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:
Clark Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute
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
Conor Fitzpatrick, supervising senior attorney at FIRE
Zick is also the author of Public Protest and Governmental Immunities, Managed Dissent: The Law of Public Protest, and Arming Public Protests.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:47 ICE protests: Alex Pretti, filming police, and the right to carry a gun
13:30 How to hold law enforcement accountable
19:10 Don Lemon’s arrest
23:27 Trump’s retribution politics and the “domestic terrorist” label
35:05 FCC pressure and attacks on the media
39:40 Free speech for noncitizens
53:49 Attacks on higher education
58:40 Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0
01:02:25 What reforms are needed?
1:09:13 Outro
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