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Law & Disorder looks at voter oppression in Florida, specifically Broward County as hosts interview attorney Marsha Johnson, who volunteered as an “election protection” poll watcher during the November 2nd election. Her stories are harrowing. Also, hosts Michael Ratner and Dalia interview David Rose on his new book Guant?namo: America’s War on Human Rights, revealing information very few have heard.
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Last month, nearly half a million protestors took to the streets to march against the Republican National Convention , the Iraq War and various other causes, in one of the most peaceful gatherings New York City has seen. Demonstrators marched in the hot sun for nearly four hours from 14th and Seventh Avenue to Herald Square and back down to Union Square. But as the carnival-like atmosphere continued inside the RNC, an atmosphere of unpredictability gripped the streets as police used dragnet tactics to round up protestors.
Among the Guests: National Lawyers Guild Attorneys – Elizabeth Fink, Margaret Ratner Kunstler. Also, Ellen Yaroshevsky, on the Lynne Stewart defense team and a Professor of Law at the Cardozo Law School
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Protester’s guide to your legal rights.
Demonstrators will need to be legally prepared during the groundswell of opposition demonstrations and activities at the Republican National Convention. Federal, state, and city police are prepared to respond with full force.
Guests: Carol Sobel & Mara Verheyden Hilliard with the National Lawyers Guild; Jeff Fogel, Center for Constitutional Rights; others.
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Hosts interview key defense attorneys and discuss the civil rights implications of recent Supreme Court rulings on the Hamdi/Padilla cases and also recent prison torture cases involving two corporations, Titan & CACI.
Among the guests: Joe Margulis, Susan Burke, Donna Neuman and Barbara Olshansky