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Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss a federal appeals court’s ruling that bulk metadata collection is illegal. Also, Hillary Clinton gets aggressive on innovation, and a New York Times article about nail salons has everyone talking.

Scheer is joined by Josh Barro of The New York Times, moderating from the center; Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right; and special guest Joan Walsh.

Listen here.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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