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.
#84: WhatsApp with Brazil?
#83: Europe's War on Google
#82: Tech Policy in Europe
#81: How Stuff Works: Software-Defined Networking 101
#80: FCC Comm'r Ajit Pai Dissents on Charter-TWC Merger
#79: Uber Shuts Down in Austin, TX
#78: Permissionless Innovation
#77: Facebook Bias? The Right Over-Reacts
#76: Little Rock's Taxi Monopoly is on Trial
#75: War on Drug Phones
#74: The Role of Phone Companies in Surveillance
#73: On Amazon's Design, Gov't Knows Best
#72: Regulating Bitcoin
#71: How Stuff Works: Bitcoin 101
#70: Auctioning the Airwaves
#69: TWC-Charter Merger and FCC Extortion
#68: Uber Settles a Lawsuit
#67: Killing the Cable Box
#66: Government Transparency
#65: Student Debt and Technology
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