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136: How Many Fishing Jokes Can We Make?

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🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

#SistersInLaw fire off on the threats to the rule of law created when the independence of the DOJ is compromised and explain how dangerous it is for Republican candidates to preemptively offer Trump a pardon. Then, they lay out the ethical missteps of Justice Alito and the growing cause for SCOTUS oversight, before looking at the showdown between John Durham and Rep. Schiff.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Hashtag Sisters in Law with Kimberly Atkins' store, Joyce Fance,

0:16.4

Byrb McQuade, and me, Jill Weinbanks.

0:19.9

As you know, it's been a wild week, so we had to really scrutinize to pick three topics

0:25.7

to discuss today that we think you'll find fascinating.

0:29.9

First, we're talking about a challenge I never thought any politician would ever raise

0:34.8

to the independence of the Department of Justice.

0:37.9

Without that independence, we cannot sustain democracy or the rule of law.

0:43.0

Then we'll move to talking about Justice Alito's luxury fishing trip and the continuing

0:47.7

absence of a scotus ethics code.

0:50.9

And then we'll close with Durham's testimony on the same day that Shiff is censored for

0:55.8

saying the exact same thing during the impeachment investigation.

1:00.5

And as always, we look forward to answering your questions at the end of the show.

1:05.8

But before we get to those great topics, I loved our conversation about words.

1:11.5

So I want to continue that conversation.

1:13.8

And this week, I want to talk about words you would have used or could have used or wish

1:18.7

you had used in commenting on the news of this week.

1:23.6

My word is Rizabel.

1:25.9

And I'll bet everyone listening knows that that was the word I wanted to use to describe

1:31.0

Justice Alito's op-ed and his excuses for why he didn't file his reports and report

1:38.3

his luxury travel.

1:40.3

What about you, Joyce?

1:41.3

What does Rizabel mean?

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