403: The Constitutional Crisis

Tech Policy Podcast

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4.8 • 45 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez (Law & Chaos) discuss the Trump administration’s renditions to El Salvador, its purges of Justice Department lawyers, and other heinous things you should worry about. Links: Law & Chaos (https://tinyurl.com/yykzstaa) Trump v. J.G.G. (SCOTUS) (https://tinyurl.com/35uj7s2f) Noem v. Abrego Garcia (4th Cir.) (https://tinyurl.com/4u3u43ak) Trump docket w/ CourtListener links (https://tinyurl.com/y9ys95x6) The Constitutional Crisis Is Here (https://tinyurl.com/4947kfkd)

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the tech policy podcast. I'm Corbyn Barthold.
0:29.5	This podcast does what it says on the tin. It is a podcast about tech policy.
0:39.9	It is a tech policy podcast.
0:42.4	That is not going to change.
0:46.4	Keep coming here to learn all you need to know about Section 230,
0:51.5	AI, encryption, quantum computing, online porn,
0:57.8	how space suits work, and on and on. There will always be new stupid internet bills for us to discuss. But right now, my beloved listeners, things are dark. I don't say that
1:08.3	casually. We are entering a constitutional crisis.
1:13.9	That is the topic of our show today.
1:16.6	And I expect it will be the topic of a number of shows to come.
1:21.1	Quite simply, you cannot do meaningful tech policy under lawless authoritarianism. So this is the topic of the moment,
1:32.3	here as elsewhere. To start us off on this subject, I'm very fortunate to be joined by Liz
1:40.8	Dye and Andrew Torres. They're both accomplished writers and attorneys,
1:46.9	but for present purposes, the main thing you need to know
1:49.9	is that they host the Law and Chaos podcast.
1:54.3	Law and Chaos is always fantastic,
1:58.0	but these days it is also indispensable. Liz and Andrew explain everything about our
2:04.7	deep constitutional predicament with the perfect combination of intellect, indignation, humor,
2:12.4	and grace. Liz, Andrew, welcome. Thank you for having us, Corbyn.
2:19.3	Yeah, Corbyn, thanks for having us on.
2:21.5	So good to have you both on.
2:24.2	I am just drowning in the universe of topics and news and scandals that you could currently
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