Show Notes
One year into Trump 2.0, we examine the administration's record on free speech and how it compares to the president's campaign pledge to "bring back free speech to America."
We also discuss recent ICE protests, including the right to carry a gun and to film law enforcement, and what these encounters reveal about protest rights today.
Today we are joined by:
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Clark Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute
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Timothy Zick, professor of government and citizenship at William & Mary Law School and author of the new book Trump 2.0: Executive Power and the First Amendment
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Conor Fitzpatrick, supervising senior attorney at FIRE
Zick is also the author of PublicProtest and Governmental Immunities, Managed Dissent: The Law of Public Protest, and Arming Public Protests.
Timestamps:
Intro
ICE protests: Alex Pretti, filming police, and the right to carry a gun
How to hold law enforcement accountable
Don Lemon's arrest
Trump's retribution politics and the "domestic terrorist" label
FCC pressure and attacks on the media
Free speech for noncitizens
Attacks on higher education
Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0
What reforms are needed?
Outro
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