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cover of episode How Civil Suits Can Chill Free Speech | The Case of Doe v Mckesson | Garrett Epps

How Civil Suits Can Chill Free Speech | The Case of Doe v Mckesson | Garrett Epps

2022/1/20
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You Don't Have to Yell

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Dan speaks with Garrett Epps, Professor Emeritus of the U of Baltimore School of Law, about the case of DeRay Mckesson - a BLM organizer locked in a 5 year legal battle with a police officer who sustained injuries at a rally he spoke at. In this episode, we discuss how civil suits provide states a convenient way to suppress free speech through threat of financial ruin.