Free speech is a human right.

It's a natural right.

It's not a right that's bestowed by the government.

It's a right that belongs to us as human beings.

It's a right that we need to be fully human.

If you're denied the ability to speak,

to express yourself, to project part of yourself

in the world around you, parts of the human brain actually changed.

Welcome back to Dr. Phil podcast.

First, I want to say thank you to all of you that are tuning in.

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we grow, the more powerful these conversations become. And I appreciate each and every one of you, you're going to see today why you do that

because people ask me a lot where I go to get information that I trust.

And he may not know it because this is the first time that we have actually spoken. But when I'm looking for

insight and understanding on a complex issue, Jonathan Turley is one of the first places I go to

get insight and understanding. Jonathan Turley is a distinguished law professor at George

Washington University. He's a columnist. He's a TV

analyst. And he's a litigator in some of the most interesting cases in American jurisprudence

history, I swear. He is a strong advocate for free speech. He holds the Shapiro Chair for Public

Interest Law and has been ranked among the top 100 most cited public intellectuals and represented really high-profile cases like the area 51 workers to testifying in multiple impeachment hearings.

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