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With its inbuilt suspense, twists and turns – not to mention its many opportunities for scenery-chewing – the courtroom drama has long been a staple of cinema. Although plots tend to concentrate on capital cases, there are a fair few where reputational damage, corporate malfeasance, freedom of speech, education, religion, sexuality, race, military justice, politics

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Repeat it, a fascinating new book, brings that point home on one of most important issues we face, stifling of speech and debate, in schools and education system, here it is. explores almost century old cas case. bedrock values of america, freedom of speech, civil rights hung in the balance. this nation would be a different place toward if not for the courage of that teacher and his lawyer. here with me now, fox legal analyst greg jarrett. i friend of mine is staying with me, he said the monkey ...

Steve: why was it called the monkey trial. >> a public misconception, dubbed by media, that scopes monkey trial, that man evolved from monkeys and other primates, but you know this truly was the trial of the century, so much was as stake. intellectual empowerment, academic freedom, free speech our principles we value today. steve: first amendment was in place at that time. how did that interact. >> it was, but it wasnt binding on the states until roughly 20 years after the scopes trial. you know...

Steve: why was it called the monkey trial. >> a public misconception, dubbed by media, that scopes monkey trial, that man evolved from monkeys and other primates, but you know this truly was the trial of the century, so much was as stake. intellectual empowerment, academic freedom, free speech our principles we value today. steve: first amendment was in place at that time. how did that interact. >> it was, but it wasnt binding on the states t until roughly 20 years after the scopes trial. you kn...

Steve: why was it called the monkey trial. >> a public misconception, dubbed by media, that scopes monkey trial, that man evolved from monkeys and other primates, but you know this truly was the trial of the century, so much was as stake. intellectual empowerment, academic freedom, free speech our principles we value today. steve: first amendment was in place at that time. how did that interact. >> it was, but it wasnt binding on the states t until roughly 20 years after the scopes trial. you kn...

Repeat it, a fascinating new book, brings that point home on one of most important issues we face, stifling of speech and debate, in schools and education system, here it is. explores almost century old cas case. bedrock values of america, freedom of speech, civil rights hung in the balance. this nation would be a different place toward if not for the courage of that teacher and his lawyer. here with me now, fox legal analyst greg jarrett. i friend of mine is staying with me, he said the monkey ...

Repeat it, a fascinating new book, brings that point home on one of most important issues we face, stifling of speech and debate, in schools and education system, here it is. explores almost century old ca case. bedrock values of america, freedom of speech, civil rights hung in the balance. this nation would be a different place toward if not for the courage of that teacher and his lawyer. here with me now, fox legal analyst greg jarrett. i friend of mine is staying with me, he said the monkey t...

Article: Tennessee in the Crosshairs - The Tennessee legislature expelled two young black representatives for protesting the legislatures lack of gun control legislation.

America’s culture wars are playing out in the classroom, with near-daily headlines about attacks on school curriculum. Just about every subject has come under political fire, from math and reading to American history and gender studies. Dozens of states have recently acted to limit how race and issues of racism can be discussed in schools. Efforts to reform math face backlash