April 16: Jon Michaels with Madeleine Brand

Start time 2025-04-16 05:00
Finished Time 2025-04-16 06:00
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Wednesday

April 16

5:00 to 6:00 p.m. PT

Vigilante Nation: The Subversion of American Democracy

Jon Michaels

Jon Michaels is a professor in the UCLA School of Law and an expert on how government works, national security law and constitutional law. Michaels’ current scholarship centers on government privatization and the practical and constitutional implications of running government like a business. He is an authority on bureaucracy and the regulatory state, privatization of domestic and national security functions, presidential powers, government ethics and conflicts of interest. 

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of the award-winning daily news and culture show, Press Play. On the show, she covers national, international and local stories through a Southern California lens. She is also the co-host of KCRW’s legal affairs podcast, The Legal Eagle Files.