Democracy and Destiny EP 8 with Andrew Warren & Matt Newton WBAI Version by Democracy & Destiny with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

In this episode ProfCiara talks with lawyers Andrew Warren and Matt Newton about Florida politics, the ghost candidate scandal, and governor DeSantis's firing of Andrew Warren from his elected position as a state prosecutor in Tampa, which two federal courts ruled was unconstitutional under the First Amendment. This discussion also includes the problem of dark money in Florida elections, FPL and the good work of Florida papers like the Orlando Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times, and Miami Herald in unearthing the ghost candidate story which led to multiple criminal convictions. Covers legal cases State of Florida v. Artiles, State of Florida v. Fogelsong, State of Florida v. Iannotti, Warren v. DeSantis and Bond v. Floyd. This episode notes the Ninth Circuit in USA v. Holmes upheld the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes for her fraud at Theranos. Features the adventures of @ProfCiara's labradoodle. This is based on a chapter of the NYU Press book Corporatocracy.