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Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at University of Baltimore School of Law Kimberly Wehle, retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, candidate for U.S. Senator in South Carolina Annie Andrews, staff writer at The New Yorker John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar

With each presidential decree, Donald Trump pushes the boundaries of his executive power. Which direction will the future of American democracy take? In his second turn, President Trump weaponizes the legal system—rewarding his allies while taking revenge on his enemies. Capitol rioters who had received prison sentences up to twenty years were released overnight. Their prosecuters got fired. Trump disregards federal court rulings, ignores acts of Congress, and defies both the Constitution's text and Supreme Court precedents.Is American democracy resilient enough to withstand this assault on the rule of law? What does this mean for the U.S.'s role in the world? And what will happen to the liberal and democratic world order when America is no longer its main advocate?About the speakers:Kimberly Wehle is a tenured law professor, writer, public speaker, lawyer, and legal contributor for ABC News. She is an expert in civil procedure, constitutional law, administrative law, and the separation of powers.Prof. Dr. Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops is a lawyer in international and criminal law. He is a professor by special appointment of Politics of International Law at the University of Amsterdam and a visiting Professor of International Criminal Law at Shandong University in Jinan, China.Laila Frank is a journalist specializing in the United States. She writes for Vrij Nederland, created the in-depth podcast series Welkom in Washington (BNNVARA, NPO RADIO1), and is one of the hosts of Bureau Buitenland (VPRO). She spends part of the year in the U.S. and part in the Netherlands.Supported by Vfonds.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

University of Baltimore Law Professor and Fulbright Scholar Kimberly Wehle joins Tavis with her take on the state of democracy and trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

In this bonus episode, we feature an in-store event held the day after the 2024 Presidential election with professors Kim Wehle and Jessica Henry, who discussed Kim's book Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works–and Why. Kim Wehle is a constitutional scholar and tenured professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She was formerly an assistant United States Attorney and an associate counsel in the Whitewater investigation. Professor Wehle is also a legal expert for ABC News, a contributor for BBC World News, and a regular guest on NPR's Morning Edition. She also writes for The Atlantic, Politico, The Hill, and The Bulwark. The author of four books including, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works–and Why, she lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her children.Jessica Henry is an author, professor, legal commentator, blogger, and social justice advocate. She served as a public defender in New York City for nearly a decade and has written numerous articles for academic and mainstream publications. Her research interests include wrongful convictions, severe sentences (including the death penalty and life without parole), and hate crimes. She frequently appears as a commentator on national and local television and radio, and in 2020 she published Smoke But No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened. She is the creator and host of the podcast, Just Justice.Resources:U.S. ConstitutionPardon Power: How the Pardon System Works–and WhyHow to Read the Constitution--and WhyHow to Think Like a Lawyer--and WhyWhat You Need to Know About Voting--and WhySmoke But No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never HappenedBooks:A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here. Register for Upcoming Events.The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Silver Stream Studio in Montclair, NJ. The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell and Bree Testa. Special thanks to Timmy Kellenyi and Derek Mattheiss. Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica. Art & design and social media by Evelyn Moulton. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff. Thanks to all the staff at Watchung Booksellers and The Kids' Room! If you liked our episode please like, follow, and share! Stay in touch!Email: wbpodcast@watchungbooksellers.comSocial: @watchungbooksellersSign up for our newsletter to get the latest on our shows, events, and book recommendations!

Four years ago, on January 6th, 2021, our U.S. Capitol was under siege by supporters of Donald Trump who tried to stop a joint session of Congress from certifying the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election. Fast forward to 2025, Donald J. Trump is about to take office as President and the fate of those convicted of January 6th crimes lies in his hands. In this episode, Craig is joined by Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and author of the book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why. Craig & Kim take a look back at January 6th, the possibility of Trump pardoning those convicted of federal crimes stemming from January 6th, and the implications this could have on our society and our legal system. Mentioned in This Episode: Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of Capitol Riot Prosecutions in Limbo as D.C. Court Awaits Trump's White House Return By Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman   Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why by Kimberly Wehle

Four years ago, on January 6th, 2021, our U.S. Capitol was under siege by supporters of Donald Trump who tried to stop a joint session of Congress from certifying the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election. Fast forward to 2025, Donald J. Trump is about to take office as President and the fate of those convicted of January 6th crimes lies in his hands. In this episode, Craig is joined by Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and author of the book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why. Craig & Kim take a look back at January 6th, the possibility of Trump pardoning those convicted of federal crimes stemming from January 6th, and the implications this could have on our society and our legal system. Mentioned in This Episode: Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of Capitol Riot Prosecutions in Limbo as D.C. Court Awaits Trump's White House Return By Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman   Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why by Kimberly Wehle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four years after the 6 January attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump has promised he will pardon hundreds of his supporters who were convicted over their roles in it. This comes after Joe Biden gave an unconditional pardon to his own son, Hunter, for federal crimes of which he had been convicted. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Kimberly Wehle, a constitutional law expert, about whether the presidential pardon has become nothing more than a perk of the job to be used for a president's personal convenience

This week, Anthony talks with Kimberly Wehle about her book 'Pardon Power' which discusses the complexities surrounding the pardon system in the United States. She explores the historical context of the pardon power, its potential for corruption, and the implications of demographic shifts on political dynamics. Kim emphasizes the need for checks and balances on the pardon power, critiques the role of the Supreme Court, and advocates for reforms to address systemic issues in the criminal justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we begin, don't forget to check out Lawrence Eppard's new book, The Poisoning of the American Mind, and to read the newest piece in the Connors Journal on single parenthood in the U.S. Now on to the podcast. . .  Kimberly Wehle, a constitutional law expert at the University of Baltimore's School of Law, joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss her new book,  Pardon Power: How the Pardon Power System Works—and Why. Wehle and host Lawrence Eppard discuss a variety of topics, including: How the pardon power looms large in the current presidential election. Why Wehle believes the pardon power is necessary to retain. The constitutional limits of and possible reforms to the pardon. Both good and bad historical examples of the pardon's use. Whether it might be used (appropriately or inappropriately) to help the Jan. 6 rioters, Hunter Biden, or to self-pardon Donald Trump (and whether a self-pardon is even constitutional). Enjoy the conversation and please consider JOINING OUR MAILING LIST! ------------- ------------- Episode Audio: "Air Background Corporate" by REDCVT (Free Music Archive) "Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive) "Last Dance" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist’s permission)

Like all discretionary authority, the pardon power is only as virtuous as the person who controls it. Kimberly Wehle, author of the new book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works - and Why demonstrates that it can be a righteous tool to remedy wrongful convictions, but it also can be used to obstruct investigations, benefit political allies, and reward the President's friends and family. As the author of What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why, Kim also challenges efforts to distort or disrupt the U.S. electoral system for selecting the president and warns that vigilance is necessary, locally and nationally.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Kimberly Wehle is an expert in constitutional law and the separation of powers, with particular emphasis on presidential power and administrative agencies. She is a tenured law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Administrative law, and Federal Courts. She is also a legal contributor for ABC News and regularly writes for Politico, The Atlantic, and The Bulwark. Winner of the University of Maryland System Board of Regents Award for excellence in scholarship, she also writes and comments on the Supreme Court, election law and voting rights. She was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Washington D.C. office and Associate Independent Counsel in the Whitewater Investigation. She is author of the books, What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why, How to Read The Constitution—and Why, and How to Think Like a Lawyer—and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas. Her forthcoming book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why, is due out in September of 2. Kim is also the recipient of a 2024-2025 Fulbright US Scholar Award for the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Follow Kim on Twitter and Instagram, where she hosts an IGTV series called #SimplePolitics, in which she breaks down complex subjects on various legal and political issues in easily understandable language. A sought-out public speaker, Kim also served as an on-air legal analyst with CBS News during the first impeachment of former President Trump and has appeared regularly on numerous other networks, including CNN, NBC, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NPR, PBS and Al Jazeera, and has written for The Guardian and the LA Times, among other publications. 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  

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned recently-resigned president Richard Nixon of any crimes he may have committed in the presidency, and the pardon has never been the same since. Law Professor Kimberly Wehle, author of the new book Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works - and Why, discusses the origin and history of the presidential pardon and the danger its potential abuse poses to the future of democracy.If you'd like to read more from Kim, check out her Substack at https://kimwehle.substack.com/Support the Show.

What if a president could pardon crimes that hadn't even been committed yet? Join us as we uncover the intricate workings of the presidential pardon system with Kimberly Wehle, a tenured law professor and ABC News legal contributor. Kimberly shares insights from her upcoming book, "Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works and Why," shedding light on the president's ability to pardon past actions and the historical context of this profound power.In an exclusive discussion, we dive into the complex legal labyrinth surrounding the cases against Donald Trump, including the controversial handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Kimberly deciphers Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6E and its implications for national security, while also addressing the unprecedented notion of criminal immunity for a president. We analyze how these legal challenges impact the Department of Justice and the broader implications for our democracy.Our conversation then pivots to the critical differences between democracy and monarchy, using current political scenarios to illustrate the dangers of autocratic shifts. From the implications of the Supreme Court's decisions on Roe v. Wade to the potential misuse of presidential pardon power, we underscore the perils of unchecked authority. We also highlight the essential role of informed voting and the necessity of legal consequences to maintain the rule of law. Tune in for a thought-provoking episode that emphasizes the importance of checks and balances in preserving democratic integrity.Support the Show.

Buckle up boys and girls (and NO ONE ELSE!), things get unhinged this time around. Jake and Brooke talk all about Dobson's commercially-successful trash fire called Bringing Up Boys. There's cringe, there's trauma, there's holy bones - this episode has it all.Sources:"Animal Sex: How Anglerfish Do It" (2015) from LiveScience.comStudies about how human sexual dimorphism is vastly over-blown:Lise Eliot, Adnan Ahmed, Hiba Khan, Julie Patel. Dump the 'dimorphism': Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021; 125: 667 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.026Marwha, D., Halari, M., & Eliot, L. (2017). Meta-analysis reveals a lack of sexual dimorphism in human amygdala volume. Neuroimage, 147, 282-294.“Bill Nye Saves the World: The Sexual Spectrum.” Season 1, episode 9. (2017)."One Day of ‘Take a Child to Work' Is Short on Substance : Boys are now being invited to join the formerly all-girl event. But it's doubtful kids find our jobs worth imitating. It may be better to just share the pride of accomplishment." Los Angeles Times (1995)Johnson, L.B. (1991). On the front lines: Police stress and family wellbeing. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families House of Representatives: 102 Congress First Session May 20 (p. 3248). Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. Neidig, P.H., Russell, H.E. & Seng, A.F. (1992). Interspousal aggression in law enforcement families: A preliminary investigation. Police Studies, Vol. 15 (1), p. 3038.Leopold, T. (2018). Gender differences in the consequences of divorce: A study of multiple outcomes. Demography, 55(3), 769-797."The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women's Freedom" (2023). by Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legal risk is considered an expected part of the job for lawyers working with former President Donald Trump: More than 40 attorneys who worked to overturn the 2020 election on his behalf have been hit with ethics complaints. The New York Times reported legal experts joke that MAGA now stands for "Making Attorneys Get Attorneys," based on the reputational risk of working with Trump. "There's no way to adhere to your ethical integrity and keep your job," Kimberly Wehle, a University of Baltimore law professor who closely tracked investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, told The New York Times of the dilemma Mr. Trump's lawyers face: "There's just no way to not step into a mess."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories--5194379/support.

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal First – the Supreme Court is set to decide a number of high-profile cases related to the 2024 presidential election. Kimberly Wehle – law professor, writer, and legal contributor for ABC News – discusses the key legal and constitutional questions. Then – the number of homeless persons in the U-S hit a record high in 2023. We'll speak with Steve Berg from the National Alliance to End Homelessness about what's driving this trend – and how to address it. Plus – this week marked the 5th anniversary of the First Step Act – bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation signed by then President Trump. We discuss the law's impact with criminal justice advocate Kevin Ring and Colleen Eren, author of the new book "Reform Nation: The First Step Act and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special reaction edition of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen speaks with Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore, and Geoffrey Skelley, senior elections analyst, about the recent ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that bars Trump from the Colorado Republican primary ballot. They discuss the legal grounding of this ruling, the political reaction and the prospect of the U.S. Supreme Court weighing in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump holds a 47-point lead in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. As the probability of his primary victory sinks in, legal scholars who see the former president as unfit for office have put forth another way to block a second term: disqualification. Kimberly Wehle is one of those constitutional scholars. She says Trump's actions after the 2020 election ban him from holding future office under a clause of the 14th Amendment. Wehle first wrote about this issue back in January 2022 for Politico Magazine. The legal theory has now caught on with liberal groups, who have filed legal challenges in Colorado and Minnesota, and sent letters to election officials in several other states. Wehle joins Diane on the podcast to talk about what the 14th Amendment actually says, whether it could apply to Donald Trump, and what the consequences of blocking the former president might be for the country.

Earlier this week, on Tuesday, April 4, former President Donald Trump was indicted in a Manhattan court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. President Trump pleaded not guilty. This indictment is legally and constitutionally significant as it is the first indictment of a president in American history. In this episode, David French, an opinion columnist at The New York Times and co-host of Advisory Opinions, and Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and a legal analyst at ABC News, join to help break down the legal charges against former president Trump as well as the broader legal significance of this case. Host Jeffrey Rosen moderates.   Resources   “District Attorney Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Indictment of Former President Donald J. Trump,” (Apr. 4,2023)        People v. Trump, Indictment  People v. Trump, Statement of Facts David French, “What You Need to Know About the Trump Charges,” NYT (Apr. 4, 2023) Kim Wehle, “The Case Against Trump: The Charges and the Facts Behind Them,” The Bulwark (Apr. 4, 2032) Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.    Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.    Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.    You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.   

On Wednesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint meeting of Congress. Speaking in English, he delivered an impassioned twenty-minute speech in which he said that “Ukrainian courage and American resolve must guarantee the future of our common freedom.” The speech was greeted rapturously by most members of Congress, who gave the Ukrainian leader prolonged standing ovations. President Biden announced another tranche of aid for Ukraine. Earlier this week, the administration committed, for the first time, to send a Patriot missile defense system. US aid totals more than $100 billion dollars so far. Some Republicans have signaled an unwillingness to continue aid at current levels. Zelensky's brief appearance in Washington, which lasted less than 10 hours, overtook other big news in the nation's capital. The long awaited final report from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol was to have been released yesterday, but that release has been delayed until today. On Monday, the Select Committee held its last public meeting and made four referrals to the US Department of Justice recommending that former President Donald Trump be prosecuted for four crimes. The committee also released a 160-page executive summary of its final report, recapped some of the testimony they have heard over the course of their public and private hearings, and introduced some new testimony by Hope Hicks, a former advisor to the former president. Also this week, the House Ways and Means Committee discovered that unlike other US presidents, Mr. Trump's tax returns while he was in office were not audited, as required by law. Joining Tom now is Kimberly Wehle, a visiting law professor at American University and the author of several books, including How to Read the Constitution-And Why.  Kim Wehle joins us on our digital line…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today it's Midday on the Law. The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new term on Monday, a term that many expect will include some blockbuster rulings on par with the overturning of Roe v Wade, the controversial decision from last term. This year, cases on voting rights, the environment, gay rights, freedom of speech and other issues may result in the court swinging US law farther to the right. Joining Tom to talk about the High Court's agenda and other legal news is University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle. This year, she is a visiting professor at American University's Washington College of Law. She's a former Assistant US Attorney, and the author of three excellent books, one on the constitution, one on voting, and her latest offering: How to Think Like a Lawyer--And Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas.  Kim is also the host of a YouTube show called Simple Politics with Kim Wehle. Kim Wehle joins us on our digital line from Washington, DC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Law professor Kimberly Wehle recaps what the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 has revealed in recent months and what to look out for as it continues its investigation. Then, apartment rents dropped for the first time in two years in August. Roben Farzad of Public Radio's "Full Disclosure" talks about whether renters can expect this trend to continue. And, New York Magazine Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi explains why mainstream media should have paid more attention to the story of Hunter Biden's laptop and what she learned after viewing its supposed contents.

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Joe spoke with former White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kimberly Wehle on the FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida home. Bloomberg Congress and Tax reporter Laura Davison on the court ruling that Donald Trump's tax returns must be turned over to the House Ways and Means Committee. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributor Rick Davis and Kevin Walling of HG Creative Media on President Biden's health, the CHIPS signing ceremony at the White House, and the president's best week ever being overshadowed by the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Kimberly Wehle, a Professor at the University of Baltimore Law School, discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocking foreign leaders who criticized his opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.Antitrust law expert Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department suing to block Penguin Random House, the biggest US book publisher, from buying Simon & Schuster, the fourth largest for $2.8 billion.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Kimberly Wehle, a Professor at the University of Baltimore Law School, discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocking foreign leaders who criticized his opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.Antitrust law expert Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department suing to block Penguin Random House, the biggest US book publisher, from buying Simon & Schuster, the fourth largest for $2.8 billion.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more   Kimberly Wehle (pronounced “Whale-ee”) is a tenured law professor and has been teaching law full-time since 2006. She is also a book author, lawyer and former CBS News legal analyst. In addition to her scholarly work, she writes regular columns for Politico, The Atlantic, The Bulwark, and The Hill.She also provides frequent legal commentary for CNN, MSNBC, NBC, BBC, NPR, and numerous other media outlets. At the University of Baltimore School of Law, her teaching and scholarship focuses on the separation of powers, administrative agencies, and civil litigation. She is a 2020 recipient of the prestigious Board of Regents Faculty Award for the University of Maryland for excellence in scholarship, research and creative activity. She is also a former Assistant United States Attorney, Associate Independent Counsel in the Whitewater Investigation, and author of the books What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why and How to Read The Constitution—and Why. Her forthcoming book is How to Think Like a Lawyer—and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas, also with Harper Collins. Follow Professor Wehle on Twitter and Instagram @kimwehle. She has an IGTV series on Instagram called #SimplePolitics.    Eric J. Segall graduated from Emory University, Phi Beta Kappa 27  and summa cum laude, and from Vanderbilt Law School, where he was the research editor for the Law Review and member of Order of the Coif. He clerked for the Chief Judge Charles Moye Jr. for the Northern District of Georgia, and Albert J. Henderson of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. After his clerkships, Segall worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the U.S. Department of Justice, before joining the Georgia State faculty in 1991. Segall teaches federal courts and constitutional law I and II. He is the author of the books Originalism as Faith and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges. His articles on constitutional law have appeared in, among others, the Harvard Law Review Forum, the Stanford Law Review On Line, the UCLA Law Review, the George Washington Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, and Constitutional Commentary among many others. Segall's op-eds and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, The Atlantic, SLATE, Vox, Salon, and the Daily Beast, among others. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and France 24 and all four of Atlanta's local television stations. He has also appeared on numerous local and national radio shows. Listen and Subscribe to Eric's Podcast Supreme Myths and follow him on Tik Tok! Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

On Monday night (May 2, 2022), Politicopublished what appears to be a draft of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which has allowed legal abortion for the past 50 years. Joining Tom now to put this story in context for us is Kimberly Wehle. She is on the faculty of the University of Baltimore School of Law, and the author of several books, including her latest:How to Think Like a Lawyer and Why:  A Commonsense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas… Kim Wehle join us on Zoom from Chevy Chase, MD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hate all the bitterness and polarization? JOIN NOW! Become a member of our community of reasonable Americans! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle to discuss her new book, How to Think Like a Lawyer and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas. Also, check out the song featured at the end of this episode, “Turning Into You,” by Shippensburg University student Piper Kull! Episode Music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones) “Turning Into You” by Piper Kull (used with artist's permission)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

El día de hoy, viernes 08 de abril de 2022, en nuestro programa de radio Día a Día, comenzamos conversando con Mariano Caucino, Especialista en política exterior y autor de los libros ‘Rusia Actor Global' y ‘La Rusia de Putin', sobre la suspensión de la participación de Rusia en el Consejo de DD.HH: “La comunidad internacional, en su gran mayoría, considera que las acciones de Rusia son verdaderamente inaceptables y constituyen una ruptura del orden internacional y un quebrantamiento de la carta de las Naciones Unidas”, dijo, y recalcó: “No sabemos cuáles son los objetivos militares que se trazó la Federación Rusa al invadir el territorio soberano ucraniano”. El economista y diputado electo en 2015 a la Asamblea Nacional venezolana, José Guerra, nos habló sobre las cifras de la economía venezolana: “Lo que ha posibilitado una cierta recuperación de la economía es el petróleo. Y este es un factor que no depende de Maduro”, dijo, y se preguntó: “¿Por qué si la economía se está recuperando a pleno pulmón a esfuerzo propio no publican las cifras del PIB desde hace tres años?”. Guerra destacó: “Quien reporta las cifras de actividad económica en Venezuela es el BCV, pero tiene desde marzo del 2019 sin publicarlas” El Senado estadounidense confirma el nombramiento a la Corte Suprema de la jueza Ketanji Brown Jackson. Sobre el tema, conversamos con Kimberly Wehle, analista político y profesora de leyes de la Universidad de Baltimore: “En más de 200 años de historia de la Corte Suprema, sólo ha habido 5 mujeres en esta Corte y una de ellas es Brown Jackson, además de la primera mujer de reza negra… La Corte Suprema nunca ha representado la realidad social de EE.UU. Pero el hecho de que ella esté allí es muy significativo”, dijo. Desde Lima nos atendió Óscar Schiappa Pietra, magister en Derecho Internacional de la George Washington University, para conversar con nosotros sobre la situación política y social que se vive en Perú: “La inmovilización tuvo un claro desacato ciudadano el día martes. Esto llevó al presidente Castillo a reconocer frente al Congreso que la dejaba sin efecto… El día de ayer, finalmente el Congreso por mayoría ha adoptado una resolución en la cual insta al presidente Castillo a renunciar”, comentó. “La oposición peruana ha sido muy torpe al polarizar totalmente la relación con el presidente Castillo en vez de buscar algunos puntos de coincidencia y tratar de tener influencia en su gestión”, agregó. Y para cerrar, conversamos con el periodista, director y guionista de El Extrabase, Daniel Álvarez, sobre el inicio de la campaña 2022 de las Grandes Ligas: “Desde esta primera semana estamos a prospectos como Bobby Witt, que es el número 1 del béisbol, Julio Rodríguez y Spencer Torkelson… Entre las cosas que estamos esperando es precisamente ese hit 3000 de Miguel Cabrera”, dijo. “Por primera vez en la historia en una semana inaugural un equipo de Grandes Ligas tiene una rotación con tres venezolanos: los Marlins tienen a Pablo López y a Jesús Luzardo”, destacó el periodista.

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A FIVE-ALARM FIRE for AMERICAN DEMOCRACY The warning signs of serious decline for many democracies worldwide are “flashing red.” In the U.S., we may be on the verge of the “greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War” and quite possibly the “suspension of American democracy as we have known it,” in the words of Robert Kagan. The problems facing American democracy are numerous, including (but not limited to) misinformation and disinformation, election subversion efforts by leading political figures, loopholes in the Electoral Count Act, partisan media outlets, political polarization, negative partisanship and tribalism, erosion of support for democracy and growing support for authoritarianism, weakening of social cohesion, government gridlock and dysfunction, an attempted coup, the “Big Lie,” an insurrection, partisan election audits, increasing authoritarianism among state legislatures, threats to elected officials and election workers, and talk of secession. I want to focus my discussion on two of these related threats: misinformation/disinformation and efforts to subvert our electoral system. The U.S. is in what many have called a “post-truth” age. For millions of Americans, feelings are becoming more important than facts and people are increasingly comfortable bending reality to their beliefs—instead of adjusting beliefs to match the evidence. The very notions of facts and expertise are being rejected by large numbers of Americans. At first glance this may seem incongruent with the fact that Americans have easier access to factual information, and more of it, than ever before. Imagine traveling back in time and asking a person that you met there to take you to their best library. Now imagine, once arriving in the building, pulling your smartphone from your pocket and explaining, “This tiny device gives me access to exponentially more information than this entire library.” You would leave him or her speechless. With all of this high-quality information at our fingertips, why do so many of us fall for misinformation and disinformation? A good portion of the blame can go to the internet, the decline of traditional news outlets and rise of partisan ones (including cable news, talk radio, and partisan websites), and the rise of social media. Despite easy access to more high-quality information than ever before, we also have easy (and often easier) access to more low-quality information than ever before. Millions of Americans do not know the difference between credible journalism and biased partisanship, lock themselves in ideological silos which continuously feed them messages and information that supposedly confirm their beliefs, and become addicted to low-quality information. There are valuable tools that can help, but many Americans are either unaware of or unwilling to use them. Imagine sitting at a table in a restaurant. Along comes your server with a plate of healthy food and places it on your table. At this point, 100 percent of the food in front of you is healthy. But before you can take a bite, another server places three more plates on the table containing unhealthy food. Now only 25 percent of the food on the table is good for you. If you desire to eat healthy during this meal, have these additional plates made your goal less attainable? Only if (a) you are unable to identify which plate contains the healthy food and/or (b) you are unable to resist the temptation to eat off of the other plates. This is a good metaphor for the current news media landscape. Our human brains are hard-wired to look for information that makes us feel good, avoid information which does not, and interpret information in a manner that makes it consistent with what we already believe and maintains our highest sense of self. This is true for everyone regardless of their political orientation. Most of us try to avoid information that might destabilize our view of the world and/or threaten our core beliefs, identities, and deeply held opinions. As social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains, “When the facts conflict with. . . sacred values, almost everyone finds a way to stick with their values and reject the evidence.” When we only have a few sources of mostly high-quality information available to us, our cognitive biases are kept somewhat under control. But when there are seemingly endless sources of information available to us, and we have difficulty differentiating what is credible from what is not, our cognitive biases are unleashed to do their worst. Think back to the movie Jurassic Park. In that film, the dinosaurs do not pose much of a threat to park patrons when the security systems are working. But once Dennis Nedry deactivates them? Well, hold on to your butts—at that point, the dinosaurs eat people. Partisan news outlets, the internet, and social media have deactivated the security systems that kept our cognitive biases somewhat at bay. Now misinformation and disinformation help diseases once thought to be a thing of the past to rear their ugly heads again. They destabilize democracies. This is not some minor problem. Lee McIntyre explains that, “The cognitive bias has always been there. The internet was the accelerant which democratized all of the disinformation and misinformation and diminished the experts. Democratization has led to the abandonment of standards for testing beliefs. It leads people to think they are just as good at reasoning about something as anybody else. But they're not. At the doctor's office, I don't ask for the data and reason through it myself and decide on the course of treatment. It takes expertise and experience to make that judgement. Just like I can't fly my own plane. There is a scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where he is in the room with all of these goblets and chalices and doesn't know which one is the Holy Grail.  That's where we are right now. We have the truth right in front of us, but we don't know which one it is.” Tom Nichols writes that, “These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had so much access to so much knowledge and yet have been so resistant to learn anything. In the United States and other developed nations, otherwise intelligent people denigrate intellectual achievement and reject the advice of experts. Not only do increasing numbers of laypeople lack basic knowledge, they reject fundamental rules of evidence and refuse to learn how to make a logical argument. In doing so, they risk throwing away centuries of accumulated knowledge and undermining the practices and habits that allow us to develop new knowledge. This is more than a natural skepticism toward experts. I fear we are witnessing the death of the ideal of expertise itself, a Google-fueled, Wikipedia-based, blog-sodden collapse of any division between professionals and laypeople, students and teachers, knowers and wonderers—in other words, between those of any achievement in an area and those with none at all.” Or as Yevgeny Simkin writes: “Let's take a short walk down memory lane. It's 1995. A man stands on a busy street corner yelling vaguely incoherent things at the passersby. He's holding a placard that says ‘THE END IS NIGH. REPENT.' You come upon this guy while out getting the paper. . . No reasonable person would think of convincing this man that his point of view is incorrect. This isn't an opportunity for an engaging debate. . . Now fast forward to 2020. In terms of who this guy is and who you are absolutely nothing has changed. And yet here you are—arguing with him on Twitter or Facebook. And you, yourself, are being brought to the brink of insanity. . . [Social media is] responsible for the tearing apart of our social fabric. . . An insidious malware slowly corrupting our society in ways that are extremely difficult to quantify, but the effects of which are evident all around us. Anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, QAnon, cancel-culture, Alex Jones, flat-Earthers, racists, anti-racists, anti-anti-racists, and of course the Twitter stylings of our Dear Leader.” A prime example of the threat that misinformation and disinformation pose to American democracy is the ongoing campaign—what has become known as the “Big Lie”—to delegitimize and overturn the free and fair election of President Biden. As Will Saletan writes in the Bulwark, “Americans like to think our country is immune to authoritarianism. We have a culture of freedom, a tradition of elected government, and a Bill of Rights. We're not like those European countries that fell into fascism. We'd never willingly abandon democracy, liberty, or the rule of law. But that's not how authoritarianism would come to America. In fact, it's not how authoritarianism has come to America. The movement to dismantle our democracy is thriving and growing, even after the failure of the Jan. 6th coup attempt, because it isn't spreading through overt rejection of our system of government. It's spreading through lies.” Saletan notes that: In the last four Economist/YouGov polls, most White Americans without a college degree said President Biden did not legitimately win the presidency. Three-quarters of Republicans in a January/February 2022 Economist/YouGov poll said they believe that Biden did not legitimately win the election. An October 2021 Quinnipiac survey found that 94 percent of Democrats said former President Trump is undermining democracy, while 85 percent of Republicans said he is protecting it. In a December 2021 survey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 61 percent of Republicans said Biden is illegitimate because fraudulent ballots supporting him were counted by election officials. Forty-six percent said ballots supporting Trump were destroyed by election officials. Forty-one percent said voting machines were re-programmed by election officials to count extra ballots for Biden. In a Politico/Morning Consult poll from January 2022, more than 60 percent of Republicans said that in terms of violating the Constitution, the election was at least as bad as the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Two-thirds of these people (or 43 percent of all Republicans) said the election was worse. An overwhelming amount of evidence demonstrates that these ideas are false, and yet their support is widespread. Saletan closes by saying, “We're in a battle to save democracy, but the battleground isn't values. It's facts. We're up against a party that spreads, condones, excuses, tolerates, and exploits lies—lies about our political process, and lies about an attempt to overthrow our government—in order to make Americans think that the party of authoritarianism is the party of democracy. And we're in serious danger of losing.” Misinformation and disinformation have been powerful weapons that leading political figures in America have used recently to further their authoritarian efforts to subvert democracy. Recent examples of election subversion include former President Trump admitting to wanting former Vice President Pence to overturn the election at the electoral vote counting stage. Kimberly Wehle, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, argues that we desperately need to fix the Electoral Count Act (ECA) for this very reason. Even though the ECA was not intended to give the Vice President the power to single-handedly overturn an election for no good reason, it is vague enough that somebody might be able to abuse it to that end. Wehle explains that, “There are massive holes in the Electoral Count Act. It is stunning that there is nothing requiring states to count the popular vote. Arizona is proposing legislation to ignore the popular vote and allow the state legislature to pick the electors. That is not democracy. If this is not addressed, state legislatures and/or Congress can steal the next election. The future of our republic is at stake.” Other alarming examples of recent election subversion efforts in the U.S. include (but are not limited to): Trump prodding and threatening Georgia's secretary of state to “find” enough votes to flip his state from Biden to Trump (NBC News). Eighty-four GOP officials across seven states (including local GOP leaders, current office holders, and current candidates for public office) sending fraudulent documents to the National Archives in the hopes that these fake “alternative slates of electors” would be taken seriously and play a role in overturning the election (the New York Times, the Bulwark). Trump bringing leaders of the Michigan legislature to the White House to try to convince them to incorrectly certify that their state went for Trump when in fact it went for Biden (Politico). Partisan state election audits (Brennan Center). Trump wanting to seize voting machines and records (Politico, the Bulwark). Trump calling governors and local election officials to try to pressure them to fabricate voter fraud (USA Today). The January 6, 2021 insurrection (New York Times). Trump floating pardons for those who stormed the capital on January 6 (Politico). Trump wanting to install Jeffrey Clark at the DOJ to carry out his election subversion schemes (the Bulwark). American democracy is under serious threat. As Michael Gerson laments, recent developments in the U.S. are “revealing the frightening fragility of the American experiment.” And as Jonathan Last warns, “America faces an authoritarian peril.” This is a five-alarm fire for American democracy, and we are all going to have to do our part to put it out—and there is little time to wait.   by Lawrence M. Eppard   Joining us on this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss all of this is Jim Swift, senior editor at the Bulwark. Swift worked at The Weekly Standard from 2012 to 2018, where his last post was as deputy online editor. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and elsewhere. Before TWS, he worked for five years for members of the House and Senate as a tax staffer, working for Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) on Ways and Means Committee matters and Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on Finance Committee matters. In 2004, he worked as a field staffer for President Bush's re-election campaign. For a good example of the consequences of misinformation and disinformation, check out Jim Swift's piece in the Bulwark about what happened recently in Maitland, Florida. Also take a look at this can't miss piece from Anne Applebaum in the Atlantic about what Vladimir Putin's objective is in threatening Ukraine. Further reading: “Fact Check: How We Know the 2020 Election Results were Legitimate, not 'Rigged' as Donald Trump Claims” (USA Today) “Listen to the Full Audio of Trump's Phone Call with the Georgia Secretary of State” (NBC News) “John Eastman's First 'January 6 Scenario' Memo” (Washington Post) “Read the Never-Issued Trump Order that Would Have Seized Voting Machines” (Politico) “Fake GOP Electors Subpoenaed By January 6 Committee” (Forbes) “Our Constitutional Crisis is Already Here” (Washington Post) “How Stable Are Democracies? ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red'” (New York Times) “The Trump Coup is Still Happening” (the Bulwark) “Anatomy of a Death Threat” (Reuters) “Arizona GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Give Legislature Power to Toss Out Election Results” (NBC News) “Lies Are the Building Blocks of Trumpian Authoritarianism” (the Bulwark) “How Seriously Should We Take Talk of U.S. State Secession?” (Brookings) “Social Media is the Problem” (the Bulwark) Check out the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index Check out the Connors Forum Guide to Trustworthy News Outlets Episode Music/Audio Clips: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones) “Reading by Lamplight” by Maarten Schellekens (creative commons) Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Jeep Commercial (publicly available on YouTube) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist's permission)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Utterly Moderate we are joined by editor-at-large of the BulwarkBill Kristol and University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle. Both Kristol and Wehle help host Lawrence Eppard sort through a bizarre story about elector fraud in the 2020 presidential election as well as how to fix the Electoral Count Act. Most Americans are probably aware that we use the Electoral College to elect presidents. When this happens, state government officials sign “certificates of ascertainment” which verify the state's electors and who they voted for in the election. These are sent with documentation signed by the electors themselves to the National Archives who process them and then send them to Congress to count on January 6th. According to documents obtained by an organization called American Oversight and covered by Politico, CNN, the Bulwark, and others, in the weeks after the 2020 election, Trump supporters sent fake election certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won five states that he actually lost: Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Some of the people involved were top GOP officials in the states in question. The Bulwark has covered this extensively: On January 15th Bill Kristol commented, “The forged electoral certificates show coordination across. . . states. Those fake certificates were key to the plan of the Eastman memo and to the Jeffrey Clark DOJ draft letter to Georgia.” On January 16th Charlie Sykes wrote, “Some perspective: If an average voter lied on their registration forms or forged an absentee ballot, they would face criminal charges and a world of legal hurt. But this case is far worse because the forged electoral certificates were coordinated, and part of a larger conspiracy to overturn the presidential election.” On January 17th Philip Rotner argued that, “These phony certifications were not isolated, one-off events. They were highly coordinated. A single glance at the five phony certificates shows that they are nearly identical in format and text, right down to the fonts. The strong implication: Somebody somewhere was running this show.” One of the biggest problems with all of this has to do with the Electoral Count Act. A lot of political commentary right now is focused on voting rights, and for good reason. But the biggest immediate threat to our democracy seems to be loopholes in the Electoral Count Act. As Philip Rotner notes, “Nothing in either of the voting rights bills currently pending before Congress would inhibit partisan state officials, acting under color of law, from attempting to overturn popular elections in their states.” Our guest today, Kimberly Wehle, noted last October that, “There are massive holes in the Electoral Count Act. It is stunning that there is nothing requiring states to count the popular vote. Arizona is proposing legislation to ignore the popular vote and allow the state legislature to pick the electors. That is not democracy. If this is not addressed, state legislatures and/or Congress can steal the next election. The future of our republic is at stake.” Writing in the Bulwark on January 17th Chris Truax noted that, “Congress is free to reject any state's electoral votes for any reason at all. All that is required is the votes in Congress and the political will to act.” Segment One: Bill Kristol Bill Kristol taught politics at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University before going on to serve as chief of staff to Education Secretary William Bennett in the Reagan Administration and as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle in the George H. W. Bush administration. He would then go on to help found the well-known conservative political magazine the Weekly Standard. Today he is editor-at-large of the Bulwark and a regular guest on leading political commentary shows. Segment Two: Kimberly Wehle Kimberly Wehle is a law professor at the University of Baltimore and has written extensively about the issues that we discuss in this episode. Check out her academic work here and some of her pieces for a general audience here. Articles Referenced in this Episode: “American Oversight Obtains Seven Phony Certificates of Pro-Trump Electors,” American Oversight, March 2, 2021. “ 6 Panel Ramps Up Investigation into Trump's State-Level Pressure,” Nicholas Wu, Politico, January 10, 2022. “Trump Allies' Fake Electoral College Certificates Offer Fresh Insights about Plot to Overturn Biden's Victory,” Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN, January 12, 2022. “Trump's Electoral Forgery/Fraud,” Charlie Sykes, the Bulwark, January 16, 2022. “It's Long Past Time to Prosecute Phony GOP Electors,” Philip Rotner, the Bulwark, January 17, 2022. “The Electoral Count Act Is a Zero-Day Exploit Waiting to Happen,” Chris Truax, the Bulwark, January 17, 2022. “Here's How We Fix the Electoral Count Act”, Chris Truax, the Bulwark, January 19, 2022. "As Giuliani Coordinated Plan for Trump Electoral Votes in States Biden Won, Some Electors Balked," Reinhard et. al., Washington Post, January 20, 2022.  Episode Music/Audio Clips: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones) “Druckstellen” by Ibi (creative commons) “Reading by Lamplight” by Maarten Schellekens (creative commons) Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Jeep Commercial (publicly available on YouTube) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist's permission)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in what looks to be the beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade, according to legal scholars. If that is the case, and Roe is reversed, there stands to be a number of ripple effects beyond abortion rights, too. In a new article for The Atlantic, "What Roe Could Take Down With It," constitutional law expert Kimberly Wehle writes that "the logic being used against Roe could weaken the legal foundations of many rights Americans value deeply" including laws regulating marriage equality and contraception use, for example. We'll consider the different layers of what's at stake with abortion rights and beyond.

The Jan. 6 insurrection was an attack on the democratic process. How is the investigation into the events that day a defense of that same process? On Today's Show:Kimberly Wehle, law professor at the University of Baltimore, former U.S. Attorney, author of What You Need to Know About Voting--and Why (Harper Collins, 2020) and an opinion writer for many publications including Politico and The Atlantic, discusses the latest developments in the House Select Committee's investigation of the January 6th Attack.

Kimberly Wehle, law professor at the University of Baltimore, former U.S. Attorney, author of What You Need to Know About Voting--and Why (Harper Collins, 2020) and an opinion writer for many publications including Politico and The Atlantic, discusses the latest developments in the House Select Committee's investigation of the January 6th Attack. →"Trump in the Wings?" (The Bulwark, Nov. 16)

University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle joins the Utterly Moderate Podcastto discuss the various ways in which American democracy is under serious strain as well as actions we can take to turn things around. Read more from Wehle here. Episode music/audio clips: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Make Your Dreams Reality” by Scott Holmes Music (creative commons) "Cloudbank" by Podington Bear (creative commons) Bruce Springsteen/Jeep Super Bowl commercial (publicly available on YouTube) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist's permission) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1998, a fresh-faced 16-year-old Britney Spears became an overnight global superstar with the release of her debut single Baby One More Time. She went on to sell over 150 million records, win multiple awards and gain a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But for nearly half of Spears' impressive career, the singer hasn't had full control over her life. For the last thirteen years, she has been under a conservatorship controlled by her father, which gives him the legal right to make decisions on her finances, work commitments, health and personal life. This summer, Spears has been fighting the conservatorship in court, describing the details of her life in a harrowing testimony which shocked fans around the world. In today's episode, Róisín Ingle speaks to Kimberly Wehle, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore about the details of her conservatorship battle and to journalist Louise Bruton about the life and career of America's biggest pop star.

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Hoy en Día a Día, comenzamos conversando sobre la aprobación del plan de rescate de Biden por 1,9 billones de dólares. Sobre el tema, el periodista José Luis de Haro opinó: “Esto va a hacer que la economía estadounidense tenga un crecimiento que podría alcanzar en el segundo trimestre del año un 10%”, por lo que “EE.UU podría llegar a crecer incluso más que China en el 2021”. También comentó: “Imagino que Biden no va a retrasar mucho más el convertir este proyecto de ley en ley, y comenzar con parte de esas propuestas”. La subdirectora interina para las Américas de Human Rights Watch, Tamara Taraciuk, abordó el tema de las denuncias de los migrantes venezolanos por violaciones en México: “Estas personas llegan a EE.UU pidiendo asilo con el programa MPP, y deben esperar del lado mexicano… Allí enfrentan amenazas y extorsión por las fuerzas migratorias mexicanas y dificultades para acceder a servicios básicos”, comentó. Taraciuk destacó que “Más de 5 millones de venezolanos han salido del país” y que “En el programa de MPP quedan unos 1.600 venezolanos esperando en México”. Desde Washington nos atendió la profesora de leyes de la Universidad de Baltimore, Kimberly Wehle, quien nos habló sobre el decreto de Biden para garantizar el derecho al voto: “Esta orden ejecutiva no cambia las condiciones del voto”, dijo, y puntualizó: “El filibusterismo, que permite un manejo arbitrario de las votaciones en la cámara del senado, les daría ventajas a los republicanos para manejar el juego político”, por lo que “Biden y los demócratas deben enfocarse en fortalecer los derechos del votante, con miras a las próximas elecciones”. También nos atendió el abogado y analista político, Paul Antonio Coca, quien nos habló sobre las elecciones en Bolivia: “En los resultados preliminares, hubo una dura derrota del movimiento al socialismo en varias regiones”, comentó, y puntualizó que “El escenario para el presidente Arce no está siendo el mejor, ya que tendrá que cogobernar con gobernadores y alcaldes que no son de su línea política”. También destacó que “El voto de El Alto por Eva Copa ha sido un voto de rebeldía en contra de las imposiciones del partido MAS”. Acerca de la entrevista de Oprah Winfrey a los duques de Sussex, conversamos con la periodista especializada en Casas Reales, Lara Fernández: “No creo que la entrevista genere consecuencias más allá de las tensiones que ya existen entre Buckingham y el matrimonio”, opinó, y resaltó que “Muchos piensan que ellos traicionaron a la Casa Real”. La periodista mencionó: “Markle es un personaje admirado y criticado en partes iguales… Pero ya no tiene el nivel de popularidad que tenía cuando comenzó con Harry”. Y para cerrar, el politólogo Fernando Posada nos habló sobre el caso de Álvaro Uribe: “La Fiscalía ha ordenado precluir la investigación contra Uribe”, informó, y explicó: “Uribe renunció a su cargo como senador y la investigación pasa de la Corte Suprema a la Fiscalía General”. El politólogo destacó que “Uribe terminó su período presidencial siendo quizás el presidente más popular de la era moderna en Colombia”.

Constitutional scholar Kimberly Wehle discusses how Chief Justice Roberts and Republican Senators effectively nullified the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump and prevented conviction. 

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Hoy en #DiaADia, comenzamos conversando con el reportero político de Vice News, Cameron Joseph, quien nos habló acerca del caso de la legisladora Marjorie Taylor Greene, quien se ha adherido abiertamente al movimiento conspiratorio QAnon: “Taylor Greene ha estado a favor de opciones violentas y milita en las creencias del QAnon”, comentó, afirmando que “No la han castigado por miedo”. Y acerca de la situación dentro del Partido Republicano, declaró que “Hay una situación confusa, porque hay sectores muy radicales, y otros a favor del impeachment”, destacando que “De alguna manera, el partido le pertenece a Trump, porque es quien tiene poder de decisión y una fuerte apelación popular, por lo que muchos que quieren salir electos en las próximas elecciones no querrán enfrentar sus posturas”. El comisionado de la Secretaría General de la OEA, David Smolansky, nos ayudó a ampliar información acerca del Estatuto Temporal de Protección para los Migrantes y Refugiados venezolanos (ETPV): “Es un mecanismo jurídico que les otorga protección a 1.700.000 venezolanos en Colombia”, explicó, agregando que “Tiene una vigencia de 10 años”. Smolansky destacó que “El 56% de los venezolanos en Colombia no tenían documentación. Y ahora esas personas podrán obtener protección a través del ETPV”, el cual “Es lo más cercano a reconocer a los venezolanos como refugiados”. Y acerca de las cifras de venezolanos que han abandonado el país, nos comentó: “El número más actualizado que tenemos es de 5.4 millones de migrantes y refugiados venezolanos. Es la crisis de refugiados más grande registrada en la historia de América Latina y la segunda más grande del mundo”. Desde Haití nos atendió el periodista freelance, Harold Isaac, para hablarnos acerca de la situación en Haití tras nombramiento de Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis como “presidente de transición”: “Tras los sucesos del fin de semana, la situación está más lenta aún, prácticamente se puede hablar de un pueblo fantasma”, comentó explicando que “El presidente interino Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis es un magistrado de la corte, y ha sido retirado de la corte por el presidente Moïse” y que “No está claro dónde se encuentra el presidente interino Jean-Louis, pero envió un mensaje por los medios sociales y el Ministro de Justicia dio órdenes de que lo iban a arrestar”. Isaac expresó que “Mucha incertidumbre es lo que se avecina en Haití, porque el gobierno de Moïse va a incrementar la represión”. Acerca del segundo juicio político a Donald Trump que comenzará este martes, la profesora de leyes de la Universidad de Baltimore, Kimberly Wehle, comentó que “Si bien los republicanos van a perdonar a Donald Trump, probablemente lleven adelante una disposición para que no pueda aspirar de nuevo a la presidencia en el año 2024”. Wehle destaco que “De ninguna manera el impeachment es un teatro político”, expresando: “Considero que el verdadero propósito del impeachment es establecer un remedio a una situación que se ha dado”, puesto que “El impeachment no puede ser un castigo, porque no hay manera de sacar del poder a Trump porque ya no está allí, y es imposible ponerlo en la cárcel. No hay manera real de castigarlo”.

Jackie Fox looks forward to a new year and a new administration with former White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, legal analyst Kimberly Wehle and Congressman Brendan Boyle.

President Trump is reportedly set to issue a wide swath of pardons that may include close confidants and family members. There are also talks of Trump issuing a pardon for himself to stave off possible federal investigations. Trump’s probable use of the pardon power is likely to push the boundaries of Constitutional norms and may wind up empowering future presidents to go even further.In Non-Compliant Podcast Episode 23, Host Jay Edelson, nationally recognized class action plaintiff’s attorney and Founder of Edelson PC, and Guest Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and legal expert and commentator for CBS News, dive into Trump’s use of the pardon power and what it means for our Democratic Republic. Jay and Kimberly first discuss how Trump is unlike other presidents and won’t face the same political pressures as some of his predecessors (7:25). Although most presidents have used the pardon power for some personal gain, Trump is pushing the boundaries with the GOP backing his every move. Kimberly, the author of What You Need to Know About Voting--and Why and How to Read the Constitution—and Why, share her insight on the limits of presidential pardons and what role the courts play into interpreting this power (14:35). Jay and Kimberly also discuss the nuts and bolts of how pardons work and if it means you are guilty of a crime (23:30). Later in the show, Kimberly gives her thoughts on who Trump might pardon and what these actions might look like (29:00). Jay and Kimberly also discuss whether Trump will use pardons for family members and associates tied up in the Mueller probe. They also talk about if Trump can issue blanket pardons for unknown crimes and if anyone will challenge a potentially invalid pardon (36:25). To wrap the show, Jay and Kimberly chat if Biden can hold Trump accountable for his actions and if he has the political capital to bring federal investigations for possible crimes committed in office (47:20). They end by discussing how Congress needs to reassert its role to limit presidents from pushing and breaking constitutional norms. Check out the episode to hear more about Edelson PC’s legal actions against Tom Girardi and Real Housewives Star Erika Jayne and what the firm has in store for the holidays.If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a review. You can also send us an email at podcast@edelson.com with any questions or for guest booking.Recent Episodes:Non-Compliant Podcast Episode 22: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-22-one-where-law-students-take-on-big-law-climate/Non-Compliant Podcast Episode 21: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-21-one-where-two-plaintiffs-attorneys-try-to/Non-Compliant Podcast Episode 20: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-20-one-where-we-talk-about-trumps-attempt-to/

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Why is it so hard to vote in America? Legal analyst and law professor, Kimberly Wehle and Rachel Homer from Protect Democracy discuss voting barriers across America and concerns over voter suppression.

Vox’s judiciary expert Ian Milhiser joins the panel to explain Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy and the future of American jurisprudence Resources: "Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy, and the future of the Supreme Court, explained" by Ian Millhiser, Vox "The Surprising Conservatism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Kimberly Wehle, Politico "Social conservatives feel betrayed by the Supreme Court — and the GOP that appointed it" by Jane Coaston, Vox "As Trump rushes to fill a court seat, conservative groups fear missteps" by Gabby Orr, Politico "What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins" by Ian Millhiser, Vox Guest: Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) Senior Correspondent, Vox Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, Vox Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, Vox Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica Credits: Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since 2017, President Trump has issued 181 executive orders. Recently, the president has come under fire for issuing executive orders to provide economic relief to Americans during the pandemic, bypassing congress and its traditional "power of the purse". So what are these executive orders? Are they constitutional, and will the president see legal challenges? On today’s Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by professor Kimberly Wehle from the University of Baltimore School of Law and professor Michael W. McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, to discuss the use of executive orders by the president and, specifically, the constitutionality of President Trump's recent pandemic motivated executive orders. Special thanks to our sponsors, Blue J Legal and LEX Reception. Mentioned in this Podcast: How to Read the Constitution--and Why  What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution Establishment of Religion: Neutrality, Accommodation, and Separation

Since 2017, President Trump has issued 181 executive orders. Recently, the president has come under fire for issuing executive orders to provide economic relief to Americans during the pandemic, bypassing congress and its traditional "power of the purse". So what are these executive orders? Are they constitutional, and will the president see legal challenges? On today’s Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by professor Kimberly Wehle from the University of Baltimore School of Law and professor Michael W. McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, to discuss the use of executive orders by the president and, specifically, the constitutionality of President Trump's recent pandemic motivated executive orders. Special thanks to our sponsors, Blue J Legal and LEX Reception. Mentioned in this Podcast: How to Read the Constitution--and Why What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution Establishment of Religion: Neutrality, Accommodation, and Separation

What You Need to Know About Voting--and Why by Kim Wehle Kimwehle.com A step-by-step guide to every American’s most fundamental right and civic duty - just in time for the 2020 presidential election. Nothing is more important to the health of a democracy than the right to vote. Yet less than half of eligible voters routinely show up to the polls. Part of the problem is that the basics of the process we use to choose our elected leaders remain shrouded in mystery for many Americans. In What You Need to Know About Voting - and Why, law professor and constitutional scholar Kimberly Wehle unravels that mystery, offering practical, useful advice on the mechanics of voting and an enlightening survey of its history and future. What is a primary? How does the electoral college work? Who gets to cast a ballot and why? Wehle answers these questions and more in a clear, engaging, and conversational tone. From where and how to register in the various states to how to change your registration when you move, this indispensable book outlines the necessary steps to take to become an active participant in the electoral process. For new voters, would-be voters, young people looking ahead to the next election, and those seeking citizenship, What You Need to Know About Voting - and Why is a timely and informative guide, providing the background you need in order to make informed choices that will shape our shared destiny for decades to come. Kimberly Wehle (pronounced "Whale-ee") is an author, lawyer, law professor, and on-air and off-air legal expert, analyst and commentator for CBS News. She has also appeared on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, NPR, and PBS. In addition, Wehle is a contributor for BBC World News, and a contributor for The Bulwark and The Hill. She has also written for the Baltimore Sun and LA Times. She is a former Assistant United States Attorney, Associate Independent Counsel in the Whitewater Investigation, and author of "How to Read The Constitution--and Why" and "What You Need to Know about the Right to Vote--and Why," which is forthcoming in June 2020, and "The Outsourced Constitution: How Public Power in Private Hands Erodes Democracy," by Cambridge University Press. For updates, you can follow her on Twitter @kim_wehle and like her on Facebook and on her Instagram.

Constitutional law professor Kimberly Wehle joins Diane to talk about why Americans need to educate themselves about voting - especially right now. Her new book is "What You Need To Know About Voting And Why."

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We felt there was no better way of celebrating the 4th of July with our listeners than to discuss our constitution and how our entire future is about to be affected by decisions made from its very origin. Paul is joined by Security Matters legal analyst Vincent Ancona for an in depth conversation on issues ranging from freedom of speech, right to bear arms, privacy and abortion to civil rights and equal protection under the law. Paul rounds off the discussion with CBS legal analyst Kimberly Wehle and author of the book, "How to read the Constitution and Why" for a peak under the tent into the incredible value her book has to offer all Americans. Our parting question we ask all listeners to write us on, what does "WE THE PEOPLE" mean to you?

Welcome to this special episode of ACLR with The Constitution Demystifier, Kimberly Wehle. We're focusing the lens of curiosity to reveal key takeaways and what you REALLY need to know about The Mueller Report. Discover why this is NOT just about one particular president, Trump. This IS about the Presidency...and why this distinction matters.

The Patrick Lalley Show from Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Topics include debate over downtown hotel and parking project, sexual harassment in politics with University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle, The Common Man on Weird Friends, blogger Cory Heidelberger on Gov. Dennis Daugaard's budget address and winter bike commuting.

Now it's NBC's Matt Lauer and Public Radio's Garrison Keillor. Big names in Hollywood and the media continue to fall from the flood of sexual misconduct charges. But in Washington, politicians facing similar complaints remain in office.  Constitutional law professor Kimberly Wehle joins us to discuss why it's easier to “can and ban” accused sexual predators in Hollywood than it is in DC. She examines the Constitutional reasons that deliberately make it hard to punish elected officials. Kimberly Wehle is a University of Baltimore Law Professor, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and associate independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation. 

During his speech at CPAC earlier this year, then-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said one of the Trump administration's most important goals would be the “deconstruction of the administrative state”. But what exactly does that mean? Look no further than the State Department. The State Department is facing an unprecedented shortage in funding, staffing and is having issues communicating with foreign diplomats. Ambassador Chris Hill, a four-time U.S. ambassador, shares his thoughts on how we've arrived at this point. He also talks with Rick Ungar and guest co-host Rick Tyler about the potential implications of a deconstructed State Department and how it could harm the United States. Former assistant U.S. attorney Kimberly Wehle discusses the gap between the way the entertainment industry and Capitol Hill respond to allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.

Now it’s NBC’s Matt Lauer and Public Radio’s Garrison Keillor. Big names in Hollywood and the media continue to fall from the flood of sexual misconduct charges. But in Washington, politicians facing similar complaints remain in office.  Constitutional law professor Kimberly Wehle joins us to discuss why it’s easier to “can and ban” accused sexual predators in Hollywood than it is in DC. She examines the Constitutional reasons that deliberately make it hard to punish elected officials. Kimberly Wehle is a University of Baltimore Law Professor, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and associate independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation.