A Second Senate Trial for Donald Trump | Cato Daily Podcast
February 9th, 2021
A Second Senate Trial for Donald Trump
Featuring Gene Healy and Caleb O. Brown
The President’s second impeachment trial begins with most Republicans agreeing that the whole proceeding is a “sham” and is unconstitutional. Gene Healy describes the arguments.
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Featuring the author Tom W. Bell, Professor, Chapman University School of Law; with comments by Christopher Newman, Assistant Professor, George Mason University School of Law; moderated by Jim Harper, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
The debate over copyright seems to consist of two irreconcilable poles. One side dismisses copyright as a plaything of political forces, imposing illegitimate restraints on freedom of expression. The opposing side regards copyrights as fundamental property rights that deserve the fullest protection of the law—like rights to houses, cars, and other forms of property. Neither view, however, captures the essence of copyright.
In his new book, Intellectual Privilege, Chapman University law professor Tom W. Bell reveals copyright as a statutory privilege that threatens not just constitutional rights, but natural rights as well. He proposes a new libertarian view of copyright that reconciles the desire to create incentives for creators with our inalienable liberties. From this fresh perspective come solutions to copyright's problems and a path toward a world less encumbered by legal restrictions and yet richer in art, music, and other expressive works.
Video produced by Blair Gwaltney.
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During the pandemic, governments placed significant public and private pressure on social media companies to remove speech protected by the First Amendment, blurring the line between acceptable government speech and unconstitutional censorship by proxy. Concerns about this “jawboning” only grew with the recent decisions in Missouri v. Biden finding that the pressure applied by various government actors likely violated the First Amendment. But this case also revealed the limitations of broadly prohibiting government communications with private companies or merely relying on the courts to police government abuse. Join us as the panel discusses the options available to policymakers and why greater transparency is essential to combating such censorship.
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We talk Trump and the future of the Iran nuclear deal with Colin Kahl, former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden.
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China’s military threat to Taiwan and the role of the United States in addressing it are hot topics in Washington. However, Taiwan’s self‐defense capabilities are often overlooked and are arguably more important than the US‐China military balance for deterring a Chinese attack. Unfortunately, Taiwan’s military is not well‐structured to prevail in an invasion scenario, and it has been reluctant to fully embrace an asymmetric defense strategy that would give it the best chance of success.
In a recent Cato Institute policy analysis, “Taiwan’s Urgent Need for Asymmetric Defense,” Eric Gomez makes the case for Taiwan to specialize its armed forces and adopt an asymmetric defense strategy designed to hold out in two critical military operations that Taiwan will likely be fighting alone, even if the US military intervenes. Gomez lays out a mix of policy changes to push Taiwan toward asymmetric defense while also buying it the necessary time to overhaul its military. Please join our panel of experts to discuss this pressing policy issue.
Lunch to follow.
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In 2014 the United States spent over $2,000 on defense per U.S. citizen. It's time to rethink subsidizing NATO allies with American Tax Dollars.
"U.S. Taxpayers Still Subsidizing Bloated Welfare States" by Christopher Preble: http://www.cato.org/natospending14
Produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.
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Are we in a #recession? It's hard to tell!
Learn more from #CatoEcon’s Norbert Michel: https://www.cato.org/commentary/irrelevant-recession-congress-needs-reverse-course-improve-economy
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Featuring James Bacchus, Former WTO Appellate Body Jurist and Former U.S. Congressman; Scott Lincicome, Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar and International Trade Attorney; and Mark Perry, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan--Flint, and American Enterprise Institute Scholar; moderated by Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
A once-in-a-generation supply shock is transforming global energy markets, lowering crude oil and natural gas prices, and quickly making the United States the world's largest producer of oil and gas. But energy politics threatens to short-circuit this American economic boom. Of immediate concern are federal regulations — in particular, discretionary export-licensing systems for natural gas and crude oil — that were implemented during the 1970s, an era of energy scarcity. By restricting exports and subjecting approvals to the whims of politicians, the current licensing systems distort energy prices and deter investment and employment in these promising sectors of the U.S. economy. They also irritate global trading partners, likely violate U.S. trade treaty obligations, and undermine other U.S. policy objectives. Ernest Moniz, President Obama's energy secretary, recently stated that these export restrictions are deserving of "some new analysis and examination in the context of... an energy world that is no longer like the 1970s."
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MAY 21, 2019
Featuring Emma Ashford, A. Trevor Thrall, and Christopher A. Preble
American presidents often praise U.S. foreign policy as a force for global freedom and liberty. We chat with Chris Preble about his new book, Peace, War, and Liberty.
Christopher Preble bio: https://www.cato.org/people/Christopher-preble
Christopher Preble, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy: https://www.libertarianism.org/books/peace-war-liberty-understanding-us-foreign-policy
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