The #SistersInLaw come together this week to discuss Allen Weisselberg, Brnovich vs.The DNC and voting rights-- with a little celebration of Justice Kagan.
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The #SistersInLaw convene a special mid-week meeting to look at the appalling news about Bill Cosby. Why did the courts do what they did and is there a way to legally justify it? Have times really changed?
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Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi welcome Brittany Packnett Cunningham on the newest iGen Politics Episode. Brittany is the perfect guest to talk about the state of race in America, what laws need to be enacted to ensure racial justice and equality, the calls to reimagine policing in America, and her role and that of other and that of other young people in the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Chris talks with MSNBC Legal Analyst Jill Wine Banks. Plus how can we have a major political party that denies the climate crisis.
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iGen team Jill and Victor bring on U.S. Senator from Oregon, Jeff Merkley, to talk about the growing effort to suppress voting in states across the country and what he and his colleagues in the Senate are doing to counter the Republican effort. We also talk about if our representatives are up to the challenges that confront the next generation. If they aren’t, why is the greatest deliberative body in the world so slow to do the things our country needs? Is it really just McConnell and the Republican — or are there bigger issues for us to handle — especially if you want to go into politics and make a difference?
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The #SistersInLaw convened this week to break down the sentencing of Derek Chauvin and the recent Supreme Court cases affecting students, from the NCAA to the free speech of High Schoolers. Then they take on the role of conservatorship and what it means for Britney Spears. Many people need it-- does she?
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The #SistersInLaw convene to take on the issues of sex and race that still divide our country with a deep dive into the importance of Juneteenth and pride and the crucial values they represent. Then, they take a look at the role of the death penalty in our legal system and how best to incorporate punishment into our handling of justice.
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iGen team Jill and Victor bring on the former Secretary of Defense under former President Trump Chris Miller to get the inside scoop on what happened to our country on January 6th and his response to the insurrectionists. Did those in charge do enough to stop it? Was his response adequate? How did things evolve on the ground? And most importantly, how do we make sure something like it never happens again? Chris Miller takes on our questions and defends his response to the January 6th Insurrection.
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The #SistersInLaw convene this week to sound the alarm about former President Trump taking data from members of Congress and others, before looking at the state of the Department of Justice. Now that Merrick Garland has started to move on voting rights, is he finally living up to expectations of those who hoped he would begin to make the changes our country needs?
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iGen team Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi welcome Texas Valedictorian and viral star Paxton Smith from Texas high school LHHS to discuss her surprise graduation speech taking on her state’s “Heartbeat Bill," the future of women’s rights, how young people fit in the fight for reproductive rights, and social media. During their conversation, we find out about her inspiration, her future in activism, and what people need to do to be effective in making change– no matter how old you are or where you live.
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In this episode, the #SistersInLaw welcome back Kimberly Atkins Stohr for an examination of how the DOJ bridges policies between administrations as different as Trump’s and Biden’s. After a detour into last names and the law, they discuss some of the cases being used to test how conservative the Supreme Court is willing to go. Then they talk about obstruction in court cases and how it applies to Rep. Gaetz.
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Jill and Victor bring on the anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff, to examine the changes we’ve seen in the country while she’s been covering it for us. But despite our nation’s recent division and polarization, we have made it through tougher times, and with a new administration and a slowing of the pandemic, we all have a future that is slowly starting to look brighter by the day. In this conversation, we talk about the state of the news industry, the decline of local news, how to bring back truth and facts in news, Judy's time in journalism, and advice for young journalists.
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This week the #SistersInLaw invite Westchester DA Mimi Rocah to fill in for Kimberly Atkins while she has her wedding! But the law must go on, so the #Sisters take a look at what it takes to make it to public office, how to be effective for change as a prosecutor, and take a deep dive into the grand jury system as it exists in New York and the country.
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Garry Kasparov, Legendary Chess Player and Chairman of Renew Democracy Initiative, and Uriel Epshtein, Executive Director of Renew Democracy Initiative, are dedicated to protecting the fundamental values of democracy at home and abroad. They join us today to discuss the global trends of authoritarianism, what causes democracies to decline and authoritarians to flourish, the current situation in Russia with Vladimir, Putin and Alexei Navalny, the state of democracy in the United States, and what can be done to promote democratic values everywhere.
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This week the #SistersInlaw look at the differences between civil and criminal charges that have been filed against the Trump Organization, and if a commission into January 6th would find that the President and his supporters had kicked off an insurrection.
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Debbie Cenziper & Jill Wine-Banks will speak on their new books Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitlerʼs Hidden Soldiers in America and The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President to conclude the Commonpoint Queens Spring 2021 Virtual Speaker Series May 24 and June 7.
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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson joins Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi on the latest episode of iGen Politics, just over 150 days after the January 6th insurrection to talk about the current landscape of domestic extremism, the road ahead for alt-right, white-nationalist groups, the need for an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate what caused the January 6th insurrection and how to prevent another one from happening, and the role President Biden's Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have in stopping domestic extremism from continuing to harm our country.
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The #Sistersinlaw explain plea agreements, then look at executive privilege and what it means for Don McGahn with a deep dive into the NRA bankruptcy case.
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