With special guest Arthur Spitzer of the ACLU of DC: Detaining an American citizen abroad, jury trials for petty crimes, and banning displays of the First and Second Amendment.

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American detainee: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/2F0BD717C260711D85258288006F69C0/$file/18-5032-1730182.pdf
Jury trials: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Bado-reversed-and-remanded-2018-06-21-district-of-columbia-court-of-appeals.pdf
D.C. metro’s advertising ban: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wmata-tro-decision.pdf

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