Velshi

Free Speech, Debate, and American Democracy

Episode Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor in Technology & Civil Rights Law at George Washington Law School Mary Anne Franks, Senior Editor at Slate Dahlia Lithwick, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Fmr. Commissioner of the FTC Alvaro Bedoya

Episode Notes

The misconceptions around free speech and free debate, and how Republicans are taking a 'do as I say, not as I do' approach to the First Amendment; Rep. Suzzane Bonamici (D-OR) discusses Trump’s threat to use the “full force” of the U.S. military in Portland; former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya discusses what happens when an administration weaponizes independent government agencies that exist to protect the American consumer