• Acknowledgments – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Introduction: Why Free Speech Theory Matters – James C. Foster: No Neutrality: Hobbesian Constitutionalism in the Internet Age – Mark A. Graber: Freedoms of Speech in the Multiversity – Keith J. Bybee/Laura E. Jenkins: Free Speech, Free Press, and Fake News: What If the Marketplace of Ideas Isn’t About Identifying Truth? – Logan Strother/Nathan T. Carrington: Free Speech and Confederate Symbols – Aaron Lorenz: Speech and National Past Times: The NFL, the Flag, and Professional Athletes – Jason Zenor: The Slants and Blurred Lines: The Conflict Between Free Speech and Intellectual Property Law – Katharine Gelber: Free Speech Debates in Australia: Contemporary Controversies – Ian Cram: Parliamentary and Judicial Treatments of Free Speech Interests in the UK – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Conclusion: It’s Still Complicated – Contributors – Index

"Not since Watergate have mass media and free speech issues been so critically implicated in the health and ills of our democracy. This volume highlights the most urgent contemporary challenges to our Western free speech tradition, from the persistent drive of polarized politics to the crisis of intellectual freedom on campus. Experienced educators in constitutional law and the courts, Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka present authors in an accessible discourse over free speech today, and whether it will survive tomorrow."—Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Chancellor Professor, University of Massachusetts Law School

Helen J. Knowles is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Brandon T. Metroka is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He has authored and co-authored articles examining free expression and judicial behavior that have appeared in the Justice System Journal, American University International Law Review, and Washington & Lee Law Review.

• Acknowledgments – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Introduction: Why Free Speech Theory Matters – James C. Foster: No Neutrality: Hobbesian Constitutionalism in the Internet Age – Mark A. Graber: Freedoms of Speech in the Multiversity – Keith J. Bybee/Laura E. Jenkins: Free Speech, Free Press, and Fake News: What If the Marketplace of Ideas Isn’t About Identifying Truth? – Logan Strother/Nathan T. Carrington: Free Speech and Confederate Symbols – Aaron Lorenz: Speech and National Past Times: The NFL, the Flag, and Professional Athletes – Jason Zenor: The Slants and Blurred Lines: The Conflict Between Free Speech and Intellectual Property Law – Katharine Gelber: Free Speech Debates in Australia: Contemporary Controversies – Ian Cram: Parliamentary and Judicial Treatments of Free Speech Interests in the UK – Helen J. Knowles/Brandon T. Metroka: Conclusion: It’s Still Complicated – Contributors – Index

"Not since Watergate have mass media and free speech issues been so critically implicated in the health and ills of our democracy. This volume highlights the most urgent contemporary challenges to our Western free speech tradition, from the persistent drive of polarized politics to the crisis of intellectual freedom on campus. Experienced educators in constitutional law and the courts, Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka present authors in an accessible discourse over free speech today, and whether it will survive tomorrow."—Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Chancellor Professor, University of Massachusetts Law School