President Donald Trump has been vocal to criticize those he deems political opponents. However, these criticisms often extend to threats of legal action, particularly against the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post and Amazon. Trump has set aside decades of precedent and involved himself directly in a number of enforcement actions, often in ways that would benefit him or his political allies. How lawful is this kind of intervention? And how can the rest of the government resist inappropriate political meddling? Justin Florence, Legal Director for Protect Democracy, and TechFreedom President Berin Szóka join the show to discuss. For more, see their joint op-ed in the Seattle Times, and Protect Democracy’s filing in the antitrust case against the AT&T/Time Warner merger.
#104: Legal Hacking
#103: A Network for the Future
#102: The FBI and Browser Spying
#101: Government and the Internet of Things
#100: Centenario
#99: Controlling the Price of Business Broadband
#98: Uber for Planes?
#97: Space Regulation
#96: Recharging Hotels
#95: Cybersecurity Myths
#94: Email Privacy in an Emergency
#93: Activism, or Slacktivism?
#92: Government Hacking
#91: Democrats Divide on Uber
#90: Media Ownership
#89: Arizona Tackles Airbnb, Home Sharing
#88: Regulating Fantasy Sports
#87: High School Surveillance Debate
#86: Supreme Court Decides in Spokeo
#85: Privacy in the Golden Age of Surveillance
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