Episode 25: Ramya Krishnan

This week's Chair Chat features a discussion with Knight First Amendment Institute Staff Attorney and Columbia Law School Lecturer in Law Ramya Krishnan about Arkansas Times v. Waldrip and anti-boycott laws. Watch the full chat below!

This Bar year, Section Chair Juan R. Thomas will host esteemed guests and colleagues for a weekly Chair Chat. This platform is designed to bring together legal scholars, advocates, thought leaders and activists committed to fighting for social justice, protecting our democracy, and upholding the rule of law, and to share strategies for tackling the existing and emerging civil rights issues facing our country. 

Guest Speaker

• Ramya Krishnan, Staff Attorney, Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia Law School; Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School

Host

• Juan R. Thomas, Chair, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Of Counsel, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.

Resources

Arkansas Times v. Waldrip Cert Petition

NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982)

Anti-boycott laws 'opening up a Pandora's box' for free speech | CNN

Boycott | As this wave of anti-boycott legislation has swept through the country, so has a counter-wave in defense of freedom of speech. Everyday Americans are challenging these laws for their constitutionality in a nation-wide battle likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court. With full access to the plaintiffs and in revelatory moments with elected officials, Boycott chronicles one of the most consequential First Amendment battles of the past few decades and investigates the question – how did we get here?

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