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Carolina Crimes
EPISODE 283: "The Night the Music Stopped": The Attack on Gerald Jackson

Carolina Crimes

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 45:33 Transcription Available


In the late 70's and 80's, Jackson Station in Hodges,SC became one of the preeminent locales for music and good times. Bands from all over would come to play at the station until one fateful night, an arguement with an uncooperative patron led to the end of the music for good.

St Matts Exeter; Sunday Talks
KING JESUS | Jess Hodges

St Matts Exeter; Sunday Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 21:50


King Manessah sins in some hideous ways, but falls on the mercy of God and repents. Whatever you've done, Jesus' grace is more than enough for you.

Cross Question with Iain Dale
Samantha Niblett, Ellie Hodges, Andy Twelves & Bethany Dawson

Cross Question with Iain Dale

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2026 51:42


Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Samantha Niblett, political commentator Ellie Hodges, journalist and writer Andy Twelves, plus LBC's own Political Correspondent Bethany Dawson.

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CONFLICTED
Ben Hodges: Russia Can Be Defeated

CONFLICTED

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 50:56


In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Thomas talks with retired US lieutenant general Ben Hodges, former commanding general of US Army Europe. Drawing on his experience at the heart of NATO's military leadership, Hodges explains: His proposed path to Ukrainian victory Ukraine's deep strikes on Russian oil and gas infrastructure Ukraine's campaign to isolate and recover Crimea Why Hodges overestimated the speed of Ukraine's victory The risk of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine America's failure to define clear political objectives in war Ukraine's emergence as a European defence-industrial centre Why Western armies have been slow to learn from Ukraine Pentagon procurement and the military-industrial complex The NATO summit in Ankara and support for Ukraine The damage Trump has done to trust between NATO allies The geopolitical importance of Ukraine to Europe and the United States Why the Kremlin fears a successful democratic Ukraine Join the Conflicted Community here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conflicted is a Message Heard production. Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren. Produced and edited by Thomas Small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts
MULE CONFORMATION - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2026 77:27


MULE CONFORMATION - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCHThe ideal qualities to look for in a mule. What to look for in the ideal head, neck, and shoulders of the mule. Both the mare and the jack contribute to the qualities desired in the mule. Be selective in your breeding program to produce desirable mules.Bone structure is important when selecting a mule for a job or performance.The mule should have an overall balanced look to its body. Pay attention to the hip, stifle, and gaskin, which should have a smooth, muscled look.Mules and donkeys possess more "long" muscle than bulk muscle (as in the horse).Pay attention to the legs of the mule, the hooves, the rib cage, joints, etc.The most important trait of the mule is his disposition; this characteristic comes primarily from the mare. Assessing the jack - what to look for and more! Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production -  www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com www.MuleTalk.Net  Meredith Hodges Interviews: www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/

FM Talk 1065 Podcasts
Sip and Chew with Mike & Stew 7.12.2026 Deborah Hodges (Halls Sausage) Danny Callametti

FM Talk 1065 Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2026 42:56


Visit Halls Sausage online: https://hallssausage.com/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Halls-Sausage-and-Wholesale-Meats-100064678992980/ Check out the current and upcoming food events, visit alabamacoasting.com or facebook.com/AlabamaCoasting

Vinelife Church Manchester Podcast
The Crucified Christ | The Gospel Of Mark: Part 15 | Emma Hodges

Vinelife Church Manchester Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2026 40:42


We apologise for the audio quality, unfortunately there was an error in recording.

Table Today
Bleiben die USA der Nato treu? Mit Ben Hodges

Table Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2026 26:03


Der Nato-Gipfel in Ankara ist versöhnlicher zu Ende gegangen als erwartet – mit klarem Bekenntnis zu Artikel 5 und einer deutsch-amerikanischen Einigung über Kauf und Stationierung von US-Tomahawks in Deutschland. General a. D. Ben Hodges ist im Interview mit Helene Bubrowski erleichtert: „Ich fühle mich nach dem Abschluss des Gipfels in Ankara deutlich besser – ja, die USA sind weiterhin ein verlässlicher Verbündeter.“ Hodges sieht keine Notwendigkeit für Europa, einen eigenen atomaren Schutzschirm zu entwickeln: „Wenn ein Land das Gefühl hat, seine eigene Atomwaffe bauen zu müssen, wäre das ein gewaltiges strategisches Versagen der USA.“ [01:49] Nach dem tagelangen Stromausfall in Steglitz-Zehlendorf im Januar gerät Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Kai Wegner wegen widersprüchlicher Angaben zu seinem Krisenmanagement erneut unter Druck. Behördliche Protokolle zeigen laut einem offenen Brief prominenter CDU-Mitglieder, dass Wegner am Vormittag des Ausfalltags kein einziges dienstliches Telefonat geführt hat – anders, als er das zum Beispiel in einem Interview mit Michael Bröcker damals behauptet hatte. [09:37] Der Kölner Motorenbauer DEUTZ kauft den Militärfahrzeug-Hersteller FFG aus Flensburg für rund 1,6 Milliarden Euro – der größte Zukauf der Unternehmensgeschichte. CEO Sebastian Schulte wertet den Schritt nicht als Kurswechsel, sondern als konsequente Umsetzung der „NextDEUTZ“-Strategie mit den Wachstumsfeldern Energie und Verteidigung. Der Defense-Bereich werde bei DEUTZ künftig zum größten oder zweitgrößten Umsatzbringer. [13:13]Table.Briefings - For better informed decisions.Sie entscheiden besser, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Wir verschaffen Ihnen mit jedem Professional Briefing, mit jeder Analyse und mit jedem Hintergrundstück einen Informationsvorsprung, am besten sogar einen Wettbewerbsvorteil. Table.Briefings bietet „Deep Journalism“, wir verbinden den Qualitätsanspruch von Leitmedien mit der Tiefenschärfe von Fachinformationen. Professional Briefings kostenlos kennenlernen: table.media/testenHier geht es zu unseren WerbepartnernHol dir deine persönlichen Daten mit Incogni zurück und hol dir 60 % Rabatt auf ein Jahresabo: https://incogni.com/tabletodayImpressum: https://table.media/impressumDatenschutz: https://table.media/datenschutzerklaerungBei Interesse an Audio-Werbung in diesem Podcast melden Sie sich gerne bei Jan Puhlmann: jan.puhlmann@table.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rise Guys
SHOUT OUT HODGES SC: HOUR THREE

The Rise Guys

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 34:23


Best Damn Audio features various clips, from describing Epstein's manhood, to a kid mad at what his hot mom wore to his awards ceremony, to an angry video from a Dollar General in Hodges SC

ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast
Inside UTR: Ratings, Recruiting, & Your Player's Path ft Chase Hodges & Mark Leschly

ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 55:44


Welcome to Season 15 Episode 27 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, UTR Sports CEO and Senior Vice President, Mark Leschly and Chase Hodges, are back to discuss the latest happenings in ratings, recruiting, and player pathways.We've seen a lot of news recently about UTR and its elimination from the TennisRecruiting.net website as well as the MatchTennis app. Mark and Chase talk about those relationships as well as their new relationship with the Little Mo series of tournaments.Mark and Chase also share the latest UTR tournament series and discuss how they can be best integrated for overall junior development.For all the information discussed in this episode, go to the UTR Sports website at https://app.utrsports.net/home. For any questions regarding the UTR rating, Chase is available via email at chase.hodges@utrsports.com. Be sure to follow UTR on Instagram at https://instagram.com/UTR_Sports to keep up with the latest developments. To sign up for UTR Power, go to https://app.utrsports.net/power-perks.As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.If you're so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo'd merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone

Decoding Geopolitics with Dominik Presl
Most Replayed Moment: Ben Hodges Explains How Ukraine Turned the Tide of War

Decoding Geopolitics with Dominik Presl

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 9:27


➡️ This is a clip from an interview with Ben Hodges. You can access the entire interview ad-free on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my geopolitics newsletter: https://decodinggeopolitics.substack.com/

Compassion Church Dickson with Jamie Grisham
Beyond The Wall: Acts 11 | Compassion Church Dickson | Tommy Hodges

Compassion Church Dickson with Jamie Grisham

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 34:25


Beyond the Wall | Acts 11What kind of church will we become?In Acts 11, Peter returns to Jerusalem expecting celebration after God moved powerfully among the Gentiles. Instead, he's met with criticism. While lives were being changed, some were more concerned with traditions than transformation.This message challenges every believer with three powerful questions:• Will we build walls… or build bridges?• Will we protect our preferences… or pursue people?• Will we receive grace… or become grace?Jesus didn't tear down the walls of division so we could rebuild them. He tore them down so His Church could become a bridge, connecting people to hope, healing, and the life-changing love of Christ.As the Gospel spread from Jerusalem to Antioch, we see that God's mission was never meant to stop with us. Grace that is received should become grace that is given. Revival isn't just something we experience, it's something we carry into the lives of others.Whether you're new to faith or have followed Jesus for years, this message will challenge you to move beyond comfort, beyond tradition, and beyond the wall to live out the mission of Christ.*"The world doesn't need another church that's debating the mission. It needs a church that's living the mission."*If this message encouraged you, be sure to like this video, subscribe to the channel, and share it with someone who needs the hope of Jesus today.

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
1381 CHARLIE KIRK: THE MURDER MYSTERY THEY SAY IS SOLVED... BUT THE EVIDENCE SAYS OTHERWISE

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2026 59:53


Was Charlie Kirk's assassination really an open-and-shut case, or is crucial evidence being overlooked? Investigative journalist Dave Hodges examines disputed ballistics, unanswered forensic questions, controversial crime-scene decisions, and troubling inconsistencies that he argues deserve far greater public scrutiny. Are investigators hiding nothing—or has the real investigation barely begun? GUEST: Dave Hodges is an investigative journalist, broadcaster, former college psychology professor, educator, and mental health practitioner. He is the host of The Common Sense Show, where he examines geopolitics, national security, intelligence operations, government accountability, and high-profile criminal cases. Known for challenging official narratives, Hodges has become one of the most persistent independent voices scrutinizing the investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination, arguing that unresolved forensic and evidentiary questions warrant far closer examination. WEBSITE: https://thecommonsenseshow.com FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! MARS MEN Mars Men helps you reclaim your edge with natural testosterone support for energy, focus, and strength Go to MenGoToMars.com right now, for a limited time, listeners of this program get 50% off for life, plus free shipping AND 3 free gifts. QUINCE Luxury, European linen that gets softer with every wash! Turn up the luxury when you turn in with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash RSSP for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. CARGURUS CarGurus is the #1 rated car shopping app in Canada on the Apple App and Google Play store. They've got hundreds of thousands of cars from top-rated dealers, plus advanced search tools that let you zero in on exactly what you want. And you can set real-time alerts for price drops and new listings — so you never miss a great deal. Buy your next car today with CarGurus at cargurus dot ca. Go to cargurus dot ca to make sure your big deal is the best deal. ⁠ BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!!⁠ ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Use the discount code "Planet" to receive $5 OFF any subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

Netflix Is A Daily Joke
Winston Hodges: A Joke About Getting High With MAGA Republicans

Netflix Is A Daily Joke

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2026 2:21


Winston Hodges jokes about getting high with MAGA Republicans in "Funny AF with Kevin Hart".

The Global Agora
How do Oana Lungescu and Ben Hodges preview the NATO summit in Ankara?

The Global Agora

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2026 45:37


This is a special episode of The Global Agora. I was lucky enough to speak with Oana Lungescu, the longest-serving NATO Spokesperson and a Distinguished Fellow at RUSI, and Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of United States Army Europe. The interviews were recorded separately, but I decided to combine them because, I believe, they provide a very interesting and comprehensive preview of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, which will be held on June 7-8. Listen to conversations – the first part features Oana, followed by Ben. And if you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/amatisak

Compassion Church Dickson with Jamie Grisham
Breaking Down the Wall l Acts 10 | Pastor Tommy Hodges

Compassion Church Dickson with Jamie Grisham

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2026 35:22


What walls have we built that are keeping us from God's purpose?In Acts 10, we encounter one of the most transformative moments in the early church. Through the story of Peter and Cornelius, God reveals a powerful truth: the gospel was never meant for one group of people, it was always meant for everyone.The Jews were called to be a blessing to the nations, not separated from them. Yet over time, being set apart became being isolated. What was intended to reflect God's holiness slowly became a wall of division.But Jesus came to tear down every dividing wall.**Big Idea:** *The walls that keep us from God's purpose are built one brick at a time, but God can tear them down one brick at a time.*In this message, we explore four bricks that often build barriers in our hearts:

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts
THE LANGUAGE OF LONGEARS & WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MULE GIRL - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2026 58:25


THE LANGUAGE OF LONGEARS & WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MULE GIRL - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCHTimes have changed, which presents new challenges in working with your animals.Learn how to work with your mule.Video your progress when possible.Animals will mirror you and react to what your body is telling them.Become sensitive to the needs of your animals.Working with a coach may not work for you and your mule.  Meredith discovered her donkey, Little Jack Horner, had gone deaf; his training program was then adapted to his needs. We are mule girls and mule girls are tough.Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production -  www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com www.MuleTalk.Net  Meredith Hodges Interviews: www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/

The Josh Hammer Show
Trump-Vance Iran Deal Is on Life Support

The Josh Hammer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2026 42:58 Transcription Available


Josh opens the show with the latest developments on the Iran deal and explains why it now appears to be hanging by a thread following Iran's actions earlier this week. He revisits what should have been done from the beginning, why the current approach has fallen short, and why President Trump still has time to secure a real victory. Josh also examines the biggest obstacles standing in the way of a lasting agreement and whether a deal is still realistically within reach. Next, Josh turns to the courts with a major legal update, breaking down the Left's meltdown over a recent Supreme Court ruling that may go down as one of the most commonsense decisions we've seen from the Court. He explains what the ruling actually says, why critics are misrepresenting it, and what it means for the future of executive authority and the rule of law. Finally, Josh discusses the anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage decision at the Supreme Court and why new polling provides evidence that the fight to restore the proper definition of marriage is far from a lost cause.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fringe Radio Network
Dave Hodges: The Quest to Become God - Sarah Westall

Fringe Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2026 66:17 Transcription Available


Geopolitical analyst Dave Hodges returns to the program to discuss what he believes are the true intentions of today's technocratic power players. Hodges argues that their ultimate goal extends far beyond wealth and control, reaching toward the pursuit of superhuman capabilities and the desire to transcend what it means to be human.We also examine whether some of the most powerful individuals shaping our future possess the wisdom necessary to lead during this pivotal period in history. Beyond intelligence and influence, we question whether they have the character, self-awareness, and moral foundation needed to rise above the experiences and motivations that shaped them. As technology advances at an unprecedented pace, the conversation turns to one of the most important questions of our time: who should be trusted to guide humanity's future?You can follow Dave Hodges at TheCommonSenseShow.com

Houston Matters
Bible-infused curriculum (June 26, 2026)

Houston Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2026 49:40


On Friday's show: HISD's state-appointed board of managers approved Bible-infused curriculum for elementary school students and also voted to adopt a $2 billion operating budget for the 2026-27 school year. We get details on both.And, Fort Bend County government ground to a halt after two Democratic commissioners walked out of a meeting, breaking quorum and leaving county business in limbo. The standoff is the latest escalation in a partisan dispute over who legally leads the county.Also this hour: We mark an anniversary for a few key landmark Supreme Court rulings impacting gay rights: Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, the 2013 striking down of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, and, in 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the High Court ruled same-sex couples had a Constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment.Then, our non-experts contemplate The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.And we preview the Ensemble Theatre's production of Get Ready, which explores the impact that shifts in popular music had on Black musicians starting in the 1950s.Watch

Minimum Competence
Legal News for Fri 6/26 - SCOTUS Immigration and Gun Rights Signals Pretty Clear, Real Estate Class Action Transparency Ruling Major Shift

Minimum Competence

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2026 8:22


This Day in Legal History: Windsor and ObergefellOn two separate June 26ths, exactly two years apart, the Supreme Court made history by recognizing marriage equality as a constitutional right. These decisions fundamentally transformed American law and represented victories for millions of Americans.On June 26, 2013, in United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. DOMA had defined marriage, for federal law purposes, as a union only between one man and one woman. This meant that even though some states had legalized same-sex marriage, the federal government refused to recognize those marriages for tax purposes, immigration, federal benefits, and countless other legal matters. Edith Windsor, a woman who had been married to her female partner for over 40 years, faced a massive federal estate tax bill after her wife's death because the federal government refused to recognize their marriage. She sued, arguing that DOMA violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. The Court agreed. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that DOMA “violates basic due process and equal protection principles applicable to the federal government.” The decision meant that same-sex couples legally married under state law now had to be recognized by the federal government. It was a stunning victory—but not a complete one, because some states still didn't allow same-sex marriage at all.Two years later, on June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court took the final step. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry under the Fourteenth Amendment. This was different from Windsor. Windsor said the federal government must recognize marriages that states allowed. Obergefell said states must allow same-sex couples to marry in the first place. The decision meant that in all 50 states, same-sex couples could get married and have their marriages recognized and protected by law. Justice Kennedy again wrote the majority opinion, describing marriage as “the foundation of the family” and emphasizing that the right to marry has been recognized as vital in our history and tradition. He wrote about the personal dignity of same-sex couples and their commitment to each other: “It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves.”For most of American history, the law told millions of Americans they weren't allowed to marry the person they loved. The law denied same-sex couples basic rights that heterosexual couples took for granted—hospital visitation, inheritance, tax benefits, the ability to make medical decisions for each other. Windsor and Obergefell said that's unconstitutional. They affirmed that equal protection of the law means you can't be denied basic rights because of who you love.These two decisions, decided on the same date two years apart, represent one of the most dramatic shifts in constitutional law in decades. They show how the Constitution evolves to protect fundamental rights, and they demonstrate that the arc of justice, though long, bends toward equality. Millions of same-sex couples across America now have the legal right to marry, to have their marriages recognized, and to be treated equally under the law. For many, these decisions represented not just legal victories but personal affirmations that their relationships, their love, and their families matter.The Supreme Court has signaled its approval of restrictive immigration policies, suggesting the Trump administration will succeed in making immigration law more difficult for immigrants and more favorable to enforcement.The Supreme Court has been reviewing several immigration cases involving Trump administration policies designed to restrict immigration. Based on recent oral arguments and the Court's questioning during those arguments, many observers believe the Court will side with the Trump administration on immigration issues. This represents a significant shift. For decades, the courts have sometimes limited executive power over immigration, recognizing that even though the President has broad authority over immigration, the Constitution still applies. Immigrants have constitutional rights, including due process protections before being deported. But the current Supreme Court appears skeptical of these limitations.The President does have significant power over immigration—deciding who can enter the country and who must leave. But the Constitution doesn't disappear just because immigration is involved. People facing deportation deserve notice, a chance to be heard, and due process. The Supreme Court appears to be tilting toward giving the Trump administration even broader immigration power, with fewer constitutional protections for immigrants. This signals that restrictive immigration policies will likely succeed in the courts.If the Court rules in favor of the administration's immigration policies, it will embolden more restrictive immigration enforcement. Immigrant communities will face greater risks of deportation. The ruling will signal that courts defer heavily to the Executive Branch on immigration matters, even when constitutional rights are at stake. This represents one of the most significant shifts in immigration law in decades, moving away from judicial protection of immigrants' constitutional rights and toward deference to executive immigration enforcement.On immigration, Supreme Court accedes to Trump's restrictive agenda | Reuters The Supreme Court has ruled to expand Second Amendment protections and has indicated it intends to take more gun rights cases in the coming years. This signals a fundamental shift in how the Court views the right to bear arms.For decades, the Second Amendment was interpreted as primarily protecting gun ownership for militia purposes. But in 2008, in the case District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns for lawful purposes like self-defense. That decision was controversial—it overturned decades of precedent and limited gun regulations. Since Heller, courts have struggled with the question: If people have a constitutional right to own guns, what gun regulations can the government still impose? The Supreme Court has now signaled it's willing to expand Second Amendment protections even further. The Court has indicated it will hear more gun rights cases, and recent decisions and comments suggest the Court will protect gun ownership rights broadly.The Constitution protects free speech, but you can still have laws against yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. The question with the Second Amendment is: What reasonable regulations can the government impose while still respecting the constitutional right? Gun rights advocates say any regulation is an unconstitutional restriction. Gun safety advocates say common-sense regulations like background checks and waiting periods are reasonable. The Supreme Court is signaling it will take the gun rights side of that debate and will continue expanding Second Amendment protections beyond what was previously recognized.This signals that many gun regulations that have existed for years—regulations that public opinion supports—may be struck down as unconstitutional. States will lose authority to regulate firearms. The Court's expansion of Second Amendment rights will make it harder for the government to pass gun safety legislation. This represents a dramatic constitutional shift away from allowing gun regulations and toward treating gun ownership as a nearly absolute right. It will likely lead to more mass shooting deaths if gun safety measures are struck down, but it reflects the current Supreme Court's deep commitment to gun rights.US Supreme Court expands Second Amendment rights, eyes more gun cases | Reuters A federal judge has ordered that settlement records in a real estate class action case be unsealed and made available to the public. The ruling represents a victory for transparency and accountability.In class action lawsuits, many companies settle rather than go to trial. The settlement typically includes both money paid to class members and a “confidentiality agreement” that keeps the details of the settlement secret. These confidentiality clauses often protect the company's reputation by keeping the details of what went wrong hidden from the public. In this real estate class action, a federal judge decided that the public's right to know outweighs the company's interest in keeping the settlement secret.If a company deceives consumers or engages in unfair practices, and then settles the lawsuit while keeping the details secret, the public never learns what happened. Other consumers stay in the dark about the company's practices. The company's wrongdoing goes unexamined. The judge found that when a company settles a public lawsuit involving alleged harm to consumers, the public has a legitimate interest in knowing what the company did and what it agreed to pay. Transparency protects consumers and holds companies accountable. Settlements should not be used as a tool to hide corporate wrongdoing. The order to unseal the settlement records means the public can now read the details of what the company allegedly did, what harm it caused, and what it agreed to pay.This ruling protects the public's right to information about corporate misconduct. It makes it harder for companies to settle lawsuits while keeping their wrongdoing secret. It encourages companies to settle in ways that are fair, because they know the details will be public. As more settlement records are unsealed, companies will face pressure to behave more honestly, knowing their practices may be exposed in court documents. This decision represents an important check on corporate power and a protection of consumer interests.US judge orders unsealing of settlement-related records in real estate class action | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Cross Point Church Audio Podcast
How Do I Move Past My Biggest Mistakes? | Acts 4:1-22 | Daran Hodges

Cross Point Church Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 41:13


How Do I Move Past My Biggest Mistakes? | Acts 4:1-22 | Kevin Queen Have you ever wished you could go back and rewrite a chapter of your life? In Acts 4, Peter finds himself standing before the same religious leaders connected to one of his greatest failures. Just weeks earlier, he denied even knowing Jesus. Now, under pressure once again, Peter responds with courage and conviction. What changed? This message explores how God redeems our failures, transforms our hearts and empowers us to live differently. Peter’s story reminds us that our worst moments do not have to define our future. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God can bring restoration where there was regret and boldness where there was fear. Where have past mistakes continued to shape your present? What tends to come out of you when you’re under pressure? How might God be inviting you to trust Him with a place of failure or regret? —————————— If this message encouraged you:• Share your takeaway in the comments.• Send this message to someone who needs hope today.• Join us as we continue our study through Acts at crosspoint.tv/acts.• Find a Cross Point campus near you at crosspoint.tv/locations.

Let's Get Civical
Summer Holiday Re-Air: U.S. v Windsor - Happy Pride!

Let's Get Civical

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 26:28


While Lizzie and Arden take a short summer holiday, they wanted to re-release an episode celebrating all things Pride! In this week's episode to honor pride month, Lizzie and Arden examine a landmark Supreme Court case that paved the way for gay marriage, U.S. v Windsor! Join them as they look at the facts of the case, what the opinion and dissents were from the justices, and how it laid the groundwork for Obergefell v. Hodges!Follow us on socials: Let's Get Civical  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsgetcivical/Lizzie Stewart Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lizzie_the_rock_stewart/Arden Walentowski Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardenjulianna/Love the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts
STANDING STILL WHILE MOUNTING - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 74:58


STANDING STILL WHILE MOUNTING - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCHIt starts with good nutrition and being fed on schedule to reduce anxiety.Ground training is essential, using a logical approach.Begin mounting in the Round Pen first - using a mounting block.Desensitize your mule with gentle strokes to the body to learn his sensitive areas. Start with a mounting block to eliminate pulling on the saddle.Have an assistant work with you for safety reasons. Sit quietly for a minute before walking on after mounting.Train your mule to understand the command "WHOA."Train your mule to understand the command "STAND" when you are ready to mount him. Use the reward system to let him know he is doing well. Balance your weight when stepping up into the saddle and stepping down.English riders - remove both feet from stirrups when dismounting.Western riders position their foot in the left stirrup to eliminate getting hung up. Ride in a saddle that is comfortable for your mule and a proper fit for you the rider. This will eliminate potential hazards.Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production -  www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com www.MuleTalk.Net  Meredith Hodges Interviews: www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts
DO MULES NEED TO BE SHOD? MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 62:00


DO MULES NEED TO BE SHOD? MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCHTake into consideration where you will ride your mule.Find a knowledgeable farrier and work together.Include your mule in the conversation while working on his feet. Have your farrier acknowledge your mule and talk to him as well. Terrain - rocky - mud - sand - grass - mountain trails - prairie.Mules inherit their hooves through their genes. Climate and weather greatly affect the condition of your mule's feet.Hoof products - are often overused. Stress rings and what they mean.Your mule's diet is important to producing healthy hooves.Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production -  www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com www.MuleTalk.Net  Meredith Hodges Interviews: www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/

Scott Ryfun
Ryfun: Hodges Unleashed

Scott Ryfun

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 45:45


Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files
Pushing the Law to Evolve: Freedom to Marry

Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 26:27


What does it take to evolve the law? In the first of a two-part episode of Pursuing Justice, Alicia Aiken speaks with two giants of civil rights litigation, Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry Global and Shannon Minter of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, about the long arc of marriage equality — from early legal and cultural resistance, to the nationwide victory in Obergefell v. Hodges. Hear how a combination of pro bono power, strategy, and persistence can lead to change. Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources Learn about our Pro Bono Memberships and Scholarships for qualified organizations and individuals Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.

Those Who Can't Do
Winston Hodges on Working With Autistic Students & Going Viral on Funny AF

Those Who Can't Do

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2026 50:34


ORDER MY NEW BOOK (AVAILABLE NOW)!!! — https://bit.ly/49CZ5A0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gerry and I are joined by Funny AF top six finalist and stand-up comedian Winston Hodges, who, before he was making Kevin Hart, Chelsea Handler, and Kumail Nanjiani laugh on Netflix, spent four years teaching at a school for kids on the autism spectrum in Virginia. Winston shares some of the wildest classroom stories I've heard on this pod, whether it's getting hit with a globe mid-Civil War lecture, becoming the school's unofficial crisis negotiator, or the one-month average staff retention that meant his coworker Marissa quit on day TWO. He also explains why special education teachers are tough as nails, and how working with kids on the autism spectrum made him weirdly elite at managing other comedians' meltdowns. Then we go fully behind the scenes of Funny AF. Who ran the light by ten full minutes and genuinely thought they killed, the conversation about his late dad that got cut, why some sets got edited harder than others, and how he handled the brutal Threads discourse around the show. Takeaways: Special education teachers are some of the toughest, most skilled humans in the building. The "sweet and gentle" stereotype misses the patience, paperwork, and de-escalation skills the job actually demands. Crisis de-escalation is a transferable superpower. Working with autistic students made Winston better at handling hecklers, talking comics off the ledge, and the kind of active listening most people don't get in their day-to-day life. Reality TV editing is real, but Funny AF wasn't a hit piece. Winston says the team genuinely loved comedy and worked to make everyone look good, even when they could have done the opposite. Don't trust the algorithm to tell you when your favorite comic is in town. Get on their email list, or you'll be the person commenting "when are you coming to my city?" two days after they leave. Comedy used to feel like a brotherhood, comics could trash-talk each other privately but had each other's backs publicly. That solidarity is slipping, and it's a bummer for the whole craft. -- Teachers' night out? Yes, please! Come see comedian Educator Andrea…Get your tickets at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teachersloungelive.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Educatorandrea.com/tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for laugh out loud Education! — Don't Be Shy Come Say Hi: www.podcasterandrea.com Watch on YouTube: @educatorandrea A Human Content Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian Faith Center Main Campus
THE MOUNT | Can You See Me Now || Jordan Hodges

Christian Faith Center Main Campus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2026 42:17


Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center's Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up our message series "THE MOUNT"Matthew 5:8 (NLT) God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.When Jesus used "pure/clean" (katharos), Jewish listeners would immediately have thought of all the purity laws in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. In the religious culture of Jesus's day, purity laws dominated the Temple worship. They identified religion with rules which had to do with cleanness and uncleanness... Jesus identified religion with the state of a person's heart. Jesus was radical.

Strength to Strength
S2S Sisters: "Backsliding, Remarriage, and Restoration: A Testimony of God's Faithful Provision" by Jane Hodges

Strength to Strength

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2026 67:01


June 6, 2026Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Jane Hodges to share her testimony and life story.In the Talk, Jane discusses the downward spiral of sin and the hopelessness that life brings. But the love and goodness of God is enduring. Even when stumbling and backsliding, God came out on the mountainside to find His lost sheep and restore her back to the fold.An interactive question-and-answer period follows.Book available: https://strengthtostrength.org/product/a-love-that-would-not-let-me-go-jane-hodges/https://strengthtostrength.org/a-testimony-of-gods-faithful-provision/

Minimum Competence
Legal News for Fri 6/12 - SCOTUS Saba ICA Private Suit, Judicial Estoppel in BK, and Abouammo's Twitter FBI Obstruction Conviction Tossed on Venue

Minimum Competence

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2026 7:30


This Day in Legal History: Loving v. Virginia DecidedOn this day in 1967, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in Loving v. Virginia striking down Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924 and, with it, the anti-miscegenation statutes that sixteen states still had on the books. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote for the Court. The case had come up from a county courthouse in Caroline County, Virginia, where Richard Loving, a white bricklayer, and Mildred Jeter, a Black and Native American woman, had been arrested in their bedroom in the middle of the night in 1958 by a sheriff acting on an anonymous tip — they had been married in the District of Columbia and returned home to Virginia, where their marriage was a felony. The Lovings pleaded guilty, accepted suspended sentences on the condition that they leave the state for twenty-five years, and lived in exile in Washington until Mildred wrote a letter to Attorney General Robert Kennedy that landed eventually with the ACLU, which took the case.The Supreme Court's opinion did two things at once. It held that Virginia's statute violated the Equal Protection Clause because it drew an explicit racial classification with no legitimate state purpose beyond preserving “White Supremacy” — the Court used the phrase the Virginia statute itself had used — and it held that the statute violated the Due Process Clause because the freedom to marry is “one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.” That second holding, the marriage-as-fundamental-right strand, is the through-line that runs from Loving to Zablocki v. Redhail in 1978, to Turner v. Safley in 1987, to Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 — every one of those decisions cites Loving and treats it as the foundational case. Whether the Court's substantive due process marriage doctrine survives the next decade is, as we discussed earlier this week, one of the open questions in American constitutional law. But Loving itself remains intact, and on June 12, 1967, the Court said something it had not said cleanly before: that the right to marry is the kind of liberty interest the Constitution actually protects.The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the Second Circuit in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., holding 6-3 that the Investment Company Act of 1940 does not give private parties a cause of action to seek rescission of fund bylaws or other contractual terms. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority. The dispute came out of a campaign by Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital against eleven closed-end funds — funds that, under Maryland's Control Share Acquisition Act, had adopted bylaws limiting the voting power of any shareholder who accumulated a disproportionate stake without the consent of other shareholders. Saba sued under Section 47(b) of the ICA, which makes contracts that violate the Act unenforceable, and the Second Circuit held that Section 47(b) implied a private right to rescind the bylaws.The Court told the Second Circuit to look harder at the modern implied-cause-of-action doctrine, which since Alexander v. Sandoval in 2001 has been hostile to inferring private rights of action that Congress did not write into the statute. The opinion reads as a continuation of that line: the ICA's enforcement structure is committed to the SEC, not to private plaintiffs, and Section 47(b) is a defense against contracts the SEC has already determined to be unlawful, not an offensive cause of action. The dissent, by Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, argued that this is a misreading of Section 47(b)'s text and that the majority is gratuitously narrowing the enforcement of the federal securities laws. The practical impact is significant. Activist investors who had been pushing closed-end funds to convert to open-end form, or to alter investment strategies, lose a federal-court tool they had been using; the funds themselves and their independent directors gain a meaningful structural defense. Expect the next round of activist campaigns to move to state-court fiduciary-duty theories instead.US Supreme Court rules against private suits brought under key securities law | US NewsThe Court on Thursday also decided Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc., vacating the Fifth Circuit 9-0 in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The case is small in its facts and large in its doctrine. Thomas Keathley filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2019 and failed to disclose, on his schedule of assets, a personal-injury claim he later brought against a construction company over a truck accident. The Fifth Circuit barred the personal-injury suit on judicial-estoppel grounds — the longstanding equitable doctrine that prevents a party from taking one position in one proceeding and a contradictory position in another — using a three-factor test under which a debtor's mere knowledge of the facts plus a motive to conceal was enough to bar the later claim.The Supreme Court said no.To determine whether the omission was inadvertent or mistaken for judicial-estoppel purposes, the Court held, the lower courts must look to the totality of the circumstances, not just to whether the debtor knew of the facts and had a motive. The doctrinal interest of the case lies in two concurrences. Justice Sotomayor, concurring, wrote that judicial estoppel should likely never apply in an open bankruptcy case at all — the trustee can simply amend the schedule and pursue the claim for the estate, which solves the problem judicial estoppel was invented to address. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, went further and questioned whether federal courts have any inherent authority to apply judicial estoppel as a freestanding doctrine, period — a position that, if it ever gets five votes, would unwind a doctrine that has been part of American practice since the 1850s. None of that is the holding. But the votes to revisit one of the duller corners of equitable estoppel are now visibly on the table.Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. | SCOTUSblogThe third unanimous decision of the day was Abouammo v. United States, in which the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit and vacated the obstruction-of-an-FBI-investigation conviction of Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter employee whose underlying case was one of the more striking Saudi-Arabia infiltration prosecutions of the last decade. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion. The facts are simple and the constitutional point cleaner than the facts. Abouammo, while working at Twitter's San Francisco office in 2014 and 2015, accessed and passed on confidential user information about Saudi dissidents to a Saudi official, in exchange for a $42,000 watch and $200,000 in wire transfers. The FBI eventually came to interview him at his home in Seattle, where he had moved by 2018, and during those interviews he created and emailed agents a fake invoice intended to make the wire transfers look like a legitimate consulting fee. The Justice Department charged the obstruction count along with foreign-agent and wire-fraud counts in the Northern District of California, and a San Francisco jury convicted him on all of them.The Supreme Court held that the obstruction count belonged in the Western District of Washington, not California, because the act of creating and sending the false invoice — the only act that supported the obstruction charge — happened entirely in Seattle. Article III's venue clause and the Sixth Amendment's vicinage requirement together do not let the government try a defendant in a state where no element of the charged offense occurred, no matter how convenient the prosecution. The obstruction conviction is vacated. The foreign-agent and wire-fraud convictions, which had different venue facts and were not before the Court, stand. Abouammo will not walk free. But the prosecution will need to decide whether to retry the obstruction count in Seattle, and the case is now a clean precedent that the venue clause has real teeth in a multi-district federal investigation.US Supreme Court overturns ex-Twitter employee's obstruction conviction in Saudi spy case | US News This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Christian Faith Center Main Campus
THE MOUNT | The Comfort of the Broken || Jordan Hodges

Christian Faith Center Main Campus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 43:32


Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center's Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"We live in a world that is wired for distractions to avoid feeling pain. If your heart stops "feeling" the weight of your sin or the brokenness around you, that thing has something wrong with it. We often fill our lives with busyness and entertainment to numb the ache internally. Mourning isn't just for funerals; it's about a heart that is soft enough to be saddened by what saddens God.

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast
KATY FAUST | Children are Greater Than Equal (Ep. 928)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 73:29


In this episode, we welcome Katy Faust back to the studio. She is a Children's Rights Advocate and the Founder and President of “Them Before Us”, a global movement defending children's right to their mother and father. She is also the author of several books including “Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement”. In this interview, we discuss her new initiative: The Greater Than Campaign, why she is trying to get the Obergefell v. Hodges gay marriage SCOTUS ruling overturned, how the rights of children are being violated to make adults feel comfortable, the dangers faced by children in gay parent households, how easy it has become for people to create and take possession of “designer babies”, why the IVF process is helping drive this cultural shift, and much more. Let's get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minimum Competence
Legal News for Tues 6/9 - SCOTUS Vacates Biden Gas-appliance Reg, Campaign to Overrule Obergefell, WH Ballroom Suit Sprints Toward SCOTUS and the Poorly Draft SALT Cap

Minimum Competence

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 8:49


This Day in Legal History: The Burning of the GaspeeOn this day in 1772, a Royal Navy revenue schooner called HMS Gaspee, captained by a notably overzealous Lieutenant William Duddington, ran aground in shallow water in Narragansett Bay while chasing a Rhode Island packet boat called the Hannah. Within hours of the grounding, roughly sixty Providence merchants, sailors, and “Sons of Liberty” — led by John Brown, one of the wealthiest men in the colony — rowed out under cover of darkness in eight longboats, boarded the Gaspee, shot Duddington, and burned the ship to the waterline. The legal significance lies in what came next. The Crown convened a Royal Commission of Inquiry with authority to ship the perpetrators across the Atlantic for trial in England, bypassing colonial juries entirely, a procedural maneuver that the colonies read as a direct attack on the right to jury trial in the vicinage.The Virginia House of Burgesses responded in March 1773 by forming the first Committee of Correspondence, a sustained intercolonial communication network that became, two years later, the institutional skeleton of the Continental Congress. The Gaspee Affair never produced a single prosecution — the commission could not get the colonial governor or the Rhode Island courts to cooperate, and witness testimony evaporated — but it produced something more durable: the colonial conviction that the Crown's willingness to detour around local juries was itself a constitutional grievance worth organizing against. The right-to-jury-in-the-vicinage point that Madison wrote into the Sixth Amendment seventeen years later is, in a real sense, the Gaspee Affair's longest-lived legacy.The Supreme Court on Monday granted, vacated, and remanded the D.C. Circuit's decision in American Gas Association v. Department of Energy, sending the long-disputed Biden-era Department of Energy efficiency rule on non-condensing residential gas furnaces and commercial water heaters back to the D.C. Circuit “for further consideration in light of the position asserted by the Solicitor General.” That last phrase is the operative one. The new Solicitor General, on behalf of the second Trump administration's DOE, told the Court in late April that the prior administration's reading of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act was, in DOE's current view, wrong, and that the rule effectively bans non-condensing units that millions of homes and small commercial properties were built around. A confessed-error from a new administration doesn't automatically win a case, but the procedural vehicle — a grant-vacate-remand, or “GVR” — is the Court's standard way of saying “go look at this again with the new posture in mind” without resolving the merits itself.The trade-group plaintiffs, led by the American Gas Association and the American Public Gas Association, framed the rule from the start as a de facto product ban dressed up as efficiency standards. The environmental and consumer groups that intervened to defend the rule will get another bite at the apple on remand, but their position is harder when their own client agency has switched sides. Watch the D.C. Circuit's case calendar over the next few weeks for an expedited briefing schedule.Supreme Court Vacates Decision Outlawing Gas Stoves, Water Heaters | NewsBustersSCOTUSblog on Monday published a careful overview of an increasingly organized litigation campaign to ask the Supreme Court to overrule Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The campaign now includes Liberty Counsel, MassResistance, and the Southern Baptist Convention, which last year voted overwhelmingly to urge the Court to reverse the decision. The underlying ground for the push is partly the Court's reasoning in Dobbs four years ago, which gave conservative litigants a road map for unwinding substantive due process precedents, and partly the gradual erosion of public-opinion support for same-sex marriage in one slice of the polling, with Republican support falling from 55 percent in 2022 to 37 percent now. The legal headcount at the Court is, however, the part of the story that is not yet there.Only Justice Thomas has been a consistent vote to revisit Obergefell, having said so in his Dobbs concurrence. Justice Alito, despite being one of Obergefell's original dissenters, recently emphasized in a public speech that he is not suggesting the case should be overruled, citing stare decisis. Justice Gorsuch's dissent in 303 Creative seems to concede that Obergefell is good law and tries instead to carve out specific exceptions to it. None of which is a reason for litigants on the marriage-equality side to relax. The path Dobbs opened up is wider than any single justice's current voting pattern, and the campaign is plainly playing a long game.The next round of test cases on standing and ripeness will start to surface in the lower courts in the next term or two — that is when the campaign's seriousness becomes measurable.The campaign to overrule Obergefell | SCOTUSblogThe third and most constitutionally significant story of the day is one we've been watching: the litigation over President Trump's $400 million ballroom — built on the site of the demolished East Wing — is on track to land in front of the Supreme Court, SCOTUSblog reported Monday. The D.C. Circuit panel that heard the case for more than two hours in late April has not yet ruled, but the questioning made clear that a more substantial opinion is coming and that an appeal to the Court is the likely next stop regardless of which side wins. The legal question is unusually fundamental. The plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, argues that the President has no “free-floating” power to construct major federal buildings without an appropriation from Congress, and that the Antideficiency Act and the Public Buildings Act both require the kind of statutory authorization the East Wing ballroom never received.The administration's response, delivered in a tone that several court-watchers described as unusually defiant, has essentially been that construction has “gone too far to be stopped” and that the courts have no role in second-guessing a presidential building decision once the steel is up. The structural separation-of-powers questions here — what does the Appropriations Clause actually constrain, and can a federal court enjoin a President from continuing to build something that is partially constructed — are large enough that the Supreme Court will almost certainly want to take the case if it reaches the high court. Construction, meanwhile, continues. The most likely Supreme Court resolution is a narrow opinion on standing or remedies, with the broader Appropriations Clause questions deferred for another day. We will see.White House ballroom battle may soon arrive at the Supreme Court | SCOTUSblogIn my Bloomberg Tax column this week, I argue that the SALT deduction cap's biggest problem is not that it is unconstitutional, but that it is badly designed. The latest failed challenge, Sims v. United States, involved two New Jersey taxpayers who claimed the cap violated the 10th Amendment, the 16th Amendment, and broader federalism principles. The federal district court rejected those arguments, finding that Congress has broad authority to tax income and decide which deductions are allowed, limited, or denied. My point is that opponents of the SALT cap should stop looking for constitutional defects that courts are unlikely to find and instead focus on forcing Congress to fix the policy it created.I explain that the cap has always been politically loaded: supporters see it as a needed limit on a deduction that benefits many high-income taxpayers in high-tax states, while critics see it as a targeted attack on those states. But unfair or politically motivated tax policy is not automatically unconstitutional. The real weakness, I argue, is the cap's uneven design, especially the pass-through entity tax workaround. Many business owners can effectively get around the cap when state taxes are paid at the entity level, while wage earners, sole proprietors, and many individual taxpayers remain stuck behind it.That creates a serious mismatch: two taxpayers can live in the same state, earn similar income, and face similar state tax burdens, but receive different federal treatment depending on whether one has the right business structure. I argue that this kind of selective relief may be a more promising target for a narrower administrative or legal challenge than another broad constitutional attack on Congress's taxing power. Congress partly recognized the problem when it raised the cap from $10,000 to $40,000, but I note that the fix is temporary, only lightly indexed, and still leaves major structural problems in place. The marriage penalty remains especially glaring because married couples filing jointly do not receive double the cap available to similarly situated unmarried taxpayers.I also criticize the phaseout design because it can create cliffs or marginal-rate spikes that reward tax gamesmanship rather than sound policy. A better fix, in my view, would make the higher cap permanent, index it meaningfully, eliminate the marriage penalty, smooth out the phaseout, and require Treasury to rationalize the treatment of pass-through entity taxes. The lesson from Sims is that courts may uphold the SALT cap, but that does not make it good tax policy. If the cap is unfair, incoherent, or selectively porous, Congress owns that problem.SALT Deduction Cap Falls Short in Design, Not Constitutionality This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

The Assistant Principal Podcast
Urgency and Efficacy with Taylor Crosby

The Assistant Principal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 70:33


Outline and Show NotesUrgency and Efficacy with Taylor CrosbySponsor Spot 1:I'd like to thank Kaleidoscope Adventures for sponsoring today's show. Lots of companies can help you organize class trips, but Kaleidoscope helps you organize adventures – because isn't that what student trips should be? Kaleidscope is a full-service tour company offering a range of adventure opportunities and they excel at customizing trips based on your unique context, needs, and goals. Kaleidoscope offers exceptional travel experiences for students (and their group leaders). Thinking about student travel? Reach out to Kaleidoscope using the link in the show notes.Show IntroGuest Bio:A true product of Greenwood, South Carolina,Taylor Crosby has dedicated her career to the community that raised her. A graduate of Greenwood High School (Class of 2006), she went on to build an academic foundation at Lander University, earning a Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education (2010) and a Master's in Lower Elementary Montessori (2013).Driven by a commitment to educational excellence, she reached a career milestone in 2018 by earning her Educational Specialist degree from Clemson University. Today, she combines her deep local roots with leadership expertise to impact the next generation of learners. Outside of being Principal at Pinecrest, she is embracing life in Hodges, SC. Whether she's out on the land with her husband of 14 years, Tripp riding the Polaris Ranger with their two boys, Clayton and Nickles, or cheering at a local ballgame, she finds her greatest joy in the simple traditions of South Carolina living.  Warmup questions:We always like to start with a celebration. What are you celebrating today?Is there a story that will help listeners understand why you are doing what you do?Questions/Topics/PromptsDescribing what I see from the outside: Urgency, relentless focus on teaching and learning, clear and honest conversations, high expectations, no excuses. What am I missing?Share how you create a sense of urgency…Every administrator wants to “get into classrooms” but few achieve it to the degree you do. What are you doing differently that lets you get into classrooms?I know there is a directness in your conversations that many leaders, myself included, are hesitant to embrace. How do you manage other people's emotions when having very candid conversations? Sponsor Spot 2:I want to thank IXL for sponsoring this podcast…Everyone talks about the power of data-driven instruction. But what does that actually look like? Look no further than IXL, the ultimate online learning and teaching platform for K to 12. IXL gives you meaningful insights that drive real progress, and research can prove it. Studies across 45 states show that schools who use IXL outperform other schools on state tests. Educators who use IXL love that they can easily see how their school is performing in real-time to make better instructional decisions. And IXL doesn't stop at just data. IXL also brings an entire ecosystem of resources for your teachers, with a complete curriculum, personalized learning plans, and so much more. It's no wonder that IXL is used in 95 of the top 100 school districts. Ready to join them? Visit ixl.com/assistant to get started.Closing questions:What part of your own leadership are you still trying to get better at?If listeners could take just one thing away from today's podcast, what would it be?Before we go, is there anything else that you'd like to share with our listeners?Where can people learn more about you and your work…Summary/wrap upSpecial thanks to the amazing Ranford Almond for the great music on the show. Please support Ranford and the show by checking out his music!Ranford's homepage: https://ranfordalmond.comRanford's music on streaming services: https://streamlink.to/ranfordalmond-oldsoulInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranfordalmond/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ranfordalmond/Sponsor Links:IXL: http://ixl.com/assistant Kaleidoscope Adventures: https://www.kaleidoscopeadventures.com/the-assistant-principal-podcast-kaleidoscope-adventures/CloseLeadership is a journey and thank you for choosing to walk some of this magical path with me.You can find links to all sorts of stuff in the show notes, including my website https://www.frederickbuskey.com/I love hearing from you. If you have comments or questions, or are interested in having me speak at your school or conference, email me at frederick@frederickbuskey.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.If you are tired of spending time putting out fires and would rather invest time supporting and growing teachers, consider reading my book, A School Leader's Guide to Reclaiming Purpose. The book is available on Amazon. You can find links to it, as well as free book study materials on my website at https://www.frederickbuskey.com/reclaiming-purpose.html Please remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast.Remember the secret to good leadership:Be intentional in choosing how you will show up for othersBe fully presentAsk reflective questionsAnd then just listenDon't overcomplicate it, the value is in the listening.Have a great rest of the week!Cheers!Guest Links:Frederick's Links:Email: frederick@frederickbuskey.comWebsite: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/fdf37cbf3a The Strategic Leader's Guide to Reclaiming Purpose: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWRS2F6N?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520

Chad Hartman
Full Show: Your MN spot, Booker Hodges, Overrated, Dr. Osterholm, Chip Scoggins, Trump on Meet the Press and more!

Chad Hartman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 117:39


Chad has a good mix of some some fun and serious topics and a good guest lineup featuring Bloomington PD chief Booker Hodges, Susie Jones with Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated, Dr. Michael Osterholm and Monday regular Chip Scoggins.

Chad Hartman
Favorite spots in MN, Booker Hodges & new accusations about Brian O'Hara

Chad Hartman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 37:22


What's your favorite spot to be in Minnesota? Chad opens the show with that topic after spending the weekend his personal favorite location. Later, Bloomington police chief Booker Hodges joins to talk about policing during the summer months and why he has no interest in pursuing the chief job in Minneapolis. Plus, Chad details new accusations against former MPD chief Brian O'Hara shared by the Star Tribune.

Chad Hartman
Bloomington PD chief Booker Hodges says he has no interest in pursuing the Minneapolis PD chief job

Chad Hartman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 17:12


Bloomington PD chief Booker Hodges joins Chad to talk about the unique challenges facing his department with summer here and increased gang activity. Plus, Hodges talks about the situation with former MPD chief Brian O'Hara and made it clear he is no interest in pursuing that open job.

Silicon Curtain
1096. Crimea Besieged - Is BATTLEFIELD Momentum Shifting to Ukraine in Crimean Direction?!

Silicon Curtain

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 44:20


Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January 2018. Until recently he was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, Transatlantic relationship and international security. ----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga's Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine's largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------DESCRIPTION:Ben Hodges on Drone War Acceleration, Crimea's Vulnerability, and How Ukraine Can WinFrom Kyiv, Jonathan interviews retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges amid intensifying Russian strikes, discussing how drone warfare is accelerating faster than Western adaptation and why NATO still struggles to stop drone incursions into its own airspace. Hodges argues Russia's brutal bombing aims to terrorize Ukrainians and pressure Europe but won't be decisive, while Ukraine's long-range precision strikes on oil, gas, shipyards, and logistics can create faster strategic effects by degrading Russia's war economy and public will. They describe Russia's vast territory as a vulnerability, cite a Ukrainian precision strike on Saint Petersburg, and argue Crimea is decisive terrain that Ukraine can recover by isolating it, degrading the Kerch Bridge's utility, and making occupation untenable. They criticize Western self-deterrence and nuclear fear, challenge myths of infinite Russian manpower, stress learning from Ukraine's battlefield innovations, and a fundraiser for vampire drones and Jonathan's upcoming book, The Dark Heart of Russia.----------CHAPTERS:02:23 Drone War Catch Up04:57 Why Strikes Intensify09:53 Ukraine Hits Deep Russia11:58 Vampire Drones Appeal13:29 Crimea Under Siege18:23 West Strategy and Nukes22:48 Oil Strikes and Will26:26 Russia Manpower Myths30:04 NATO Learns From Ukraine34:55 Real Time Training Pipeline39:44 Crimea Victory Wrap Up----------

Christian Faith Center Main Campus
THE MOUNT | The Gift Of Nothing || Jordan Hodges

Christian Faith Center Main Campus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 43:27


Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center's Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"Matthew 5:3 NLT: "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs."We are taught to build our "spiritual resume" with good deeds and moral behavior. Jesus isn't talking about being "a little bit humble." He's talking about being spiritually bankrupt. You don't get into the Kingdom by bringing something to God. You get in by admitting you have nothing to bring. In the Kingdom of God, if you are overqualified (full of yourself), you are disqualified.

Christian Faith Center Main Campus
THE MOUNT | I'm Thirsty || Jordan Hodges

Christian Faith Center Main Campus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026 42:12


Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center's Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"Mathew 5:6: God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.Hunger and thirst can be summed up as Desire! Jesus used language people in this day would understand.... We don't know much about being hungry and thirsty. And yet internally we are dealing with desires.... Hunger and thirst in a much deeper way. To hunger and thirst shapes much of our life!

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts
SURGE OF MULE SHOWS - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH

MULE TALK! With Cindy K Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 45:57


SURGE OF MULE SHOWS - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCHWork with horse show organizers about letting your mules attend. Develop a positive and winning attitude to work with other exhibitors. Attending clinics. Open shows are a learning curve. All equines are safer on the trail with proper training and exposure to develop their confidence. Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production -  www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com www.MuleTalk.Net  Meredith Hodges Interviews: www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/

Rolling Through Life
Daniel Hodges: Systemic Risks, Disability Discrimination, & Changing Environments | Digital Activism

Rolling Through Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2026 55:27


In this episode, Daniel Hodges, co-founder of Peaces of Me Foundation, shares his powerful journey navigating the healthcare system, disability discrimination, and advocacy for inclusive communities. Daniel has great insights as someone who was born with multiple disabilities, father of three (two of which survived childhood cancer), holds multiple degrees, and cofounded a non-profit to help people with disabilities, Peaces of Me Foundation!Everyone, please go support Daniel and Peaces of Me!Thanks again to Daniel for joining me for this discussion!I hope you enjoy this episode! Resources:Peaces of Me: https://www.peacesofme.org/ Bilateral retina blastoma: https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-treatments/retinoblastomaAdenoid cystic carcinoma: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22212-adenoid-cystic-carcinoma Ehlors danlos: https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/what-is-eds/ Episode show notes & transcripts can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.digitalactivismpod.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Connect with Daniel Hodges!:Daniel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-hodges-jd/ Peaces of Me Foundation: https://www.peacesofme.org/ Follow Caden!:Caden IG:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/obviously_its_caden/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caden TikTok:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@wheelchair_king⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caden Threads⁠:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠threads.com/@obviously_its_caden⁠⁠⁠Email Caden: ⁠cadennelmsofficial@gmail.com⁠Follow the Pod!:YouTube:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   / @digitalactivismproject  ⁠Pod IG: ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/digitalactivismpod/Love y'all

Soccer Down Here
USL Review: The USL Show's Kaylor Hodges on SDH AM

Soccer Down Here

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2026 37:41 Transcription Available


The USL Show's Kaylor Hodges drops by SDH AM to look at the last 30 days across all leaguesThere's a title game approaching, a team in the same league leaving, a showdown in USL Championship, and some new sides hanging in there so far...

Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today
Pediheart Podcast #381: Evaluation And Management Of Unexpected AV Block In Children

Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 58:40 Transcription Available


This week we feature a collaboration episode between the Pediheart Podcast and the PedsCrit Podcast in which pediatric critical care experts Drs. Alice Shanklin of Northwell Medical Center and Dr. Zac Hodges of UT Southwestern discuss the evaluation and management of heart block in children. What should the clinician be thinking when encountering a previously healthy child with heart block? When is pacing indicated and how should it be performed? Who is a candidate for transvenous or transcutaneous pacing, who is not and why? Drs. Pass, Shanklin and Hodges review many aspects of this in an episode from the PedsCrit Podcast. https://www.pedscrit.com/

Challenge Mania
Ep. 525: Cedric Hodges

Challenge Mania

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 106:58 Transcription Available


Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Cedric Hodges.CEDRIC HODGES makes his Challenge Mania debut, live and in studio from STL! We learn all about his upbringing, decision to join the Marine Corps, journey to Big Brother, his successful turn on his Rookie Season of The Challenge, if there is anyone who owes him an apology and MORE!WATCH FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-cedric-on-156477818www.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Shop

We're Here to Help
285: Martin, We Can Hear You & The Noon Raccoon (with Jessy Hodges)

We're Here to Help

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 64:51


The guys are joined by guest helper Jessy Hodges to solve a problem in Community Band. Then, they call animal control on an over-eager lunch eater.Want to call in? Email your question to helpfulpod@gmail.com.PATREON: https://patreon.com/heretohelppodMERCH: heretohelppod.comINSTAGRAM: @HereToHelpPodIf you're enjoying the show, make sure to rate We're Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Advertise on We're Here to Help via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
1584 Shannon Minter National Center for LGBT rights

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 43:16


I have a rotten phlegmy cold so no news and clips today but I do have a great first time guest!  Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Shannon Minter is the Vice President of Legal (Legal Director)  Over his more than 30 years at NCLR, Shannon Minter has led impact litigation, legislative, and public policy efforts. He has filed multiple lawsuits challenging a range of Trump administration anti-transgender executive orders. He is one of the nation's foremost experts on conversion therapy, helping to draft and pass legislation in states to protect LGBTQ youth and support survivors. He served as lead counsel in the landmark California marriage equality case, and he led NCLR's contributions to multiple Supreme Court cases, such as Pavan v. Smith, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. An appointee to President Obama's Commission on White House Fellowships, Shannon was one of the most senior transgender appointees in the Obama administration. He has taught law at UCLA, Stanford, Golden Gate University, and Santa Clara University. Shannon is currently counsel in six cases challenging the Trump administration's anti-transgender policies, including Talbott v. Trump, which seeks to restore the right of transgender Americans to serve openly in the armed forces. His work challenging anti-transgender military policies spans nearly a decade — he previously challenged the 2017 transgender military ban under the first Trump administration, and co-chaired the Planning Commission on Transgender Military Service, which produced a comprehensive study demonstrating that inclusive service policies are both administratively feasible and militarily beneficial. Shannon has been at the forefront of efforts to protect LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy. He founded NCLR's Born Perfect project, a national campaign to end conversion therapy through legislation, litigation, and public education. He has helped draft laws protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy across the country and continues to advocate for legal remedies to hold practitioners accountable for the harm they cause, including through malpractice, consumer fraud claims, and professional licensing sanctions. Shannon was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case, which was the first state supreme court decision to hold that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry and that laws discriminating based on sexual orientation are subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. He was also counsel for married same-sex couples from Tennessee in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing marriage equality nationwide, and NCLR's lead attorney in Pavan v. Smith, a 2017 Supreme Court decision requiring equal treatment of same-sex parents, and in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding nondiscrimination policies based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2015, President Obama appointed Shannon to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships, making him one of the most senior transgender appointees in the Obama administration. Shannon called the appointment a reflection of the President's commitment to building a government that reflects the full diversity of the American people. He is co-editor of Transgender Rights (2006), the first comprehensive book on the transgender civil rights movement. Among his many honors, Shannon has received the ABA's Stonewall Award, the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award, the Cornell Law School Exemplary Public Service Award, the Dan Bradley Award from the National LGBTQ Bar Association, and the California Lawyer of the Year designation from California Lawyer magazine. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from Cornell Law School. On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
1584 Shannon Minter National Center for LGBT rights

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 43:16


I have a rotten phlegmy cold so no news and clips today but I do have a great first time guest!  Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Shannon Minter is the Vice President of Legal (Legal Director)  Over his more than 30 years at NCLR, Shannon Minter has led impact litigation, legislative, and public policy efforts. He has filed multiple lawsuits challenging a range of Trump administration anti-transgender executive orders. He is one of the nation's foremost experts on conversion therapy, helping to draft and pass legislation in states to protect LGBTQ youth and support survivors. He served as lead counsel in the landmark California marriage equality case, and he led NCLR's contributions to multiple Supreme Court cases, such as Pavan v. Smith, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. An appointee to President Obama's Commission on White House Fellowships, Shannon was one of the most senior transgender appointees in the Obama administration. He has taught law at UCLA, Stanford, Golden Gate University, and Santa Clara University. Shannon is currently counsel in six cases challenging the Trump administration's anti-transgender policies, including Talbott v. Trump, which seeks to restore the right of transgender Americans to serve openly in the armed forces. His work challenging anti-transgender military policies spans nearly a decade — he previously challenged the 2017 transgender military ban under the first Trump administration, and co-chaired the Planning Commission on Transgender Military Service, which produced a comprehensive study demonstrating that inclusive service policies are both administratively feasible and militarily beneficial. Shannon has been at the forefront of efforts to protect LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy. He founded NCLR's Born Perfect project, a national campaign to end conversion therapy through legislation, litigation, and public education. He has helped draft laws protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy across the country and continues to advocate for legal remedies to hold practitioners accountable for the harm they cause, including through malpractice, consumer fraud claims, and professional licensing sanctions. Shannon was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case, which was the first state supreme court decision to hold that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry and that laws discriminating based on sexual orientation are subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. He was also counsel for married same-sex couples from Tennessee in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing marriage equality nationwide, and NCLR's lead attorney in Pavan v. Smith, a 2017 Supreme Court decision requiring equal treatment of same-sex parents, and in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding nondiscrimination policies based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2015, President Obama appointed Shannon to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships, making him one of the most senior transgender appointees in the Obama administration. Shannon called the appointment a reflection of the President's commitment to building a government that reflects the full diversity of the American people. He is co-editor of Transgender Rights (2006), the first comprehensive book on the transgender civil rights movement. Among his many honors, Shannon has received the ABA's Stonewall Award, the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award, the Cornell Law School Exemplary Public Service Award, the Dan Bradley Award from the National LGBTQ Bar Association, and the California Lawyer of the Year designation from California Lawyer magazine. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from Cornell Law School. On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing