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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Andrew and Mary record this week from Princeton University. On their docket: Abrego Garcia, SCOTUS, and academic freedom.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Maine Justice.
0:10.3	I am Andrew Wiseman, and I'm here with my co-host, Mary McCord, and we have something very, very special for you because the episode you're about to hear was recorded yesterday
0:24.9	live at Princeton University, which, Mary, I don't know. Is your alma mater? It is my alma mater.
0:33.4	By the way, do you want a fun factoid about Princeton? Of course.
0:40.2	It's actually about my class at Princeton.
0:41.8	I graduated in... You don't have to say.
0:43.4	No, you know what? I'm owning it.
0:45.4	I graduated in 1980.
0:48.2	And do you know who was in my class?
0:50.6	No. Is this a trivia that I should know?
0:53.4	What I teach, I call this the, what do I have in my
0:56.2	pocket school of teaching? Because it's like, really? Just tell me. In my class was Mascha Yovanovitch,
1:03.9	who was the former ambassador to Ukraine. She actually had lots of positions in the State Department, but she's well known for that
1:13.2	because of the vilification. She had to undergo
1:16.3	by Rudy Giuliani and others.
1:18.6	Yep. And General Mark Millich.
1:21.4	Oh, my goodness. Wow. And you didn't know then.
1:25.0	Well, we didn't know then. Where you all would end up.
1:27.7	Exactly. Anyway, we didn't know then. Where you all would end up. Exactly.
1:28.8	Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the discussion we had.
1:33.0	It was great to be there.
1:34.8	Yes, we had a live audience of students, faculty, and alumni, and no better place to be when speaking about both the rule of law and the importance of academic freedom in this moment.
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