Ballrooms, ‘Bama and (Very) Bad Behavior

About this episode

The hosts recap legal news including the Voting Rights Act case and interview Barbara McQuade about her book on government corruption.

Leah, Kate, and Melissa recap another busy week in legal news, covering the continued fallout from the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v. Callais , the ongoing saga of the DOJ’s insurrectionist slush fund, wild twists with the Broadview Six, more ballroom drama, the curious case of the Georgia judge who had loud sex in her chambers and then lied about it, and more. They also cover SCOTUS opinions involving compassionate release for prisoners and compelled arbitration before Leah speaks with University of Michigan law professor Barbara McQuade about her book, The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government . Favorite things: Kate: Trump's Illegal $250 Bill: A Micro-History of Autocracy , Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid); How Callais broke the Voting Rights Act and weaponized the equal protection clause , Issa Kohler-Hausmann & Kevin Z. Yang (SCOTUSblog); Beg For Me (JADE Remix) , Lilly Allen; Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time , Quinta Jurecic (The Atlantic); Brown’s Advancing Impact on Maternal and Reproductive Health Lab Leah: Ronny Chieng’s Harvard speech ; Hit the Wall , Gracie Abrams; Midnight Sun , Zara Larsson Melissa: Strangers , Belle Burden; her…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leah, Kate, Melissa

Guest: Barbara McQuade

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• legal news
• SCOTUS opinions
• insurrection
• ballroom drama
• prisoner release
• arbitration

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• DOJ
• Georgia judge
• SCOTUS
• compassionate release
• arbitration
• insurrectionist slush fund
• ballroom drama

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Michigan

Books & works: The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government, Trump's Illegal $250 Bill: A Micro-History of Autocracy, How Callais broke the Voting Rights Act and weaponized the equal protection clause, Beg For Me (JADE Remix), Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time, Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America

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