As a scholar and lawyer focused on freedom of speech in the U.S., I have studied the federal government’s attempts to restrict speech, including during World War I, and the legal cases that challenged them,” Eric P. Robinson writes. These cases helped form the modern idea of the First Amendment right of free speech. But the conflict between patriotism and free expression continues to be an issue a century later.”
Eric P. Robinson
Eric P. Robinson is an assistant professor of Media Law and Ethics at the University of South Carolina. Robinson is an attorney and scholar focused on legal issues involving the media, including the internet and social media. His experience includes being an affiliate scholar with the Digital Media Law Project at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society; a staff attorney at the Media Law Resource Center; and a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.