Articles in Category: U.S. Constitution

Dancin’ on the Dumb, Dangerous Debt Ceiling: ‘BradCast’ 5/17/2023

Guest: Attorney Ernest A. Canning on how Biden can safely avoid default; Also: Suit against Giuliani details how Trump's scheme to steal 2020 was hatched by early 2019; Election results from FL, KY, PA...

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Brad Friedman,
5/17/2023 -
6:06 pm PT

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A Simple Executive Order From Biden Could End the GOP-Manufactured Debt Ceiling Crisis

The President should direct the Treasury Department to honor the nation's debt with or without Congressional action. As Laurence Tribe argues, Republicans would have no legal standing to challenge such an Order...

UPDATE 5/22/23: Biden can also agree to injunction compelling Treasury to honor debt...

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Ernest A. Canning,
5/15/2023 -
10:35 am PT

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How Reagan’s Veto Gave Birth to Today’s Mendacious Right-Wing Media Echo Chamber

And how the Fairness Doctrine, extended to cable, could have prevented Jan. 6 and the threat to democracy's survival...

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Ernest A. Canning,
5/12/2023 -
10:05 am PT

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Guns, the Debt Ceiling and Other GOP Terrorism: ‘BradCast’ 5/9/2023

ALSO: JURY FINDS TRUMP LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, DEFAMATION, AWARDS E. JEAN CARROLL $5 MILLION...

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Brad Friedman,
5/9/2023 -
6:43 pm PT

3 Comments

GOP High Courts Dismantling Election Law Precedent, Federal Agency Rulemaking Authority: ‘BradCast’ 5/1/2023

Guest: Dan VicuÃ±a, Nat'l Redistricting Manager at Common Cause...

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Brad Friedman,
5/1/2023 -
6:22 pm PT

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DoJ Argues Stay of Nationwide Abortion Pill Ban Must Extend Through Full Appeals Process

U.S. Solicitor General, FDA, pharmaceutical executives warn of drug approval chaos if any portion of lower court order is allowed to take effect...

UPDATE 4/19/23: Alito extends stay to Friday, 4/21/23; UPDATE 4/21/23 SCOTUS grants full stay...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/17/2023 -
9:05 am PT

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CA’s Landmark New Law Will Hold ‘Big Oil’ to Account for Price Gouging: ‘BradCast’ 4/10/2023

Guest: Kassie Siegel of Center for Biological Diversity; Also: Ernie Canning on Friday's medical abortion ruling in TX, and a challenge to ID's outrageous restrictions on doctors' free speech...

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Brad Friedman,
4/10/2023 -
6:24 pm PT

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Idaho Physicians Charge Ban on Advising Patients to Seek Out-of-State Abortion is Unconstitutional

Federal lawsuit reveals 21st-century 'Fugitive Slave Act' mentality, infringing free speech rights of physicians, patient's right to travel...

UPDATE 2/26/24: 9th Circuit issued preliminary injunction in favor of physician/patient rights...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/10/2023 -
9:35 am PT

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Court Rejects Fox Motion to Dismiss, Finds They Lied About Dominion and the 2020 Election

A jury will now decide whether defamation was done with 'actual malice' and, if so, how much the voting machine company is due in damages...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/1/2023 -
1:41 pm PT

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Republicans Support Murder, Oppose Democracy. Media Should Say as Much: ‘BradCast’ 3/28/2023

Pence ordered to testify; More white GOP voter fraud in FL; SCOTUS allows KS racial gerrymander; AR Repubs attack direct democracy; Mentally ill TN shooter legally purchased seven guns...

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Brad Friedman,
3/28/2023 -
5:13 pm PT

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‘Politicians in Robes’: NC’s New GOP Supreme Court to Rehear Election Cases Just Decided: ‘BradCast’ 2/28/2023

Guest: Univ. of KY election law prof Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Listeners respond after yesterday's call-in show on Russia's war on Ukraine...

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Brad Friedman,
2/28/2023 -
6:48 pm PT

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Nationwide Right to Medication Abortions Now at Stake in Three Federal Lawsuits

Explaining the bumpy and uncertain legal path toward protecting -- or ending -- a critical reproductive freedom in all 50 states

UPDATED 4/8/23: Conflicting preliminary injunctions issued by federal courts in WA & TX; 4/11/23 FDA seeks emergency appellate stay of TX case ruling...

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Ernest A. Canning,
2/20/2023 -
9:35 am PT

No Comments

Could Biden Just Ignore the Dumb Debt Limit if Repubs Refuse to Raise It?: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2023

Guest: Kevin Drum of Jabberwocking; Also: Prepare yourself for the GOP's crash and burn Congressional 'investigations'...

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Brad Friedman,
2/1/2023 -
6:04 pm PT

4 Comments

‘Clocks Striking Thirteen’: Court Cites Orwell in Response to FL Republicans’ ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’

But DeSantis' totalitarian new law has even darker echoes...

UPDATE 3/16/23: 11th Circuit panel unanimously denied FL request to stay the preliminary injunction...

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Ernest A. Canning,
2/1/2023 -
9:56 am PT

No Comments

Million Dollar Sanctions Ruling Underscores Trump’s Seemingly Never-Ending Litigation Grift

Nothing less than a criminal prosecution will end it. (Maybe.)

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Ernest A. Canning,
1/23/2023 -
10:47 am PT

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Articles in Category: U.S. Constitution

Guest: Attorney Ernest A. Canning on how Biden can safely avoid default; Also: Suit against Giuliani details how Trump's scheme to steal 2020 was hatched by early 2019; Election results from FL, KY, PA...

The President should direct the Treasury Department to honor the nation's debt with or without Congressional action. As Laurence Tribe argues, Republicans would have no legal standing to challenge such an Order...

UPDATE 5/22/23: Biden can also agree to injunction compelling Treasury to honor debt...

And how the Fairness Doctrine, extended to cable, could have prevented Jan. 6 and the threat to democracy's survival...

ALSO: JURY FINDS TRUMP LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, DEFAMATION, AWARDS E. JEAN CARROLL $5 MILLION...

Guest: Dan VicuÃ±a, Nat'l Redistricting Manager at Common Cause...

U.S. Solicitor General, FDA, pharmaceutical executives warn of drug approval chaos if any portion of lower court order is allowed to take effect...

UPDATE 4/19/23: Alito extends stay to Friday, 4/21/23; UPDATE 4/21/23 SCOTUS grants full stay...

Guest: Kassie Siegel of Center for Biological Diversity; Also: Ernie Canning on Friday's medical abortion ruling in TX, and a challenge to ID's outrageous restrictions on doctors' free speech...

Federal lawsuit reveals 21st-century 'Fugitive Slave Act' mentality, infringing free speech rights of physicians, patient's right to travel...

UPDATE 2/26/24: 9th Circuit issued preliminary injunction in favor of physician/patient rights...

A jury will now decide whether defamation was done with 'actual malice' and, if so, how much the voting machine company is due in damages...

Pence ordered to testify; More white GOP voter fraud in FL; SCOTUS allows KS racial gerrymander; AR Repubs attack direct democracy; Mentally ill TN shooter legally purchased seven guns...

Guest: Univ. of KY election law prof Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Listeners respond after yesterday's call-in show on Russia's war on Ukraine...

Explaining the bumpy and uncertain legal path toward protecting -- or ending -- a critical reproductive freedom in all 50 states

UPDATED 4/8/23: Conflicting preliminary injunctions issued by federal courts in WA & TX; 4/11/23 FDA seeks emergency appellate stay of TX case ruling...

Guest: Kevin Drum of Jabberwocking; Also: Prepare yourself for the GOP's crash and burn Congressional 'investigations'...

But DeSantis' totalitarian new law has even darker echoes...

UPDATE 3/16/23: 11th Circuit panel unanimously denied FL request to stay the preliminary injunction...

Nothing less than a criminal prosecution will end it. (Maybe.)

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