Today’s guest believes that he has the legal ingredients to use religious liberty to essentially neuter the vaccine mandate. Brian Festa, a civil rights attorney from Connecticut and founder of legal service company WeThePatriotsUSA.org, has so far successfully worked to secure a temporary injunction against the New York mandate and believes he has the right ... Show More
Apr 16
The Medical Surveillance State Is Here: HIPAA, Real ID & AI in the Exam Room | 4/16/26
Are you just a data point in a massive cloud-based surveillance system? From FISA 702 to "Ambient AI" in your doctor's office, the digital net is closing in. Today, I chronicle the terrifying expansion of the biomedical security state and the bipartisan push for domestic surveill ... Show More
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Jul 2023
A Clash Between Religious Faith and Gay Rights
<p>The Supreme Court delivered another major decision this past week, ruling in favor of a web designer who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to create wedding websites for same-sex couples.</p><p>Adam Liptak, a Times correspondent who covers the court, explains what ... Show More
28m 51s
Jul 2024
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Opinionpalooza: The Supreme Court End-of-Term Breakfast Table
What just happened??? Despite going into June clear-eyed and well informed about the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, the number of huge cases before it, and the alarming stakes in so many of those cases…we are, nonetheless, shocked. The October 2023 term came to a shu ... Show More
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