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Lex Fridman
Ronald Sullivan, a Harvard Law School professor and former public defender who has never lost a case in his career, took on the representation of Harvey Weinstein following an initial call from a colleague in January 2019. Driven by a principle that unpopular defendants are essential to testing the …
Lex Fridman
Harvey Silverglate, co-founder of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), argues in this interview that freedom of speech is the most critical right Americans possess, essential to any functioning democracy. He identifies as an absolutist regarding free expression, asserting that hat …
Lex Fridman
Scott Horton argues that post-9/11 wars served as a stark revelation of how the military-industrial complex can mislead the public and erode civil liberties, citing staggering costs in lives and money without achieving strategic objectives. He details data showing hundreds of thousands of direct dea …