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Oct 4
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256: Military On The Street

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Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to preview the upcoming SCOTUS term and the cases that will define our future, spanning LGBTQ+ rights, campaign finance, and excessive executive power at a time when the justices have a critical impact on law and policy.  Then, the #Sisters castigate the Trump administration for making government agencies political by sending ICE into our communities, considering the militarization of our cities, and choosing convenient falsehoods over facts.  They also discuss a recent ruling that resoundingly upholds the 1st Amendment for everyone of all backgrounds while in the United States.

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