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.
November 10, 2020 – On Monday, the US Supreme Court once again heard another round of arguments about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The nine Justices, including the newest, Amy Coney Barrett listened to arguments made by ‘several’ Solicitors General – US Attorneys representing government and state interests in the…
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…?
September 7, 2020 – Recently the DC Appeals Court ruled that Don McGahn, the former White House legal counsel could continue to defy the House Subpoena issued over a year ago, to avoid testifying or producing documents as requested by the House Judiciary Committee. The documents and testimony at the…
July 3, 2020 – If you are tired of hearing the same old news day in and day out, if you are tired of hearing the well-worn axiom “fake news,” if you are tired of listening to incoherent tirades and personal self-aggrandizement – you are not alone. Since January of…
June 18, 2020 – A widely unexpected turn of events has led the US Supreme Court to uphold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as “DACA” since the Trump Administration had taken affirmative action to get rid of DACA to begin the process of deporting 700,000 kids brought to the…
Discussion on how big money is eroding politics – and how corporate lobbying and the Congressional revolving door to lobbying is setting the stage to erode democracy even faster and more completely than ever before.
With the US Supreme Court 2010 ruling in Citizens United – equating money as speech – corporations are now poised to usurp the rights of individual citizens. Hear the facts that lead to today. Understand what needs to be done to save democracy, by learning what the founders envisioned – a government by and for the “people” – real people – not corporations masquerading as people.
How big money is changing the paradigm that big tobacco set in motion decades ago. See the parallels of “corporate personhood” then and now – and how the ruling in “Citizens United” equating money as speech – provides fodder for those who wish to subvert the Constitution for their own financial gain. Hear the facts leading up to today, to understand what needs to be done to restore democracy to what the founders envisioned.
Questions to be discussed: “How can corporations be considered “real” people?” “Do corporations share the same concerns as individuals?” “Are corporations using their newfound rights for the good of the ‘people’ or just themselves?”
If you are asking these questions, you are not alone, and you won’t want to miss: Corporate Personhood: How Big Business, Big Money & Politics is Hijacking the Constitution.
Guest: Attorney Shanna Cleveland – Former Sr. Counsel at ‘Free Speech for People’ an organization devoted to renewing our democracy.
Oct. 1, 2018 – In recent days we have heard testimony from an alleged victim of sexual assault and a US Supreme Court nominee–vying for an Associate Justice position on our nation’s highest court. What strikes me the most, is the way the hearings have unfolded. If ever there was…
