Revisiting the Right to Assembly: A conversation with Professor John Inazu and Dean Bobby Chesney

The right to assembly has received renewed interest in recent years. Professor John Inazu, one of the nation’s leading experts on the topic, and Dean Bobby Chesney will discuss the most recent developments in the law and where it should go. 

John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis. His scholarly focus is the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion. Inazu is the author of Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (Yale University Press, 2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2016), and co-editor (with Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference (Thomas Nelson, 2020). His weekly newsletter, *Some Assembly Required, can be found at https://johninazu.substack.com/.

Bobby Chesney is the Dean of Texas Law and holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs. He was previously the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2011-2022) and the Founding Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, a University-wide research unit bridging across disciplines to improve understanding of international security issues. Dean Chesney’s scholarship focuses on U.S. national security policies and institutions, encompassing both domestic and international law issues.