Welcome back to the Libertarian Podcast from the Hoover Institution.

I'm your host, Tom Church, and I'm joined as always by the Libertarian Professor Richard Epstein.

Richard is the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow here at the Hoover Institution.

He is the Lawrence A Tish Professor of Law at NYU, and he's a senior lecturer at the University of

Chicago.

Today, we're going to be reading the tea leaves a little bit

and talking about a second Trump presidency.

Now, Richard, for the last month or so,

the betting markets and the polls have shifted away from Vice President

Harris and back toward former President Donald Trump.

And that's led some to, let's say, hand ring, some hand-ringing for for many many people, including the good folks over at the New York Times, who written this article that I want to talk through with you today.

The story is titled, Why Legal Experts are worried about a second Trump presidency.

And it cites a few things, it cites a survey of many members of the DC legal establishment who are worried about Trump and his

threats to his adversaries. It cites this recent tweet from Trump where Trump

threatens to prosecute those who opposed him, especially in 2020.

And I'd like to read two key parts of that tweet to you.

He says about the 2020 election, which of course he claims and says, know was stolen when I win those people that

cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law which will include

long-term prison sentences and he ends the tweet with those involved in unscrupulous

behavior will be sought out caught and prosecuted at levels unfortunately never

seen before in our country.

So Richard, my question to you is, how worried should we be about Trump's ability to wield

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