The Civ Lib Podcast

In this episode we tackle the issue of why the First Amendment protects us from not only the federal government, but from the state governments as well. Through the Doctrine of Incorporation, the Supreme Court began to gradually incorporate a number of our civil liberties that were designed to protect us from a powerful federal government and extend those same liberties to protect us from the state governments. The Fourteenth Amendment, (passed during the aftermath of the Civil War as a...

Hello and welcome to the first episode of the brand new Civ Lib podcast, where we look at the Supreme Court and the first amendment. My name is Arch Grieve and I’ll be hosting this podcast, so let me tell you a little bit about myself. I’m a graduate of Wright State University, graduating with a degree in social science education, and currently I’m going to school at the University of Dayton in Dayton, OH to get my license so I can get into the classroom. I’m married and currently work as a...