Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the ongoing mass protests in Los Angeles and how the Trump administration’s response also shows a disregard for the rule of law.
Among the topics covered:
· The scale of the violence [00:01:33]
· Evidence that the rioters do not care about immigrants’ individual rights; [00:05:37]
· Why the right to peaceably assemble does not imply a right to mass protest; [00:15:49]
· The bad jurisprudence that supports the alleged right to mass protest; [00:21:59]
· The lawlessness of Trump’s immigration policies; [00:30:07]
· What a proper response to Trump’s lawless immigration policy looks like. [00:47:52]
Recommended in this podcast are The Ayn Rand Lexicon’s entry on free speech [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/free-speech/], Ghate and Bayer’s article “Ending Campus Protests Protects Free Speech,” [newideal.aynrand.org/ending-campus-protests-protects-free-speech/] and Bayer’s article “The Specter of Lawlessness Is Darker than You Think.” [newideal.aynrand.org/the-specter-of-lawlessness-is-darker-than-you-think/]
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the ongoing mass protests in Los Angeles and how the Trump administration’s response also shows a disregard for the rule of law.
Among the topics covered:
· The scale of the violence [00:01:33]
· Evidence that the rioters do not care about immigrants’ individual rights; [00:05:37]
· Why the right to peaceably assemble does not imply a right to mass protest; [00:15:49]
· The bad jurisprudence that supports the alleged right to mass protest; [00:21:59]
· The lawlessness of Trump’s immigration policies; [00:30:07]
· What a proper response to Trump’s lawless immigration policy looks like. [00:47:52]
Recommended in this podcast are The Ayn Rand Lexicon’s entry on free speech [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/free-speech/], Ghate and Bayer’s article “Ending Campus Protests Protects Free Speech,” [newideal.aynrand.org/ending-campus-protests-protects-free-speech/] and Bayer’s article “The Specter of Lawlessness Is Darker than You Think.” [newideal.aynrand.org/the-specter-of-lawlessness-is-darker-than-you-think/]
The podcast was recorded on June 9, 2025 and posted on June 11, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
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ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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