Comedy and the Constitution: The Legacy of Lenny Bruce
Day One: October 27, 2016
Session 2: Censorship and Law
Steven Lichtman, associate professor of political science, Shippensburg University. Paper title: “How to Talk Dirty and Influence Constitutional Law”
Stephen Kercher, Edward H. Rudoy Professor of History and chair of the Department of History, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Paper title: “Satire and America’s New Sensibility on Trial: The People of New York v. Lenny Bruce”
David Hecht, associate professor of history, Bowdoin College. Paper title: “With Friends Like These: Press Censorship of Garry Trudeau’s ‘Doonesbury’”
Moderated by Christie Hefner, trustee of the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation
