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Law and Disorder
Law and Disorder is a weekly, independent radio program airing on several stations across the United States. Law and Disorder gives listeners access to rare legal perspectives on issues concerning civil liberties, privacy, right to dissent and the horrendous practices of torture exercised by the US government.
Law and Disorder is a weekly, independent radio program airing on several stations across the United States. Law and Disorder gives listeners access to rare legal perspectives on issues concerning civil liberties, privacy, right to dissent and the horrendous practices of torture exercised by the US government.
This program examines the political forces and legislation that are moving the United States into a police state. Four of the top progressive attorneys and activists host the program and bring an amazing, diverse line up of guests from grassroots activists to politically mindful authors. Most importantly, Law and Disorder brings access to attorneys who give insights to some of the most controversial cases. Law and Disorder will sometimes be the generator of news within the radio echo-chamber throughout the country.
Program website – http://www.lawanddisorder.org/
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September 24, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
When at Times the Mob is Swayed, A Citizen’s Guide to Defending Our Republic; and Environmental Activist Maggy Hurchalla Loses Appeal Of 4.4 Million Dollar Jury Verdict
Constitutional Lawyer, Burt Neuborne is the former legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and has argued many cases before the US Supreme Court. His book When at Times the Mob is Swayed has been recently published by the New Press.
78-year-old Maggy Hurchalla, a former Everglades Coalitions Conservationist of the Year and winner of a National Wetlands Award from the Environmental Law Institute. Now she owes a developer $4.4 million for speaking out about a critical local environmental issue.
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September 17, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Amazon Ring Of Surveillance and North of Havana: The Untold Story of Dirty Politics, Secret Diplomacy, and the Trial of the Cuban Five
When it comes to e-commerce, the multinational tech company Amazon.com has laid claim to a huge corner on the market. Now, its venturing into the business of surveillance.
North of Havana: The Untold Story of Dirty Politics, Secret Diplomacy, and the Trial of the Cuban Five is the recent publication by our guest, attorney Martin Garbus.
ListenSeptember 10, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Center for Constitutional Rights Update With Legal Director Baher Azmy; and Update: Venezuela Under Economic Embargo
Attorney Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights will talk about a number of cases seeking to protect immigrants and about the current status of the offshore prison island in Guantnamo Bay Cuba as well as a case where the US government farmed out torture to a private corporation.
Gloria LaRiva joins us today to discuss the crucial issues facing Venezuelans: the U.S. economic sanctions, the U.S. media blockade, the peoples organizing efforts to overcome the aggression and how Venezuela is holding up under an economic embargo.
ListenSeptember 3, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
SKIN: The Movie; and Reforming Sex Offender Laws
Since 1988 Daryle Lamont Jenkins, founder of One Peoples Project, has been documenting and writing about right wing individuals and organizations even back while he was serving as a police officer in the U.S. Air Force.
St. Francis College professor Emily Horowitz and co-editor and law professor Larry Dubin make the case for reform of Sex Offender Laws in their book Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, and Sex Offenses.
ListenAugust 27, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Victory In New York City Wikileaks Case; and The Case Of Espionage And Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
As reported by Oscar Grendel in the World Socialists Website, Julian Assange and his organization Wiki-leaks won a significant First Amendment victory in federal court in New York City on July 29. The decision by Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected that Assange colluded with Russia.
In 2007 Florida federal prosecutor Alex Acosta went along with a plea deal which allowed Jeffrey Epstein to plead guilty to a Florida state charge involving prostitution with children and was given an extraordinary light sentence. When questioned Acosta told a Senate committee that he was told to back off because Epstein was part of the intelligence community.
ListenAugust 13, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Trump in the White House: Tragedy and Farce; and Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Rights Stealth Plan for America
We used to think that the experience of World War II guaranteed that no politician would ever advocate the ideas of fascism but the election of Donald Trump a year ago has caused a serious reconsideration of fascism and its relationship to capitalism and to democracy.
Over time, the GOP has been transformed into operation conducting a concerted effort to curb democratic rule in favor of capitalist interests in every branch of government, whatever the consequences. It is marching ever closer to the ultimate goal of reshaping the Constitution to protect monied interests.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
The Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht; and Attorney Client Privilege
It's been four years since a jury found that then 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht guilty on charges related to operating a Dark Website called the Silk Road that sold, among other things, illicit drugs.
What is the attorney-client privilege? And to whom does it apply? Generally speaking, the privilege is owned by the client and unless the client waived her rights her lawyer is barred not only from revealing any information about the client but even revealing who the client is.
Read MoreJuly 30, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Massive Puerto Rican Protest Fill Streets 2019; and Venezuelan Embassy: Embassy Protection Collective Update
Law and Disorder is a weekly, independent radio program airing on several stations across the United States. Law and Disorder gives listeners access to rare legal perspectives on issues concerning civil liberties, privacy, right to dissent and the horrendous practices of torture exercised by the US government.
Read MoreJuly 23, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Bronx 120 Report 2019 Questions Largest Gang Take Down; and Period Equity Tax
Three years ago, on April 27, 2016, SWAT teams and about 700 NYPD officers, with federal law enforcement present, raided the Eastchester Gardens public housing project and nearby homes in the Bronx. One hundred twenty people, almost all young black and Latino men, who were indicted after the pre-dawn raid.
Thousands of health and personal care items in the United States are exempt from sales tax including items like shampoo, chapstick, and Viagra. To-date only nine states include tampons and sanitary pads from their tax exempt list.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire; Autonomous Weapons Systems And Laws of War; and Supreme Court On Partisan Gerrymandering And The Census Question
If a modern day Gibbons were to write about the decline and fall of the American empire she would surely feature Trumps bringing road crushing Abrams tanks and F15 fighter planes into Washington DC. The Pentagon is developing for future deployment a variety of autonomous weapons systems. They are known as killer robots. In its unprecedented decision in Rucho v. Common Cause and Camon v. Bemusement Justice Roberts wrote that supreme court would not get involved in election rigging matters, although majority rule is a foundation of American democracy.
Read MoreJuly 9, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Law and Disorder • July 9, 2019
Law and Disorder is a weekly, independent radio program airing on several stations across the United States. Law and Disorder gives listeners access to rare legal perspectives on issues concerning civil liberties, privacy, right to dissent and the horrendous practices of torture exercised by the US government.
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