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Podcast: Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
Episode: The Trucker Uprising
Description: EPISODE #691 THE TRUCKER UPRISINGÂ Richard welcomes a U.S. constitutional lawyer to discuss the massive trucker protest sweeping across Canada and the world. He'll explain the role of civil disobedience in democracy and when it crosses the line.Guest: Jonathan W. Emord has been practicing constitutional and administrative law before the federal courts and agencies since 1985. Having begun his career as an attorney in the Federal Communications Commission during the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Emord has maintained an abiding conviction to achieve full First Amendment protection for the freedoms of speech and press. In 1991, h...