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b'Most people are pretty clear on the fact that the First Amendment prevents the government from making rules about speech \\u2014 but what about when government officials make informal demands or threaten retaliation related to speech? Such actions have been ruled to violate the First Amendment, but this practice \\u2014 dubbed "jawboning" by this week\'s guest \\u2014 raises messy legal edge-cases and grey areas. We\'re joined by University of Chicago Law Professor Genevieve Lakier, who recently authored an article for Lawfare on the subject, to discuss the legal history and status of jawboning and the problem of informal government coercion.\\n\\nInformal Government Coercion and The Problem of "Jawboning" by Genevieve Lakier: https://www.lawfareblog.com/informal-government-coercion-and-problem-jawboning'