【词汇大师】SLAPP与美国政府（2/2）

英语自学网

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什么是SLAPP？原来是a strategic lawsuit against public participation。看它如何活跃在美国政府中。
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本篇对话中，主持人的对话不需要听写，只需听写嘉宾的话
主持人对话①"And what model would you put here to resolve these cases? You suggested a model that you wrote about in your book, but what model for the new media would you suggest?"
主持人对话②"And finally I'd just like to ask one last question about how the lawsuits and the freedom of speech and the trials that you're talking about, not only the trials in court but the trials of living through such a situation, how does this characterize who we are as Americans?"
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California
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戳节目订阅，掌握节目最新动态。"That's the problem, in the states that either have only a protection for communications to government or no protections at all."
"The California model, or even better the new bill that is in the United States Congress right now, the anti-SLAPP bill. It would protect and dismiss quickly a lawsuit attacking communications with government or a lawsuit attacking communications to the public on an issue of interest to the public."
"From a constitutional law standpoint, a human rights standpoint, America protects free speech at an extreme unmatched by any other government, which is both good news and bad news. It depends on which side of the issue you're on. In our country, typically.“