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33: Insurrectionists, Shadow Dockets & The Kraken

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4.910.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

The #SistersInLaw convene this week to fill you in on the latest developments from the 1/6 commission and how our government is handling its cases.  Then, they explain the role of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and how it impacts our legal system before looking at the Kraken case.  After the ruling in Michigan, the lawyers face sanctions that might prevent frivolous challenges to our elections.

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From Kimberly Atkins Stohr on the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to hashtag Sisters in Law. I'm Joyce Fance. This week we'll be discussing

0:17.5

the first set of demands the January 6th Commission has made to executive branch agencies for

0:22.8

evidence. The Supreme Court's shadow docket, what it is, what's important for you to understand

0:28.2

about it, and the latest on sanctions imposed on the Kraken lawyers by a judge in Michigan. As

0:34.5

always we look forward to answering some of your questions at the end of the show. But first,

0:40.5

I need to get caught up with my sisters. I was off dropping off my youngest kid at college

0:45.3

last week. I listened to the show and I missed you guys so much.

0:50.3

We missed you.

0:51.3

We missed you Joyce. There's so much going on and I need you guys to process.

0:56.3

Joyce, I needed you desperately to do the ads for undergarments. Press me in the service

1:02.3

when I got to that ad barb. I am here for you. I will do all of the bra commercials for

1:07.6

you. It's my commitment to you. This weekend is an important down a verse for the March

1:16.1

on Washington. There will be a 2021 version of that. There will be a voting rights March

1:24.1

in Washington this Saturday to impress upon Congress and mostly the Senate, the need to

1:29.9

pass new voting rights laws to protect our rights, to vote in the face of everything

1:34.6

that's going on in state legislatures. It makes me wonder, have you guys ever been so

1:40.4

motivated by the importance of an issue that you've gone out into the streets to exercise

1:45.9

your first amendment rights?

1:47.5

What about you, Jill?

1:48.5

I definitely have and this goes back a long way. I think the most dramatic protests were

1:56.6

during the Vietnam era when we had lots of candlelight marches and I had very long hair

2:03.4

and it was always a fear that if I flicked my head too hard, I would catch my hair on

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