Free speech in Trump 2.0

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:

• 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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