Interference in the Justice System: How Can We Ensure Politics Doesn’t Play a Role in Prosecutorial and Judicial Decisions? (with Sheldon Whitehouse)
Renato and Patti discuss recent news that federal prosecutors failed to charge Hope Hicks and others despite evidence that they were involved in Trump’s hush money payments. They are joined by U.S. Se...
23 Jul 201951min
Jeffrey Epstein Indicted: Will He Finally be Brought to Justice? (with Mimi Rocah)
Renato discusses the recent indictment of Jeffrey Epstein as well as the prior non-prosecution agreement that caused the resignation of former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. He is joined by MSNBC Legal ...
14 Jul 20191h 3min
Census Questions: Can Trump Add a Citizenship Question to the Census Despite the Supreme Court Ruling? (with Daniel Jacobson)
Renato and Patti discuss the Trump Administration’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on adding a citizenship question to the census, including the apparent reversal of its decision to remove the q...
6 Jul 20191h 8min
Insanitary Conditions: What is Wrong With Our Immigration System? (with Anthony Enriquez)
Renato and Patti discuss the recent death of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, the Trump Administration's defense of insanitary conditions, and recent calls to repeal the illega...
29 Jun 201953min
Opening an Impeachment Inquiry: Would It Help Democrats Obtain Evidence? (with Laurence Tribe)
Renato discusses what an impeachment inquiry would look like and whether opening an impeachment inquiry would help the House of Representatives obtain documents and testimony. He is joined by Harvard...
24 Jun 201940min
Trump Welcomes Foreign Aid: How Can We Stop Future Election Interference? (with Asha Rangappa)
Renato and Patti discuss Donald Trump's recent comments that he would accept aid from foreign nations and discuss whether our laws adequately protect our elections from foreign interference in the fut...
16 Jun 201957min
Attack on the Free Press: How does the First Amendment protect the press from Trump? (with Kristy Parker)
Renato and Patti discuss Trump recent call for a boycott of AT&T due to CNN’s coverage, Trump’s attempt to prevent the AT&T-Time Warner merger to punish CNN, and other ways in which Trump has attacked...
6 Jun 20191h 2min
Mueller Speaks: What Do His Carefully Chosen Words Tell Us? (with Garrett Graff)
Renato and Patti discuss the first public statement of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and what his words tell us about his decision not to reach a prosecutorial judgment as to obstruction of justice, ...
30 Mai 201942min
