About this episode

Dr. Mary Anne Franks discusses Trump's autocratic overreach, the complicit Supreme Court, and issues surrounding civil rights and free speech.

Dr. Mary Anne Franks is a legal scholar, advocate, and award-winning author specializing in the intersection of civil rights, free speech, and technology. She is the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at George Washington Law School, where she teaches and writes about First and Second Amendment law, family law, and criminal law and procedure. She also serves as the President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting privacy, expression, and autonomy in the digital age. She is the author of Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment and The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech. Mary Anne and I discuss Trump's autocratic overreach and the complicit Supreme Court and tech broligarchy; the assault on civil rights, free speech and the Constitution, online harassment; the abuse of power; and what we need to learn from history if our democracy is to survive. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by…

People in this episode

Host: Andy Ostroy

Guest: Dr. Mary Anne Franks

Topics covered

• autocratic overreach
• civil rights
• free speech
• online harassment
• abuse of power
• Supreme Court
• technology

Keywords

• Trump
• Supreme Court
• civil rights
• free speech
• online harassment
• abuse of power
• technology
• democracy
• First Amendment
• Second Amendment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, George Washington Law School

Books & works: Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment, The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech

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