Name: The Philosophers' Café: Freedom of the Press
Start: 2026-03-23T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 2418 Leon Bond Drive, Green Bay, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54311

$The Philosophers' Caf\u00e9: Freedom of the Press$

This spring, UW-Green Bay’s Philosophy Program is hosting the Philosophers' Café at the Mauthe Center, focusing on the First Amendment and the limits of tolerance. Each evening will consist of a moderated discussion featuring a faculty member with expertise on the topic, open to both UW-Green Bay students and community members. The goal is to bring together people with diverse opinions in respectful dialogue, exploring questions of tolerance and civil liberties. This program is supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue (WICCD), and it is hosted by UWGB Philosophy professor Robert Riordan.
The topic for this evening's discussion is "Freedom of the Press." It will be led by Judge Marc Hammer. Judge Hammer practiced law from 1989 to 2008 in Green Bay and De Pere, focusing primarily on civil litigation and family law matters. He was appointed to the Brown County Circuit Court bench in 2008, and was re-elected to the Circuit Court in 2009 and 2015. He has taught business law, media law and trial advocacy at St. Norbert College since 1995. He also served as a pre-law advisor to undergraduate students on campus. He was named St. Norbert College Educator of the Year in 2019. He now teaches constitutional law at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.