The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor's Dilemma

EIU Alum, and Chief Counsel for Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Robert Corn-Revere, will discuss his recent book “The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor’s Dilemma”.

This event is in conjunction with the “I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce” performance at the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Robert Corn-Revere has been a First Amendment litigator for more than four decades. He is a prominent writer, thinker, and advocate on free expression issues. In 2021, Cambridge University Press published his book, “The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor’s Dilemma,” which explores how free expression became a part of America’s identity.

In 2003, he successfully petitioned Governor George E. Pataki to grant the first posthumous pardon in New York history to the late comedian Lenny Bruce, who was convicted for “obscene” comedy routines.

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