A swift legal battle took place yesterday over Governor Tony Evers’ order to postpone today’s presidential primary in Wisconsin. That order was quickly overturned by the state Supreme Court yesterday, which was followed in turn by another ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that affected Wisconsin’s elections. In order to learn more about yesterday’s legal […]
The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
In his new book, Supreme Inequality, lawyer and journalist Adam S. Cohen argues that the Supreme Court has become increasingly right-wing for the past fifty years. On today’s episode, Carousel talks to Adam about the book and the history of the Supreme Court since the Nixon administration. Adam S. Cohen is a former member of […]
Madison Students March on State Capital, Support DACA
Hundreds of high school and college students from across the Madison area met at the State Capitol earlier today with one message: Preserve DACA. They chanted phrases such as “Up, up with education. Down, down with deportation” as they approached the State Capitol. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It is a program […]
Boasted Liberty & Unholy License: Patriotism and Concerns on the ...
“Let’s be careful on July 4th, with all the flag-waving,” says Matt Rothschild, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. There could be plenty of reasons to put away the flags on this Independence Day, from a slippery slope to fascism, curtailed rights to privacy, the US Supreme Court’s failure to address voter suppression and […]
A Bipartisan Discussion of the Supreme Court Nomination
Last night, President Trump announced his selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. On today’s show, host Carousel Bayrd discusses the nomination with two different guests. First, she speaks with Ryan Owens, a professor of political science and an affiliate faculty of the law school […]
Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court
On Tuesday, Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering case goes before the Supreme Court. The case, Gill v. Whitford, centers on the constitutionality of the Wisconsin State Assembly’s map. The Supreme Court will evaluate whether or not the maps were drawn in a way that discriminates against Democrats. The current maps were drawn by Republicans in 2011, following […]
