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Jun 3, 2022

In this episode, Kathryn speaks with Samantha Barbas, a University at Buffalo School of Law professor and Director of the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, about the future of the first amendment. Samantha talks about who Morris Ernst is and how he got recognition in the field. She also discusses how she was able to go through all the materials and documents left by Morris Ernst to share his work and life to other people. Additionally, Samantha shares about the contents in the first amendment and the issues that people should be paying attention to in this modern time.


Episode Resources

  • https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus
  • https://www.law.buffalo.edu/faculty/facultyDirectory/barbasSamantha.html
  • https://samanthabarbas.com/ 


    Episode Highlights
  • Why Samantha Barbas decided to go to law school in the first place
  • The reason behind her decision to be a law school professor
  • How she places Morris Ernst in terms of the history of the first amendment and the legal history in general
  • What are the things that stuck out to Samantha about Morris Ernst as a person
  • How she went through all the 600 boxes of materials and documents left by Morris Ernst
  • The sunset of Morris Ernst’s career
  • Is there a flashpoint under the first amendment jurisprudence?
  • The contents in the first amendment and the issues that we’re currently seeing in the first amendment that people should pay attention to


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