220: Serious, Serious Trouble
#SistersInLaw
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🗓️ 25 January 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the impact that changes at the DOJ will have as Biden hands off the presidency to Trump, examining the risk of retribution against those who sought to defend our democracy from MAGA. Then, the #Sisters analyze the legality and effects of Trump’s initial Executive Orders and whether any judges or laws are capable of restraining his acts as the executive. They also reflect on the universal pardons and commutations he issued for J6’ers, looking at how they hold up in light of precedent and the danger extremism still presents to our rights and freedoms.
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| 0:35.6 | Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Barb McQuaid, Jill Wine Banks, Kimberly Atkins store, and me, Joyce fans. |
| 0:44.2 | So y'all, a little bit of news. If you have not been to our shop, Politicon.com slash merch lately, |
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| 1:19.1 | before they sell out again. Beyond the T-shirts, though, we have a lot to talk about. Obviously, |
| 1:25.2 | it has been maybe the craziest week since we started the podcast. |
| 1:30.4 | We've decided that we'll focus on three topics this week. |
| 1:33.9 | I know that there's a lot going on, but we narrowed it down to the efforts to leash DOJ to the Oval Office, |
| 1:40.0 | a really disturbing development. |
| 1:42.3 | This just monsoon of executive orders that Trump unleashed on day |
| 1:46.4 | one of his presidency. And then the pardons that were issued to virtually all of the January 6th |
| 1:52.5 | offenders, a few of them received commutations. And what that means for our communities as these people |
| 1:58.3 | return home. Lots of serious stuff going on, but I did want to start |
| 2:03.2 | by asking y'all, I don't know if you guys heard this, but Stephen Colbert earlier this week |
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