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#SistersInLaw

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🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The #SistersInLaw meet this week to lay out the perils of textualism, and the issues of jurisdiction and experience that apply to the mask mandate strike down by a Federal Judge.  Then, they analyze the legal possibilities of kicking insurrectionists like MTG off the ‘22 ballot for their actions, and weigh the pros and cons of abandoning the 9-5 work day as the nation begins returning to the office.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Hashtag Sisters in Law with Jill Wine Banks, Joyce Vance, Barb McQuade,

0:17.4

and me Kimberly Ackin's store.

0:19.8

You might have seen that we tweeted some photos of ourselves wearing our pale blue women's

0:24.8

t-shirt, which is of course available at politicon.com slash merch.

0:30.7

Get yours now, we love them.

0:33.2

Today we'll be talking about the overturning of the federal mask mandate, the possibility

0:38.3

of Marjorie Taylor Greene being bumped off the ballot for her role in the insurrection,

0:43.5

and we will rethink the 9-5 workday for lawyers as we begin to return to the office.

0:49.3

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

0:54.3

But before we get to all that, coming up this Friday, May 1st is something called Law

1:00.6

Day.

1:01.6

And it's really important to me and the other sisters because it's meant to underscore

1:06.3

the importance of the rule of law.

1:10.1

We talk a lot about laws and the application of laws and what's illegal and what's not.

1:15.0

But I think a lot of times Americans don't fully understand what the rule of law is and

1:21.7

the importance of the rule of law.

1:24.5

And Law Day has been for decades a moment to consider that.

1:29.3

It was started by the American Bar Association back in 1957.

1:34.2

And it's meant to give an opportunity for everyone, not just lawyers, to understand how

1:39.6

the law and the legal process protects our society, protects our liberty, protects justice

1:46.7

and our democracy.

1:48.1

And I think right now, especially given what's been going on for the past several years, it's

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