The #SistersInLaw get together for an emergency session to discuss the leak that Roe V. Wade will get overturned by the Supreme Court. During it, they look at the role of stare decisis, and lay out the dangers of textualism and the extremism of the court’s conservative justices. The ruling will be a giant step back for our rights and the Constitution, but as a silver lining, could it change the game going into the midterms?
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez 4/30/2022
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw convene to analyze the latest evidence about the 1/6 insurrection coming from recent books, and the need for the DOJ to keep building their case and stay the course. They also give a primer on what it takes to get a perjury conviction, and lay out how the 1st Amendment relates to the case of a praying high school football coach awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court.
Read MoreThe Beat with Ari Melber (Alicia Menendez) 4/29/2022
Read MoreThe Stephanie Miller Show 4/28/2022
Read MoreFrom critically acclaimed podcast studios Pineapple Street and Wondery comes a new 8-part series called Will Be Wild that shines a light on the human stories left out of the headlines. It goes deep into the lives of people who took part in that day. People who saw it coming. And people who fear that January 6th was just the beginning of something, not the end.
Read MoreJill and Victor are joined by Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on the politics and history of strongmen and authoritarians from Mussolini through Trump and Putin. They discuss how these leaders play to toxic hypermasculinity, and use grievance politics, propaganda, and kompromat to take power and maintain control. She also emphasizes the need for prosecution and justice, then explains what happens when they fall.
Read MoreJoin me tonight in person. Get your mom a #JillsPin or a signed #WatergateGirl book for Mother's Day and help Evanston's YWCA. I'll be at the Y's Crowded Closet, 820 Dempster, Evanston. I donated some beautiful pins, including 3 #SistersInLaw pins, and have a few books to sell.
Read MoreAll In with Chris Hayes 4/25/2022
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez (Maria Teresa Kumar) 4/23/2022
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw meet this week to lay out the perils of textualism, and the issues of jurisdiction and experience that apply to the mask mandate strike down by a Federal Judge. Then, they analyze the legal possibilities of kicking insurrectionists like MTG off the ‘22 ballot for their actions, and weigh the pros and cons of abandoning the 9-5 work day as the nation begins returning to the office.
Read MoreAll In with Chris Hayes (Mehdi Hasan) 4/22/2022
Read MoreFriday, May 20, 2022
Hilton Chicago
International Ballroom
720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Jill and Victor are joined by fellow #sistersinlaw host Barb McQuade to kick off the 1st episode of an ongoing #SistersInLaw series. They delve into her groundbreaking law career, look at what it takes to win a case using the kidnapping plot of MI Gov. Whitmer as an example, then lay out Barb’s proposed prosecution memo for Donald Trump and review his claims regarding our election laws.
Read MoreOn The Issues with Michele Goodwin 4/20/2022
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez (Julián Castro) 4/17/2022
Read MoreThe Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart 4/17/2022
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw convene this week to look at the nepotistic dealings of Jared Kushner in Saudi Arabia, and how bribery statutes and the emoluments clause might apply. They also discuss how free speech relates to tenure when professors talk hate and Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter, then cover the shooting by police during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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