April 23, 2017 – Just as Earth Day got unprecedented viewership with marches all over the US and the world, where scientists marched in droves to protect our planet, demand money not be cut by Drumpf administration for EPA and science exploration and research, a group of children may be in the best position to made adults squirm as so many callously disregard the next generation’s right to “inherit” a habitable planet as all previous generations have done.
Category: Legal
The Cold Hand of Judge Neil Gorsuch–Supreme Court Nominee, on Worker Rights
March 25, 2017 – Recently the Senate Judiciary Committee embarked upon confirmation hearings for the open position on the US Supreme Court vacated by the late Justice Antonin Scalia in February of 2016. The candidate chosen by President Trump is Judge Neil Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit Federal Appeals Court…
Trumped Up Charge: Snoop Dogg Not in Dog House, Video Gets First Amendment Protection
Trump, A President in Search of a Warrantless Intrusion
March 7, 2017 – Just as Donald Trump is bristling over what he contends is a warrantless intrusion into the caverns of Trump Tower and he’s beloved privacy-here are the real issues. First, the likelihood that there really is a wiretap is quite suspect–after reading the dossier by the former…
Conflicts, Investments & Trump: Emoluments for Him, & Fiduciary Rule for You
March 1, 2017 – It is not a surprise that Donald Trump has not divested himself of any of his holdings, any of which is positioned to give the appearance of impropriety or conflict. It should also come as no surprise that the same individual elected by less than half…
Speech-Gate: The New Trump Standard of Inciting “Imminent Lawless Action” in America
February 17, 2017 – Everyday we hear the brash talk from our newest elected official who made the historic trek from the corner office to the oval office–to take office as the most powerful executive office in the world. Yet, each time he begins his oratory, we cringe, as the…
Sectarianism and Schism in the Middle East
‘Sectarianism & Schism in the Middle East: What it is and How it Came to Be’ with Attorney Ara Sarian, Senior Rule of Law Advisor for the US State Department to Iraq & Afghanistan, and the International Legal Council for the European Commission (EU) on the underpinnings of the divide,…
Election 2016: Democracy or Dictatorship–Remembering the Third Reich & the Rise of Hitler
October 30, 2016 – As we march toward the day of reckoning to determine who will be our next Commander in Chief, many in the electorate are becoming weary of the hateful and divisive rhetoric filling the airwaves of our oft complacent democracy. From the beginning of our nation’s founding,…
Going Dark or Getting Personal? The Battle Between Data, Privacy & Our Constitution
Guest: Attorney David O’Brien, Sr. Researcher at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Discussion with Attorney, Policy Consultant & Host of The Legal Edition, Mary Kay Elloian on cyber-security, warrantless intrusions, and how our Constitutional rights are being strained and what we all need to know to keep our private conversations private. Learn how the bounds of privacy have never before been stretched to the limits– as in our present digital age. Expert analysis and discussion.
Going Dark or Getting Personal? The Battle Between Data, Privacy & Intrusion
Discussion on the new report issued by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on the issue of “Going Dark,” and the role of law enforcement and privacy rights under scrutiny in the Apple iPhone Encryption litigation and its progeny in the Federal Courts. This is one program for those interested in law enforcement, cryptography and personal privacy rights won’t want to miss!