Professor Doron Kalir’s paper, on the rise of White Christian Nationalism and the threat it poses to the Jewish community in America, was recently accepted by the editors of the third annual “Law vs. Antisemitism” symposium. Next year’s symposium will be held in February at Florida International University School of Law in Miami. In the paper, Kalir explores the First Amendment doctrines relevant to such rise, in particular freedom of speech and the Free Exercise Clause. Relying in large part on the Supreme Court’s recent Counterman v. Colorado, 143 S.Ct. 2106 (2023), Kalir argues that many of the actions and rhetoric used by WCN may rise to the level of “true threats of violence,” and therefore may not merit First Amendment protection.
Congratulations! A serious subject and would love to read it.