Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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How to Defeat Trump/McGahn/Barr's Weaponization of the Courts Sep 07, 2020

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EDITED: I mistakenly state that election day is "November 4, 2020." It is November, 3, 2020. My apologies for the error. Trump and his nefarious associates believe they have perfected exploiting the delay in the court system to run out the clock and never be held to account. The fix is not as difficult as you might think. There's an abundance of specialized courts created to deal with specific types of cases. For example, there are drug courts, mental health courts, juvenile courts and domestic violence courts. In federal district court in Washington, DC, for example, there is reentry court. Creating these courts do not require an act of Congress. It simply takes the judicial branch--a co-equal branch of the government--to recognize a particularized need in the criminal justice system and instituting common-sense rule changes to address the need. If there was ever a need to address a deficiency, it is in the way nefarious actors exploit the delay inherent in the system. DC federal district court can easily remedy this weakness by creating an Inter-Branch Dispute Court (IBDC). When legal disputes erupt between the executive and legislative branches, like the need to enforce the House of Representatives' subpoena for Don McGahn's testimony in the impeachment inquiry, the IBDC can give the parties 72 hours to file their briefs, another 72 hours to present their oral arguments and the court decision would be entered within 72 hours of the conclusion of those arguments. The appeals court can follow the same 72/72/72 time table. Justice can be done in a matter of weeks, as opposed to the Trumps and McGahns of the world delay justice for months or years. This common sense approach to fixing a procedurally broken judiciary is a must for the health of our democracy. If you are interested in supporting our content, please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/glennkirschner2 Follow me on: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 https://www.Facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A Three-Part Plan for True Police Reform. The Time is Now. Aug 30, 2020

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All the prohibitions in the world (as, for example, banning choke holds), won't accomplish a thing if the wrong people are populating our police forces. After 30 years as a prosecutor working with thousands of police officers, agents and detectives, here's my take on realistic, imminently doable police reform: extreme vetting/hiring practices with FULL citizen participation; extreme training and testing, with FULL citizen participation, until deescalation is muscle memory; and extreme accountability procedures with FULL citizen participation - including one excessive-force-strike and you're out, forever out, of policing, complete with National Accountability Registry for Cops (NARC). Moreover, the reform process must involve questioning everything, like why and how an incident that started as a young man selling single cigarettes ends in a life taken. The time is now. If you are interested in supporting our content, please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 https://www.Facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Unpacking the Federal Courts Aug 23, 2020

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We all know that Mitch McConnell has been packing the courts with ideologues, including several judges rated "not qualified" by the American Bar Association to serve as federal judges. The judicial candidates identified by McConnell and nominated by Donald Trump have inarguably degraded the quality of the federal judiciary. This episode discusses a three-part plan to unpack the courts. After nearly four years of Donald Trump's reign, it's become apparent that we can no longer rely on the federal government to police itself. The concept of checks and balances, and coequal branches of government is becoming a distant memory. If you are interested in supporting our content, please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner Subscribe to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/glennkirschner2 Follow me on Twitter: http://www. twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Crimes Commission Aug 15, 2020

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We The People have had to contend with an unending stream of crime, abuse and corruption from the administration of Donald J. Trump. Come January, when we have a law-abiding president and a law-enforcing attorney general, it will be time for accountability. As a 30-year federal prosecutor, I can assure you that there can be no healing without accountability. There can be no deterring other political criminals without accountability. There can b no justice without accountability. When it comes to political criminals, we've had to learn this lesson the hard way. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, depriving the country of healing, of accountability and of justice. Indeed, the pardoning of Richard Nixon gave birth to the Donald Trump presidency. This time, there can be no "let's let bygones be bygones." This time there can be no turning the other cheek. This time there must be no putting our long national nightmare behind us by DECLINING to hold a criminal president accountable. This time there must be accountability. This time there must be justice. Because Justice Matters. If you are interested in supporting our content, please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.