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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

The Lawsuit Scaring Protesters

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A jury recently found Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in damages to the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline for its role in the Standing Rock protests.  But the ramifications extend far beyond Greenpeace. As protests against various Trump administration policies heat up across the country, what does this lawsuit say about how opponents can weaponize the courts to criminalize protesters? Guest: Alleen Brown, independent investigative reporter, editor at Drilled Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.3

If you're a regular listener to this show, you know that I've been thinking a lot about

1:06.3

protests these days. What makes a protest work? What makes a protest fail? And every week, it seems like

1:13.8

there's more to consider. We move now to other major news on this Saturday night. Massive crowds

1:21.8

gathering from coast to coast for those so-called no-Kings Day protests counter-programming.

1:31.7

Some protests have been highly coordinated, planned in advance.

1:33.2

What's going on?

1:34.9

Let me show you, Chris.

1:37.7

So these are two protests converging at the same time here.

1:38.6

I want to show you this one.

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