Abstract
The mindfulness movement has begun to play an expanding role in personal well-being and in society more generally. Although there is an active push for mindfulness in law, its primary focus is on ways in which mindfulness techniques can help lawyers in their personal and professional lives. This article explores the possible contributions of mindfulness to the widely recognized challenges facing freedom of speech and freedom of the press in an era of severe cultural and political polarization. This article focuses on the external aspects of mindfulness—the interaction with others and with society—to assess whether its techniques might assist in changing the tenor and tone of today’s discourse. Mindfulness has brought many people greater quality of life in measurable and demonstrable ways. The question posed by this article asks whether it can also lead to improvements in legal doctrine and legal compliance practices, focusing on First Amendment considerations in the realm of speech and press.
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Recommended Citation
Gary Myers,
The Mindful First Amendment,
53
N.M. L. Rev.
411
(2023).
Available at:
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmlr/vol53/iss2/5
