Location
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Event Website
http://www.mcgeorge.edu/Faculty_and_Scholarship/Faculty_Scholarship/Distinguished_Speaker_Series.htm
Start Date
9-2-2017 12:00 PM
End Date
9-2-2017 1:00 PM
Description
In this talk, Professor Marceau will discuss the intersection of free speech and lies in constitutional doctrine. “Ag-gag” laws criminalize actions that include secret filming by whistleblowers of animal abuses on factory farms. Using the proliferation of ag-gag laws as an example, Professor Marceau will identify and discuss investigative deceptions as a category of high-value lies that ought to receive rigorous free speech protection because of their instrumental value to securing and disseminating information essential to a well-functioning democracy. He will also identify, more generally, the types of limits that may be imposed on lying consistent with the First Amendment
Ag-Gag Laws, Lies, and the First Amendment
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
In this talk, Professor Marceau will discuss the intersection of free speech and lies in constitutional doctrine. “Ag-gag” laws criminalize actions that include secret filming by whistleblowers of animal abuses on factory farms. Using the proliferation of ag-gag laws as an example, Professor Marceau will identify and discuss investigative deceptions as a category of high-value lies that ought to receive rigorous free speech protection because of their instrumental value to securing and disseminating information essential to a well-functioning democracy. He will also identify, more generally, the types of limits that may be imposed on lying consistent with the First Amendment
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/mcgeorge-dss/2016-2017events/Events/6
