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.
#244: Utah Wants a Warrant
#243: Will the Electric Scooter Movement Lose Its Charge?
#242: Hybrid Networks and the Future of Wireless
#241: Journalists v. Trump
#240: Techlash: What Do Americans Think?
#239: Net Neutrality: Can States Regulate the Internet?
#238: Breaking Down Encryption
#237: Prodigal Son Returns
#236: Low Hanging Fruit with Professor Daskal
#235: Hasta La Vista, Robocalls?!
#234: Judging Judge Kavanaugh
#233: The Sharing Economy is Dead... Long Live the Hustle Economy
#232: Nationalizing 5G
#231: Preview of the Internet Governance Forum USA 2018
#230: Updating the FCC's Kid Vid Rules with Commissioner O'Rielly
#229: LabMD Court Decision Ushers in a New Era for the FTC
#228: FBI Lost Count... Of Locked Phones
#227: Can Flightsharing Finally Take Off?
#226: The Fairness Doctrine: The Next Generation
#225: WHOIS going to deal with cybersecurity: GDPR Edition
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