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And understand, yes, that leaving it with them has its own dangers. >> mm-hmm. the last one is thinking of amazon, which rushed to deny its actual server support to sort of more like the pipes to parlor, and the question is, if they deny platform services to a group that hosts both proven criminals and a bunch of other innocent people. >> i think they have to be allowed to make that decision. >> yeah. interesting. >> big decisions here. abrams also represented new york times reporter judy miller...

And im glad you stopped by today. you know what? i wonder if her success definition was the idea of taking "the new york times" to court. having a trial going to -- a trial on this instance in 50 years. now shes got them in court having to apologize. theyve taken a real blow in many respects. but youre right, this is waiting for appeal. its begging for an appeal. well see what happens once weve got a verdict. floyd abrams, thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> sure. look, thats not the only b...

. well, something happened unexpectedly today in sarah palins defamation lawsuit against "the new york times." the jury, mind you, the jury has not yet come back with a verdict. but guess what? that might not matter because the u.s. district judge said that hes going to throw it out -- the verdict, that is. the case in fact. and the judge says that palins attorney failed to prove that "the times" actually acted with whats called actual malice or knowledge that it published false information. b...

Whether it be a platform that delivers, for example, political speech or misinformation or neonazi tips for insurrectionists. these are all decisions about what you want to post. and thats why these republican laws out of florida and texas are already getting blocked in court. recently in december, a federal judge blocked the texas version for violating the first amendment. and some of the greatest first amendment advocates agree, like floyd abrams, the lawyer who won the landmark pentagon paper...

Who trusted them to bear up and not to reveal that information. >> those free speech classes i should mention have defined his career. but you may recall this, it was his forree into campaign law. abrams, who is generally a liberal democrat, he was mitch mcconnells lawyer in the most controversial first amendment case of the modern era, citizens united, which struck down campaign regulations. so i asked about that relationship in our interview, and his views on a man he clashed with in court as ...

Answers in court for half a century, and full disclosure, i first met him 12 years ago when i went to work for him at his law firm. i can say he was a brilliant lawyer and mentor then and now. and after many conversations over the years, this was our first in depth interview of this length. a treat on several levels. i just showed you a couple excerpts. but as you may recall, we always publish the entire interviews online. this runs a full 90 minutes. find it right now on youtube. go to youtube ...

First of a two-part series: Readers discuss “cancel culture,” civility and the First Amendment, in response to an editorial. Next: Speech and self-censorship on campus.

"The injustice of the release of the convicted Biden-buddy Devon Archer juxtaposed against the confinement of and brutality against the January 6th defendants makes a mockery of the "justice" system."

The libel case focuses on a 2017 editorial that suggested a link between a PAC’s map and a deadly Arizona shooting.

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