Politics, Torts, and the First Amendment: The Limits of Protest and Public Pressure Torts, with Prof. Eugene Volokh and Dean John Goldberg
October 22, 2025
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Pound Hall; 101 Ballantine Classroom
In the age of online cancellation and the “heckler’s veto,” what role can tort law play? What even are “public pressure torts” and “protest torts?” How can they be abused? Should the First Amendment limit liability? Should the states make such suits harder? Join us to hear from Prof. Eugene Volokh of the Hoover Institution and The Volokh Conspiracy for answers to these questions and more, with Dean John Goldberg commenting. Paninis will be served.