Will Trump Succeed in Rigging the Midterms?
About this episode
Kate and Leah discuss the implications of Trump's actions on federal elections and the legal landscape surrounding abortion rights, featuring insights from guests Rick Hasen and Farah Diaz-Tello.
Huge news for lawyers: You can now listen to Strict Scrutiny for CLE credits in California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington, and Oregon! More info at crooked.com/strict_cle Kate and Leah have good news and bad news. The good: The Paramount/Warner Brothers merger is on hold, the Tate brothers are facing extradition, and Todd Blanche’s nomination for AG has hit a roadblock. The bad: …Everything else. They also cover the ongoing prosecution of Jim Comey for seashell art, and speak with UCLA Law’s Rick Hasen about Trump’s effort to assert presidential control over federal elections. Then, Kate checks in with Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director for If/When/How , on what she and her colleagues are seeing when it comes to the use of the criminal law to target both abortion and people who experience pregnancy loss after Dobbs. Favorite things: Kate: Olga Dies Dreaming , Xochitl Gonzalez; A Setback for the MAGA Media Takeover , Michelle Goldberg (NYT); Dancing to Stave Off Dementia , Emily Goligoski (Harper's Bazaar); Creating the Administrative Constitution: The Lost One Hundred Years of American Administrative Law…
People in this episode
Hosts: Kate, Leah
Guests: Rick Hasen, Farah Diaz-Tello
Topics covered
- Trump and elections
- legal issues
- abortion rights
- political news
- media
- prosecution
Keywords
- Trump
- midterms
- elections
- abortion
- legal
- prosecution
- media
- politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UCLA Law, If/When/How, Paramount, Warner Brothers
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