Articles in Category: U.S. Constitution

Are Americans Ready (or Even Able) to Roll Back the GOP’s Decade-Old ‘Permanent Minority Rule’?: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2020

Guest: Author and 'REDMAP' gerrymandering expert David Daley; Also: Lawyers hate Trump; Dems to boycott Barrett vote?; Federal court allows TX to reject mail-in ballots without contacting voters...

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Brad Friedman,
10/21/2020 -
6:56 pm PT

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2020’s Federal Court Voting Rights Roller Coaster and How to Make it Stop: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2020

Guest: Univ. of KY election law Prof. Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Trump's CA wildfire emergency disaster relief roller coaster...

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Brad Friedman,
10/16/2020 -
5:57 pm PT

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‘When You Find Hypocrisy in the Daylight, Look for Power in the Shadows’: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2020

Guest: Dark money researcher Lisa Graves on Sen. Whitehouse's Judiciary Committee revelations on the GOP's decades-long, $250 million Supreme Court-packing coup; Also: Good news for voters in VA, TX, AK!...

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Brad Friedman,
10/14/2020 -
6:56 pm PT

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Barrett’s Hypocritical, Media-Aided, Scalia-Fueled ‘Originalist’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2020

Also: Touchscreen systems fail on first day of Early Voting outside Houston; Three Trump judges clear way for absentee vote suppression in TX; Online registration fails on deadline day in VA...

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Brad Friedman,
10/13/2020 -
7:03 pm PT

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Federal Court Upholds NJ Right to Begin Canvass of Mail-In Ballots 10 Days Before Election Day

Also upholds legislative presumption that mail-in ballots received by 11/5, two days after Election Day, were timely mailed, even without a postmark...

UPDATE 10/23/20: In a subsequent order, the court dismissed the Trump campaign's complaint...

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Ernest A. Canning,
10/12/2020 -
9:35 am PT

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Federal Court Blocks ‘Politically Motivated’ USPS Changes, Orders Sorting Machines Reinstalled

Judge blasts new Postal Service mandates as 'intentional effort to disrupt' and delegitimize the 2020 elections and to disenfranchise voters...

UPDATE 9/22/20: 2nd federal court enjoins USPS; separate preliminary injunction motion pending in D.C. federal court...

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/18/2020 -
3:30 pm PT

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GOP Gains Ground in Their War Against Voting and Voters in FL, WI, TX, NC, PA: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2020

Guest: Courtney Hostetler, Senior Counsel at Free Speech for People...

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Brad Friedman,
9/11/2020 -
7:16 pm PT

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Can the Damage of U.S. Postal Service Sabotage Be Reversed Before the Election?

Multi-State legal challenges expose illegality, but it may be too late to fully repair damage even if Trump's Postmaster General is ordered to do so...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/24/2020 -
7:35 am PT

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‘Donald Trump Is the Wrong President for Our Country, But It Is What It Is’: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2020

Winning the Right to Vote; DeJoy to DeCongress; Repub Led Senate Report on Team Trump Lies About 2016 Russia Interference; Former DHS Official Calls Trump 'Terrifying', Lawless; Highlights from DNC Day 1...

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Brad Friedman,
8/18/2020 -
6:25 pm PT

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Failed Primary in PR; 100k Infected Kids in Two Weeks; Trump’s Pretend Relief ‘Executive Orders’: ‘BradCast’ 8/10/2020

Plus 'back to school' with listener calls, as it all goes from bad to worse...

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Brad Friedman,
8/10/2020 -
6:43 pm PT

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Overcoming Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Obstacles

How states, counties and YOU must help defend our 'last firewall'...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/10/2020 -
10:05 am PT

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Postal Workers Union President: ‘Mail is Being Slowed Down…Everywhere’: ‘BradCast’ 8/7/2020

Guest: APWU's Mark Dimondstein; Also: Progressive activist reportedly wins Dem U.S. Senate nomination in TN after being outspent 250 to 1...

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Brad Friedman,
8/7/2020 -
7:25 pm PT

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Philly DA Vows to Arrest Trump’s Federal ‘Thugs’ if They Violate State Law – But Should He?

Measuring the risks of such an escalation by local officials...

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Ernest A. Canning,
7/24/2020 -
1:00 pm PT

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Reality Begins Setting in for the GOP; Chaos Continues for America: ‘BradCast’ 7/23/2020

RNC cancelled in FL; Another COVID breakout at White House; FL Guv wobbles on school reopening; Jobless claims continue to break records; Congressional GOP in disarray over emergency relief; Trump's federal storm troopers tear gas Portland mayor; And too much more!...

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Brad Friedman,
7/23/2020 -
6:47 pm PT

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Trump’s Executive Memo on Congressional Apportionment is ‘Patently Unconstitutional’: ‘BradCast’ 7/22/2020

Guest: Constitutional attorney Thomas Wolf of Brennan Center's Democracy Program; Also: America STRONGLY against Trump school reopening plan during COVID surge; And, Kris Kobach for Senate!

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Brad Friedman,
7/22/2020 -
7:00 pm PT

2 Comments

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Corporate Donors to White House Ballroom Win $50 Billion in New Government Contracts, Funding: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2026

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Articles in Category: U.S. Constitution

Guest: Author and 'REDMAP' gerrymandering expert David Daley; Also: Lawyers hate Trump; Dems to boycott Barrett vote?; Federal court allows TX to reject mail-in ballots without contacting voters...

Guest: Univ. of KY election law Prof. Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Trump's CA wildfire emergency disaster relief roller coaster...

Guest: Dark money researcher Lisa Graves on Sen. Whitehouse's Judiciary Committee revelations on the GOP's decades-long, $250 million Supreme Court-packing coup; Also: Good news for voters in VA, TX, AK!...

Also: Touchscreen systems fail on first day of Early Voting outside Houston; Three Trump judges clear way for absentee vote suppression in TX; Online registration fails on deadline day in VA...

Also upholds legislative presumption that mail-in ballots received by 11/5, two days after Election Day, were timely mailed, even without a postmark...

UPDATE 10/23/20: In a subsequent order, the court dismissed the Trump campaign's complaint...

Judge blasts new Postal Service mandates as 'intentional effort to disrupt' and delegitimize the 2020 elections and to disenfranchise voters...

UPDATE 9/22/20: 2nd federal court enjoins USPS; separate preliminary injunction motion pending in D.C. federal court...

Guest: Courtney Hostetler, Senior Counsel at Free Speech for People...

Multi-State legal challenges expose illegality, but it may be too late to fully repair damage even if Trump's Postmaster General is ordered to do so...

Winning the Right to Vote; DeJoy to DeCongress; Repub Led Senate Report on Team Trump Lies About 2016 Russia Interference; Former DHS Official Calls Trump 'Terrifying', Lawless; Highlights from DNC Day 1...

Plus 'back to school' with listener calls, as it all goes from bad to worse...

How states, counties and YOU must help defend our 'last firewall'...

Guest: APWU's Mark Dimondstein; Also: Progressive activist reportedly wins Dem U.S. Senate nomination in TN after being outspent 250 to 1...

Measuring the risks of such an escalation by local officials...

RNC cancelled in FL; Another COVID breakout at White House; FL Guv wobbles on school reopening; Jobless claims continue to break records; Congressional GOP in disarray over emergency relief; Trump's federal storm troopers tear gas Portland mayor; And too much more!...

Guest: Constitutional attorney Thomas Wolf of Brennan Center's Democracy Program; Also: America STRONGLY against Trump school reopening plan during COVID surge; And, Kris Kobach for Senate!

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