0:08 – Decisions pending before the US Supreme Court this fall
Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean of Berkeley Law. His books include The Case Against the Supreme Court and We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century.
0:34 – History of the Supreme Court vs. Democracy
Samuel Moyn (@samuelmoyn) is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University.
1:08 – Family of Miles Hall reaches $4m settlement with Walnut Creek
Taun Hall is the mother of 23 year old Miles Hall, killed by Walnut Creek PD on Sep 2, 2019 while he was in the throes of a mental health crisis and the family called 911 for help. The family has started the Miles Hall Foundation to prevent any further tragedies and demand reforms to stop lethal police responses to mental health incidence.
1:34 – Newsom shuts down unemployment claims processing to “reset” in order to address the massive backlog and fraud in the system, leaving workers high and dry.
Daniela Urban is Executive Director of the Center for Workers’ Rights and special counsel to Legal Aid At Work (@LegalAidAtWork)
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