277: Shattered Norms
#SistersInLaw
Politicon
4.9 • 10.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Sisters Sidebar, Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Barbara McQuade take your questions on some of the most pressing issues confronting the country, how our system operates, and ways to take action. They discuss the Epstein files, the erosion of constitutional and judicial norms, the progression of civil suits in the aftermath of the J6 attack, the rights of legal observers monitoring ICE, the difference in the career paths of judges and district attorneys, and how the Supreme Court can face accountability for its rulings and actions.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sister Sidebar, the new companion podcast to hashtag Sisters in Law. I'm Kimberly |
| 0:12.1 | Atkins Store and I'm joined by my sister Barb McQuaid. Hello. Hey Barb, how you doing? Good, good. |
| 0:19.7 | We get so many fantastic questions from our listeners each week, and we don't have time to cover more than three in the main Sisters-in-law show. |
| 0:28.7 | So on Sister's Sidebar, we can dive deeper into the topics you care about most and answer more of your questions. |
| 0:35.2 | Everyone's day, we'll have a new episode with two or more of the sisters, |
| 0:40.1 | so you'll still be hearing from all of us. |
| 0:43.5 | And if you have a question, you know what to do. |
| 0:46.3 | Email us at Sistersin-law at Politicon.com or use hashtag Sisters-in-law on social media. |
| 0:53.7 | But even better, you don't just have to type out your questions. |
| 0:57.9 | Your voices are so important, which is why we want to hear them too. |
| 1:02.5 | You can email us a voice memo using one of your favorite notes app. |
| 1:07.4 | And we just might play it live on the show. |
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| 1:22.3 | through the summer and the upcoming spring. |
| 1:25.1 | So let's get started. So our first question is an audio question, |
| 1:32.1 | and it comes from Chris in Maine. Let's have a listen. Hello, Sisters-in-law. My name is Chris, |
| 1:37.6 | and I'm calling from Maine. A lot of people have talked about how the executive branch needs |
| 1:43.3 | guardrails on its power that are far more rigorous |
| 1:47.6 | and permanent than the sort of gentleman's agreements we've had for 250 years. How can that be |
| 1:55.4 | accomplished? Do we have to go through Congress or is a constitutional convention the better place to get that done? |
| 2:03.2 | And if that's the case, how do you get a constitutional convention and how likely do you think |
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