Loyola University New Orleans (BA) Oxford University (MPhil, DPhil) Harvard University (JD)
Employer
George Washington University Law School at the George Washington University
Organization
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
Notable work
The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech (Stanford Press, 2019)
Mary Anne Franks is an American legal scholar, author, activist, and media commentator. She is a professor of law and the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at George Washington University Law School, where her areas of expertise and teaching include First Amendment law, Second Amendment law, criminal law, criminal procedure, family law, and law and technology.[1] She also serves as president and Legislative and Technology Policy Director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.[2] Prior to joining the faculty at George Washington University Law School, Professor Franks was the Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair and Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law.[3]
Franks is the author of The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech, which won a gold medal at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards as well as the 2020 Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Legal Studies and Excellence in Social Sciences.[4][5] Her second book, Fearless Speech, is expected in 2023.[6]
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Speech, is expected in 2023. MaryAnneFranks was born in Indiana to Kang Tu-Kwei, a Taiwanese woman, and Jesse Franks, an American World War II veteran...
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German: [ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] , Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945)...
commonly referred to as The Diary of AnneFrank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by AnneFrank while she was in hiding for two...
before Anne's death, most likely in early-mid February 1945, though like Anne's death, the exact date is not known. The Van Pels family joined the Franks in...
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heated argument ensued with University of Miami School of Law professor MaryAnneFranks. McInnes has espoused the white genocide conspiracy theory, saying...
Butler Harner, Mary Beth Barone, and Josh Meyers. The film is about a meeting where a design firm proposes plans to re-imagine the AnneFrank House's gift...
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Controller in 2012 David Chiu (Member of the California State Assembly) MaryAnneFranks, president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative and expert on the intersection...
evidence expert A. Jay Cristol, law professor and bankruptcy law expert MaryAnneFranks, law professor David Ladd, former law professor, former Register of...
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television actress and model known for her debut film role as AnneFrank in The Diary of AnneFrank (1959), and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966...
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the name Anna/Anne), the mother of the biblical Samuel. Anne and her husband, Joachim, are infertile, but God hears their prayers and Mary is conceived...
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