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Opinion: Ban Assault Weapons

A 1994 federal ban worked well for ten years and repeatedly stood up to Constitutional challenge...until Republicans allowed it to expire in 2004...

Prepare for the ‘Juristocracy’ and the Literal ‘Destruction of the Administrative State’: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2022

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Jan 6. Comm seeks McCarthy interview; Fulton County, GA D.A. closing in on Trump...

2020’s Federal Court Voting Rights Roller Coaster and How to Make it Stop: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2020

Guest: Univ. of KY election law Prof. Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Trump's CA wildfire emergency disaster relief roller coaster...

‘When You Find Hypocrisy in the Daylight, Look for Power in the Shadows’: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2020

Guest: Dark money researcher Lisa Graves on Sen. Whitehouse's Judiciary Committee revelations on the GOP's decades-long, $250 million Supreme Court-packing coup; Also: Good news for voters in VA, TX, AK!...

Barrett’s Hypocritical, Media-Aided, Scalia-Fueled ‘Originalist’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2020

Also: Touchscreen systems fail on first day of Early Voting outside Houston; Three Trump judges clear way for absentee vote suppression in TX; Online registration fails on deadline day in VA...

Harvard Law Prof: Dems Must Now Pack SCOTUS or Face ‘Political Suicide’: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2018

Guest: Harvard Law's Michael Klarman; Also: Trump praises GOP Rep's violence against journalist at MT rally, as Khashoggi assassination roils...

Gerrymandering Cases Highlight Need for State, Federal ‘Blue Waves’ in Both 2018 AND 2020

An entire new decade of government control hangs in the balance...

Gorsuch Confirmed to Stolen SCOTUS; Trump’s ‘Unlawful’ Syria Attack; Major Civil Rights Ruling: ‘BradCast’ 4/7/2017

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern...

(Not) Normalizing a Stolen U.S. Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 3/21/2017

Guest: Law professor Peter Shane on lack of 'institutional penalty' for GOP theft of SCOTUS; Also: House GOP makes healthcare bill even crueler...

Stealing the Supreme Court(s): ‘BradCast’ 11/18/2016

Guest: Journalist David Dayen on blocking the GOP SCOTUS theft

Also: Trump's buys his way out of fraud suits, makes new racist and anti-Semitic appointments, and NC Republicans plot to steal back their own state Supreme Court...

False Equivalency on SCOTUS Nominees in the L.A. Times’ Presidential ‘Debate Scorecard’

Berning Bridges Toward ‘Political Revolution’: ‘BradCast’ 8/9/2016

Guest: Ernest A. Canning of 'Vets for Bernie' on tough November choices for hard-core Sanders supporters...

4th Circuit Denies North Carolina’s Motion to Stay Injunction of It’s Illegal Voter Suppression Law

Gov. McCrory ignores previous promise, vows appeal to SCOTUS...

Fate of Democracy in Hands Of the Electorate Following Recent Election Law Victories

Major wins for voting rights advocates in NC, WI, elsewhere could be reversed by the next appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court

UPDATES: U.S. District Court blocks implementation of ND Photo ID Law; NC Republicans Seeks Stay pending petition to Supreme Court

Nearing an End to NRA/GOP/SCOTUS’ Willful Misinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment?

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