Podcasts about presidential advisory commission

It's important that our elections earn the confidence of American voters. In recent years fraud allegations, lawsuits, and elections rules changes have cast doubt on the integrity of our elections. Thankfully, groups like Public Interest Legal Foundation and the Foundation for Government Accountability are working hard to ensure elections are administered fairly. In this episode of Giving Ventures, Peter checks in with J. Christian Adams of PILF and Madeline Malisa of FGA for a post-election breakdown. Together, Christian and Madeline address issues like mandatory voter identification, ranked-choice voting, and the importance of holding elections for one day only rather than letting ballots trickle in for weeks after Election Day. J. Christian Adams is president and general counsel for Public Interest Legal Foundation. He also serves as commissioner of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity and previously served in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice. Madeline Malisa is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability, where she is a policy and legal expert on election and initiative integrity. Prior to joining FGA, she served as chief counsel to Governor Paul LePage in the State of Maine.

WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS -  president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/ElectionLawCtr https://x.com/PILFoundation WEBSITE: https://publicinterestlegal.org/ BIO: Prior to joining The Public Interest Legal Foundation, J. Christian Adams served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin Non-citizens added to states' voter rolls through DMV, even after admitting lack of US citizenship LAST WEEK: Frederick leaders approve letting noncitizens vote in local elections Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 / 7 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS -  president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/ElectionLawCtr https://x.com/PILFoundation WEBSITE: https://publicinterestlegal.org/ BIO: Prior to joining The Public Interest Legal Foundation, J. Christian Adams served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin Non-citizens added to states' voter rolls through DMV, even after admitting lack of US citizenship LAST WEEK: Frederick leaders approve letting noncitizens vote in local elections Harris-Trump showdown: Leading law enforcement group takes sides in presidential election WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - BRENDAN CARR - FCC Commissioner  George Soros taking 'shortcut' to buy 200 US radio stations, FCC commissioner says Carr on the Biden admin's handling of expanding broadband JUNE 2024: Why Has Joe Biden's $42 Billion Broadband Program Not Connected One Single Household? NY TIMES: Trump's Low-Tax, High-Tariff Strategy Could Clash With Economic Realities Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 / 7 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Two Lawyers Walk into a Bar, Lee Bergstein and Cooper Knowlton sit down with Ira Leesfield, the founder and managing partner of Leesfield Scolaro, a personal injury firm with offices in Miami, Key West, South Beach and Central Florida. Mr. Leesfield is one of the most prominent personal injury attorneys in the country, who was nominated as "Lawyer of the Year" by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, after he obtained a $19.8 million verdict against Honda Corp., and selected as one of America's Top Ten Trial Lawyers. During this conversation, Mr. Leesfield talks about how an eviction notice set him on the path to becoming a lawyer, his time in the Army and Justice Department, and how a chance meeting on a flight led him to personal injury work. He also chats about his friendships with the likes of Jimmy Buffett and President Bill Clinton, and talks about his time working in the Clinton Administration, where he was part of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets. Mr. Leesfield has led a fascinating life and we feel lucky to be able to share this conversation with all of you. We hope you give it a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to election integrity, the states are where the real action is. Hans von Spakovsky joins today's episode of The Kevin Roberts Show to give an overview of wins for election integrity in the states, the Biden administration's continued effort to undermine those reforms, and what to expect during the midterms. Learn more about Heritage's Election Integrity Scorecard. This week's guest: Appointed by President Donald Trump to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in 2017, Hans A. von Spakovsky is one of the foremost legal minds on election integrity. Before joining Heritage in 2008, von Spakovsky served two years as a member of the Federal Election Commission, the authority charged with enforcing campaign finance laws for congressional and presidential elections, including public funding. He is the author of “Our Broken Elections: How the Left Changed the Way You Vote.” Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Tuesday April 26th I received an email from YouTube that one of my episodes with Heritage Foundation expert Hans von Spakovsky was being removed for “misinformation”. They stated that they “think” that my conversation with Hans on election integrity “violates our misinformation policy” So just how did my content violate their misinformation policy? YouTube explains:How your content violated the policyContent that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election is not allowed on YouTube.I want to note that our discussion did not include who we think won or didn't win the 2020 election. Rather, we stated that there are legitimate concerns of voter fraud in the nation, and that they happen on the federal, state, and local levels. Now YouTube went on to said and I quote “Because it's the first time, this is just a warning. If it happens again, your channel will get a strike and you won't be able to do things like upload, post, or live stream for 1 week.”YouTube wants to silence any discussion about voter fraud. And apparently they consider themselves to be the authority on this issue. However, YouTube is not the great arbiter of truth and should refrain from acting as if it is.YouTube reversed their decision AFTER a Daily Signal Exposé by journalist Douglas Blair was published.You can read that here: https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/04/27/youtube-bans-video-featuring-conservative-expert-on-voter-fraud/Hans von Spakovsky is the Heritage Foundation's Manager Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. President Donald Trump appointed von Spakovsky to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in 2017. He is an authority on a wide range of issues—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration, the rule of law, and government reform. He also wrote an article addressing the actions of YouTube. https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/04/29/youtube-u-turn-censors-strike-again-for-no-good-reason-just-as-inexplicably-reverse-course/Find the YouTube video that was removed here: https://youtu.be/2iQW5jLmYyoDiscover more resources on Election Integrity here: https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity#Sign the pledge to fight back against big tech here: https://secured.heritage.org/sign-thf-big-tech-petition/?utm_campaign=bigtechpetition&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=%7B%7Bplacement%7D%7D_%7B%7Badset.name%7D%7D_%7B%7Bad.name%7D%7D_%7B%7Bad.id%7D%7D_purchop&fbclid=IwAR3ya0zg-uWk0ewD7I5Jq7ZeCRaU5liTUMt3mvm0BtMzNT-ZO21YMypI_M4The Jacob Kersey Program.‘live truth, speak truth'@realjacobkersey

Hans von Spakovsky is a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He is the manager of the Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in Heritage's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. President Donald J. Trump named him to be a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Hans will discuss Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris' lies in Georgia trying to promote a federal takeover of election law and campaign funding. He will also discuss how making COVID treatments available based on racial factors rather than health issues violates the rule of law, common decency, and the Civil Rights Act. Phil Kerpen is the Founder and President of American Commitment. He is also President of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity (founded by Steve Forbes, Steve Moore, Art Lauffer). Phil is a leading free-market policy analyst and advocate in Washington. Phil will discuss the latest science and data on COVID — something that Dr. Fauci, the CDC, the entire Biden Administration, and the lame stream media and social media won't do. Phil will also discuss the latest economic news — everything from energy, to inflation, to supply chain disruptions — that Biden and various leftist governors have screwed up and exacerbated. Michael Morris is the Media Research Center's Free Speech America & MRC Business Managing Editor. While earning his undergraduate degrees, Michael interned for then-Congressman Mike Pence. And while going to law school, he interned for then-Congressman Randy Forbes. Michael will discuss Big Tech's censorship of anyone who points out misinformation coming from the government, or even renowned doctors and scientists who point out the government's misinformation. He will discuss how Big Tech even sided with the Communist Party of China over fact and reason. Michael will also discuss how the lame stream media protects Biden from being associated with his policy failures, and how the media ignored the scandal of Biden's Education Secretary soliciting the letter that falsely accused parents of being “Domestic Terrorists.”

The Heritage Foundation's manager of their Election Law Reform Initiative, Hans Von Spakovsky, discusses the “For The People Act” proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congressional Democrats. Spakovsky, a former member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, assesses the changes the bill would make and the effect those could have on elections and politics in the US.

Dan Gainor, Vice President for Business and Culture for the Media Research Center and a veteran editor whose work has been published or cited many of the nation’s leading publications and radio and television news programs. TOPIC: Chaos in the the Capitol!!! Media quickly condemns Conservatives and Trump Hans von Spakovsky, ormer member of the Federal Election Commission. He is the manager of the Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in Heritage's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. President Donald J. Trump named him to be a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. TOPIC: Voter integrity and voter fraud!! Tom Donelson, Host of the Donelson Files radio program and he’s the president of America’s PAC - an organization that works to election conservatives to public office. To give you some idea of how effective they must be, Google has banned them. TOPIC: Capital Chaos!!!

Hans von Spakovsky is a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He is the manager of the Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in Heritage's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. President Donald J. Trump named him to be a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. TOPIC: Election litigation before the Supreme Court!! Angela Box is a popular conservative personality and host of the radio show Angela’s Soap Box. She’s also a political consultant who works to help conservatives get elected in all levels of government. Angela is a former teacher and actress. And she writes original content for her own website — www.AngelasSoapBox.com. We will discuss with Angela the case that the State of Texas has brought against Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan for violating the Constitution in how it conducted the 2020 presidential election. TOPIC: Chinese spy scandal and Congress Erik Swalwell!!

Hans von Spakovsky is an attorney and a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He is the manager of the Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in Heritage's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. President Trump named him to be a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. TOPIC:How voter fraud works!! Dan Gainor is the Vice President for Business and Culture for the Media Research Center and a veteran editor whose work has been published in more than a hundred publications and who appears regularly on news and commentary programs. We will discuss with Dan the Democrat’s call for unity. Do they actually want unity? Or do they just want the Right to close their month and fall in line? TOPIC: Senate hearings involving Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and FaceBook CEO Mark Zuckerberg!! Craig Huey is a business owner, marketing expert, author, speaker and former Republican Party candidate who owns two direct marketing companies as well as several websites that provide guidelines for voting. Considered an expert in direct response and digital marketing, Craig will discuss how massive mail-in ballots, ballot harvesting, and traditional voter fraud contributed to a very close election. Likewise, Craig will discuss how Biden targeted the evangelical christian vote to limit Trump’s support and suppress that vote. TOPIC: Ballot harvesting opens up elections to massive fraud!!

We've had this episode recorded since mid May but other things have come up since. There's some good stuff in here that holds up surprisingly well... but it can't be stressed enough that there is a fundamental difference in both the importance and implementation. Mail In Voter Fraud-- State Laws Governing Early Voting - https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/early-voting-in-state-elections.aspx Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Advisory_Commission_on_Election_Integrity US election: Do postal ballots lead to voting fraud? - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53353404 Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/debunking-voter-fraud-myth https://twitter.com/BrennanCenter/status/828356546363064320?s=20 Stay at Home Protest Pictures - https://imgur.com/zuKQRzj https://imgur.com/brobehP https://imgur.com/zStiA0g https://imgur.com/09eBPQd https://imgur.com/T41W0dh https://imgur.com/Ndc0OEI Game Grumps Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps

Voter suppression is a strategy used to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting.  It is distinguished from political campaigning in that campaigning attempts to change likely voting behavior by changing the opinions of potential voters through persuasion and organization. Voter suppression →  attempts to reduce the number of voters who might vote against a candidate or proposition. The Tactics of Voter Suppression range from minor changes to make voting less convenient, to physically intimidating and even physically attacking prospective voters, which is illegal. Limiting the amount of places to voteLimiting the time one can voteNot having voting be compulsory but where you must register and keep information accurately updated works against engaging younger votersShutting down Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices in minority neighborhoods,Making it more difficult for residents to obtain voter IDsShutting down polling places in minority neighborhoods; Systematically depriving precincts in minority neighborhoods of the resources they need to operate efficiently, such as poll workers and voting machines; and purging voters from the rolls shortly before an election US HISTORY OF VOTER SUPPRESSION: First you had to own property→ white males ONLY Jim Crow years: poll tax, literacy test, and grandfather clause- to prove your grandfather had been born in the US- repressing slaves In Texas 2016: a voter ID law requiring a driver's license, passport, military identification, or gun permit, was repeatedly found to be intentionally discriminatory-- PRECISION OF SUPPRESSION: Student IDs could not be used as IDs In Wisconsin under Scott Walker: imposing strict voter ID requirements, the law cut back on early voting, required people to live in a ward for at least 28 days before voting, and prohibited emailing absentee ballots to voters In Iowa: Lawmakers passed a strict voter ID law with the potential to disenfranchise 260,000 voters. Out of 1.6 million votes cast in Iowa in 2016, there were only 10 allegations of voter fraud;  May 2017: President Donald Trump established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, purportedly for the purpose of preventing voter fraud. Critics have suggested its true purpose is voter suppression.  Kansas secretary of state: Kris Kobach, a staunch advocate of strict voter ID laws and a proponent of the Crosscheck system. Crosscheck is a national database designed to check for voters who are registered in more than one state by comparing names and dates of birth. Researchers at Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and Microsoft found that for every legitimate instance of double registration it finds, Crosscheck's algorithm returns approximately 200 false positives..... Kobach has been repeatedly sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for trying to restrict voting rights in Kansas FELONS ARE CITIZENS TOO: Across this country today, an estimated 5.8 million Americans – 5.8 million of our fellow citizens – are prohibited from voting because of current or previous felony convictions. That’s more than the individual populations of 31 U.S. states The upcoming 2020 election has huge consequences and everyone needs to get out their ad do their civic duty, but what if you can't find your polling place, or found out that it has moved across town and you don't' drive. Maybe your state requires a photo I.D. or you can't afford to miss work? Unfortunately, these are the realities voters face. Be INFORMED, help others understand, and fight for your right to vote. Follow Us: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

Why was the left so triggered by the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity? Does the work still continue outside of D.C.? PILF President J. Christian Adams lays it all out. Show Notes Report: Safe Spaces (August 2018) Report: Steeling the Vote (July 2018) Report: Garden State Gotcha (September 2017) Learn more about the Election […]

NATIONAL INTERVIEWS: Logan Beirne - author of Blood of Tyrants: George Washington and the forging of the presidency. https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Tyrants-Washington-Forging-Presidency/dp/1594036403 Peter Roff - editor at US News and World Report Brett Jorgensen - CEO of MDVIP Hans Von Spakovsky - is a Senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation, appointed to Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by President Trump, manager of Election Law Reform Initiative and co-author of “Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk” https://www.amazon.com/Whos-Counting-Fraudsters-Bureaucrats-Your/dp/1594036187 Edward Ball - author of The Inventor and the Tycoon https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Gilded-Murder-Pictures-ebook/dp/B008QLSWBO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Inventor+and+the+Tycoon&qid=1565135801&s=books&sr=1-1

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton Casey Hendrickson -is the host of the afternoon show on News/Talk 95.3 in Michiana and "The Burning Truth with Casey Hendrickson" podcast Ann Coulter - Syndicated Columnist and Best-Selling Author of "In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!" and the new "Resistance is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind" (Out Now) Steve Hecht - is the editor at large of the Impunity Observer and writes from Guatemala, where he has resided for more than four decades Carrie Lukas -the president of the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) Hans Von Spakovsky - is a Senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation, appointed to Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by President Trump, manager of Election Law Reform Initiative

Andy McCarthy - Contributing Editor for National Review and bestselling author of several books including “The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America” Seton Motley - President of Less Government Hans Von Spakovsky - a Senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation, appointed to Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by President Trump, manager of Election Law Reform Initiative Marji Ross - is the President and Publisher of Regnery Publishing Brooke Rollins - is the White House Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives Christine Ong Cothrun - is the Volunteer state director for AZ GOP Trump committee Bernie Giusto - retired Multnomah County Sheriff

Hans von Spakovsky is a Senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation, appointed to Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by President Trump, manager of Election Law Reform Initiative and co-author of “Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk” Seton Motley - President of Less Government John Zmirak is the Senior Editor of The Stream, and author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism” and the new “Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration” Ann Coulter - Syndicated Columnist and Best-Selling Author of "In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!" and the new "Resistance is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind" Mark Miller - Pacific Legal Foundation Senior Attorney and attorney for J.P. Krause of Vero Beach High School Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX 1st District) Timothy Stemmerman - Co-owner of Oregon Axe

Matthew Dunlap is Maine's Secretary of State. He also served on the Trump administration's Presidential Advisory Commission on Electoral Integrity. It was formed in the aftermath of Trump's claim that 3-5 million illegal votes were cast for Hillary Clinton. In this episode, Dunlap details that there was an obvious mandate to manufacture evidence of voter fraud. Independent-minded members, such as Dunlap, were stonewalled by the commission. You'll be alarmed by the details. He eventually sued the government to simply be allowed to participate in the commission. In this interview, he went in-depth about the legal battles, debunked the myth of widespread voter fraud, and called out the political operatives who are creating this false narrative. Also, Dunlap's legal challenge prevailed in the courts. As a result, we can all view the documents from the commission, which prove that it was driven by a clear political agenda, not the truth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rackets/support

Some races are still too close to call this evening after voters hit the polls in several states yesterday. In Ohio's 12th, it's too close to call. In Kansas for governor, it's also too close to call. Missouri voters decided against becoming a right-to-work state. In Michigan, Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim woman to be elected to US Congress after winning the Democratic primary. So, what's going on here, and what are we to make of it? The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a 25 percent tariff on $16 billion worth of US goods, including certain vehicles, fuel and fiber optics. China said today it will retaliate against the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Can China win a trade war? Documents reveal that President Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud are unsubstantiated and his defunct voter commission was misleading in its agenda. In May of 2017, President Trump announced his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, declaring it would find widespread evidence of 3-5 million fraudulent ballots, but just the opposite happened. In a letter addressed to Vice President Mike Pence and Chris Kobach, Maine's secretary of state, Matthew Dunlap says he joined the commission in good faith but left questioning the intent of the study and thinking the lack of evidence reveals a troubling bias. GUESTS: Ray Baker - Political analyst and host of the podcast Public Agenda.Dr. Paul Sheldon Foote - Professor in the Department of Accounting at California State University, Fullerton.Natasha Merle - Special Counsel to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

On today's episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Greg Palast, investigative reporter and author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse, to talk about what's at stake in today's primaries. One of the most closely watched races will be in Kansas, where President Trump is backing Chris Kobach, the former vice chairman of his failed Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, against the advice of his aides. Democrats see a Kobach victory as an opening. Americans have until today to speak out and tell the Commerce Department how they feel about a question of citizenship on the 2020 Census. For the first time since 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau is planning to ask everyone living in the United States whether they are citizens when it conducts its next decennial census in 2020. Anticipating that some immigrants might avoid answering the question, the Trump administration wants to try using other government records to fill in missing responses. What does this mean for the immigrant community going forward? It's day six in the trial of Paul Manafort. President Trump's onetime campaign chairman is on trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that he failed to pay taxes on millions of dollars he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party, then lied to get loans when the cash stopped coming in. Manafort's former business associate Rick Gates took the stand again today. We've got all the messy details and what it all means. GUESTS: Greg Palast - Author and award-winning investigative reporter featured in The Guardian, Nation Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, BBC and other high profile media outlets. Carlos Casteneda - Attorney at Garcia & Garcia. Nancy Lewin - Executive Director, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.Daniel Lazare - Journalist and author of three books, The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup and America's Undeclared War.Griffin Connolly - Staff writer at Roll Call.

Today we'll talk with Gina Delfonzo, author of “One by One: Welcoming the Singles in Your Church” (Baker), Jason Snead, policy analyst in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation on the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election, and Thomas A. Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) which today released its 2017 Congressional Pig Book, the 25th exposé on pork-barrel spending.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deborah Archer of New York Law School and Derek Muller of Pepperdine University discuss the agenda and challenges of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Read about the 24th Amendment on the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast. Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster of podcasts at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. Today’s show was edited by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Jackie McDermott. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom Donnelly for serving as host.

Deborah Archer of New York Law School and Derek Muller of Pepperdine University discuss the agenda and challenges of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Read about the 24th Amendment on the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast. Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster of podcasts at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. Today’s show was edited by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Jackie McDermott. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom Donnelly for serving as host.

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, we discuss the litigation against the newly-created Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, that has Kansas Secretary of State—and repeat defendant in voting rights litigation—Kris Kobach as its now-infamous Vice Chair. We begin by explaining the creation of the Commission, which has a stated goal of “reviewing the integrity of elections in order to protect and preserve the principle of one person, one vote.” But, as we note, many people think the Commission is little more than a front to deliver a report detailing potentially exaggerated risks of voter fraud, and that report could then provide a basis to enact legislation that could make it substantially more difficult for many Americans to register and vote. We then [at 8:00] discuss a major lawsuit claiming that the Commission’s request for information from states about hundreds of millions of voters violates privacy laws, and we wonder where the litigation might go. Next [at 22:00], we discuss a variety of other lawsuits against the Commission, including those claiming it violates transparency laws, that its entire existence is suffused with racial discrimination, and that Kobach violated a federal prohibition on using his office to promote his candidacy for governor of Kansas.The episode closes [at 34:00] with a quick reflection on one of Jason’s favorite passages from the Declaration of Independence.Please share or provide feedback, and rate us in iTunes. You can find us at @VersusTrumpPod on twitter, or send us an email at versustrumppodcast@gmail.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first half of the show, ABC’s Jim Ryan reports on The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity’s nationwide investigation to see if any illegal voting occurred in the November 8th Presidential Election. For the second half of show, Joe and Alex talk about the damaged caused by fire works. Hear the full show in this edition of The Morning News.

In the News President Trump signed an Executive Order on Strengthening the Cyber security of Federal networks and Critical Infrastructure.  The order is meant to enhance the government’s cyber security and help protect critical infrastructure from cyber attacks.  The order also seeks to treat federal IT as an enterprise while leaving protection responsibility on the shoulders of agency heads.  Additionally, federal agencies must use the National Institute of Standards and Technology framework to assess and manage cyber risk.   Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, introduced the executive order and provided some concerns about cyber threat trends. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELECTION INTEGRITY:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/11/presidential-executive-order-establishment-presidential-advisory President Trump also signed an Executive Order on the Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.  The order creates a bipartisan commission of 15 members that are chaired by the Vice President and will study the registration and voting processes used in Federal elections.   Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/11/presidential-executive-order-establishment-presidential-advisory Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown who representing Florida for almost 25 years was convicted Thursday on 18 charges that involve lying on her taxes and taking money from a charity that was supposed to give scholarships to poor students.  The supposed charity named One Door for Education Foundation took in approximately $800,000 but only gave one scholarship of $1200 to an unidentified person.    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency announced that it just wrapped up a six week operation that led to 1378 arrests.  1095 of the 1378 arrests were confirmed to be gang members or affiliates; mostly Bloods, Surenos, MS-13, and the Crips.  28% of the people arrested were in the country illegally. Aetna, the insurance provider, announced that it would withdraw from the Nebraska and Delaware markets next year which will effectively end the company's participation in Obamacare.  The company is said to lose more than $200 million this year and has already lost almost $700 million from 2014 to 2016.  Now only one insurance provider remains in the Nebraska exchange and one in the Delaware exchange. Jerry Brown, the Governor of California, proposed to increase funding of the state attorney general’s office to $6.5 million in an effort to combat President Trump’s policies with a series of lawsuits.  Brown stated, “There are unique litigation expenses right now and the attorney general feels that he wants to pursue those and I think he should be given some latitude.”       In Business News Macy’s announced its first quarter earnings yesterday.  They reported the closing of over 60 stores which contributed to a decrease of 7.5% in net sales.  Same store sales also declined by 4.6% and revenue of $5.34 billion was short when compared to the analysts’ estimates of $5.47 billion.  The stock was down as much as 17% in after hours trading. In Tech News Tesla announced earlier in the week that they are now taking orders for their new Solar Roof product. The roof looks like normal tiles, but produce electricity.  In a blog post, Tesla explained that Consumer Reports estimates that a Solar Roof for an average size U.S. home would need to cost less than $24.50 per square foot to be cost competitive with a regular roof.  The typical cost of the new Solar Roof is $21.85.   https://www.tesla.com/blog/solar-roof