March 3, 2021 – In my interview with Dr. Michael Jensen, Senior Researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, there is much to be dismayed about. Jensen and his team analyze raw data to create ‘Empirical Assessment…
February 8, 2021 – Tomorrow the Senate Trial begins once ‘again’ for the 45th ‘former’ president of the United States. Remarkably, Trump is the first president ‘ever’ in the nation’s 245 year history, ever to be impeached twice – yet by the looks of the carnage his supporters left in…
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University litigates First Amendment issues to bring education and accountability to the American public. The Institute litigates cases against the US government’s suppression of speech, including hiding Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions from the public and from lawyers who may question or challenge the veracity and application of the opinions. In order to comply with the law – one must first be aware what the law is, as Democracy dies in darkness. The Knight Institute is trying to shine the much needed light of transparency and accountability on government accountability . Guest: Atty. Stephanie Krent of the Knight First Amendment Institute on litigation to make ‘unclassified’ opinions – held in secret – available to the public.
January 15, 2021 – Many people know the Fourteenth Amendment bestows Equal Protection on those within the borders of the United States, and apportions representatives to the federal government. But many have not heard about the protections afforded by the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, to…
January 8, 2021 – Our nation’s capitol was literally under siege on the Holy day of Epiphany, January 6. What was supposed to be a Christian Holy day to celebrate the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ, we have Trump supporters donning Trump flags, horns, hate-filled anti-Semitic messages on…
November 29, 2020 – These questions surrounding the presidential pardon power are being tossed around by pundits across America. But what is the scope and breadth of this presidential pardon power – can he pardon himself, can he pardon for specific crimes such as tax evasion, what is the scope…
November 15, 2020 – The United States Elections have been deemed “safe” and “secure” by Trump’s own Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in addition to non-partisan organization VerifiedVoting.org. Yet, despite their findings, Trump continues his bellicose pronouncements that the election was “rigged”…
Our discussion is on the International Bill of Rights – (3 parts) including: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948 after WWII, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights. Specifically, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICESCR), is a “multilateral treaty” adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1966, and put in force in March 1976. Yet, the Trump State Department is weakening the rapport with both the international community, while exacerbating the international norms.
How Reconstruction was a new beginning for the formerly enslaved but the fight for equal justice had just begun – including the right to vote, be free of poll taxes, and the continuing struggle for women and notably black women to vote. Discussion of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, Fifteenth Amendment allowing ‘men’ to vote – and the long awaited Nineteenth Amendment allowing ‘white’ Women to Vote – Culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 taking away all impediments of voting to All Women and Men of Voting age and eliminating literacy tests and poll taxes to voting. Discussion of 19th century presidents who kept slaves during and while in office in the White House is also discussed.
Discussion on the Litigating the ACA during the COVID CRISIS. Answering the hard questions: Why Trump Administration is Heading to the US Supreme Court on November 10th – to Try, Once Again – to Repeal the Affordable Care Act, When Millions of Americans Rely on it – and it is Now, More Than Ever, Critical to Have it…?
