Leslie is first joined by Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States.
The two discuss why the supreme court nomination hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett have completely failed the American people. Ian also explains how having a 6-3 conservative majority on the court could present a grave danger to our democracy, health care for over 20 million Americans, and more.
Ian is the author of "Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted."
He previously clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and served as a 'Teach For America' corps member in the Mississippi Delta.
Ian's Twitter handle is @imillhiser.
During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Christine Pelosi, an attorney, author, and advocate. Christine has served as a public interest lawyer in San Francisco and Washington DC, is Chair of the California Democratic Party Women’s Caucus, and a member of the Democratic National Committee, where she co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council and is a vice chair.
And of course, we all know and love her Mom, the great House Speaker Nancy Pelosi! You can follow Christine on twitter at @sfpelosi.
Leslie and Christine breakdown soundbites from last night's dueling presidential town halls. Joe Biden answered questions from voters and moderator George Stephanopoulos on ABC, and Donald Trump did the same from voters and moderator Savannah Guthrie on NBC.
Biden Administration Takes Major Step Toward Closing 'Gun Show Loophole,' Requires Thousands More Dealers to Run Background Checks
AFL-CIO President Talks Worker Safety, Unions Expanding into the South, and Climate Change Policy Solutions
Restoring Our Nation's Lost Shipbuilding Capacity
Will China Flood the Globe with EVs, Green Tech? What’s Behind Latest US-China Trade Fight?
Teamsters President Talks Anheuser-Busch Contract, Molson-Coors Strike, UPS & DHL Organzing and Presidential Roundtables
Women's History Month: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education
Analyzing President Biden's SOTU; American Incomes Are Better Under Biden Than Trump
Building Unity In the Paper Industry and Beyond
Temu and Tariffs, Chinese Auto Industry, How to Make It in America, Biden Industrial Policy
Biden vs Trump on the Economy; Teamsters Organizing FedEx Express and Delta Airlines
How Unions Help Communities
Manufacturing Jobs, Two New Books Following Companies that Keep it Made in USA, Rise in Chinese Auto Production
AFL-CIO President Talks New Tech-Labor Partnership with Microsoft
Teamsters President Talks Successful Agreement with DHL, Strike Authorization by Members at Anheuser-Busch & Presidential Roundtables
2023 AAM ’Made in America Holiday Gift Guide’
Workers Seizing the Moment
Most Equitable Economic Recovery in American History
Teamsters Rally to Protect American Jobs from Mexican-Owned Grocery Chain
Israel Orders Entire Population of Northern Gaza to Move South
Remembering USW President Tom Conway
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