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.
#224: Disruptive Innovation (Part 1)
#222: Bring in the Nerds: Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment
#221: Swarm’s Rogue Satellites
#220: FDA, Free Speech and E-Cigarettes
#219: Women in Tech
#218: How Should Congress Address Online Sex Trafficking?
#217: What is Cybersecurity, and How Can it Affect the Winter Olympics?
#216: The Nunes Memo and FISA Explained
#215: The Net Neutrality CRA: Yay or Nay?
#214: Information Intermediaries in a Nutshell
#213: Heat Baby Heat? Harm Reduction and E-Cigarettes
#212: Department of Labor Saves Gig Economy
#211: Warrantless Spying & Parallel Construction
#210: Watching the Watchmen: Surveillance in 2017 ... and Beyond
#209: Restoring Internet Freedom? Feat. Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner
#208: Data Danger: Keeping Information Safe Online
#207: Carving Out Privacy Rights: Carpenter v US
#206: The Future of Internet Regulation w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
#205: Who Owns the Airwaves?
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