1. Browse the A.C.L.U.’s website, particularly the page on free speech (link on Canvas), and note the current issues and featured stories there. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/aclu-first-amendment-trump-charlottesville.html

Here’s the A.C.L.U.’s statement on Charlottesville: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-charlottesville-violence-and-demonstrations

2. Take a look at the handout on rhetorical analysis (will be attached as a file).

3. Read Cole, “Why We Must Still Defend Free Speech”, and be prepared to apply the questions and criteria on the rhetorical analysis handout to Cole’s argument.