289: Bail Us Out
#SistersInLaw
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4.9 • 10.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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In this episode of #SistersInLaw Sidebar, Jill Wine-Banks and Barb McQuade answer your questions on everything from how we all can avoid perjury to dealing with elected officials trying to hold onto power. Together, they discuss Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and whether success would mean this is an unconstitutional 3rd term, what happens if members of government refuse to leave office after being impeached, the bail process and how to reform it, why we still register for the draft, federal versus state voting laws in light of the SAVE Act, and the legality of not actually reading digital terms and conditions.
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| 0:00.0 | We have some exciting news. Hashtag sisters-in-law are going on the road to Atlanta, Georgia. On May 3rd, we'll be at the Buckhead Theater. You can get your tickets now at politicon.com slash tour. |
| 0:15.2 | We have so much fun being together and we have so much fun meeting you. So please come to one of our live shows. |
| 0:23.3 | It really is a blast. Come and join us at the Buckhead Theater on May 3rd, two days before my |
| 0:30.2 | birthday, by the way. Tickets are available at politicon.com slash tour. Please let us see you there. |
| 0:41.7 | Welcome to this episode of Sisters Sidebar with Barb McQuaid and me, Jill Weinbanks. |
| 0:48.4 | If you have a question for us, please email us at Sisters-in-law at Politicon.com or tag us on social media using hashtag Sisters-in-law. |
| 0:59.5 | But don't just type your question. |
| 1:01.9 | If you would, please use a voice memo because we want to hear your voice. |
| 1:07.6 | So please ask us so that we can play your voice on the show. Email us a voice |
| 1:12.8 | memo using one of your notes apps and then we'll play it on the show. Before we get started, |
| 1:20.0 | we are delighted to share that we are doing a live show in Denver, Colorado at the Cervantes |
| 1:26.0 | masterpiece on April 23rd. Tickets are available at |
| 1:30.7 | Politicon.com slash tour, and we can't wait to see you there. Now, let's get started with the |
| 1:37.9 | questions. Barb, there's an audio question that I want you to answer, and it comes from Abby in Tacoma, Washington. |
| 1:45.9 | Hi, sisters. I am so excited that I might get heard on the show. Does bail always come |
| 1:52.1 | with restrictions? And what determines the rules? And are they flexible? Thank you so much. |
| 1:58.6 | Well, thanks for that question, Abby. You know, |
| 2:02.3 | this question about bail is a great one, and it is one that is at the forefront of criminal |
| 2:08.7 | justice reform. So different jurisdictions have different rules about bail. In the federal |
| 2:14.8 | system, there's something called the Bail Reform Act, and there, |
| 2:18.5 | the default is that someone will be released. In my district, people were asked to swear out a $10,000 |
| 2:25.8 | unsecured bond. That was simply a promise to pay $10,000 if they failed to appear for trial. That was a very typical bond. In other jurisdictions, |
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