The Fight Against Homelessness

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The Top Seven Legal Issues of the Current Administration

As we approach the midterm elections, we wanted to spend this episode reviewing the most controversial ways that the current Administration has interacted with the law. We’ve had no shortage of choices to pick from, but we’ve narrowed it down to the top seven headline-grabbing is ...  Show more

Federal Judges: The Birthplace Controversy, the Constitution, and the Fight Against Rhetoric

Naturalized citizens have served as federal judges, including as Justices of our Supreme Court, for more than two centuries, many with great distinction. Recently Representative Nancy Mace introduced a joint resolution calling for an amendment to our Constitution that would requi ...  Show more

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