This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Saturday, March 11th,

2023. I'm Caleb Brown.

We are approaching the three-year anniversary

of the death of Brianna Taylor at the hands of Louisville Police.

Almost on cue, the Department of Justice has recently detailed a laundry list of what appears

to be a flagrant disregard that department is shown to the people of Louisville.

Just before the DOJ's report was issued, I spoke with Jefferson County Circuit Judge

Julie Kalin about reforms she's proposed to the issuance of search warrants in Kentucky and why the warrant issuance

process is so important and why too often judges don't take it as seriously as they should.

As of this recording date and as of the release date of this podcast we are at three years

since the tragic death of Brianna Taylor at the hands of Louisville Police and there are

still a lot of there's a lot of misunderstandings still in the public about that case.

And a lot of them have to do with the warrants multiple that were issued to give police access to her apartment.

And you're a judge in Jefferson County.

We have been friends for many years.

We've talked about this particular case for a while.

But I want to get your sense of how important it is that judges take their jobs with respect to issuing

warrants seriously.

I know you have strong feelings about this, but tell me, broadly speaking, when you think

about issuing a warrant, what are the biggest considerations? Why is that such a matter for serious, serious

deliberation? Well for one thing, you know, as you were just talking about, we're coming up on this anniversary,

and that is a really good reminder of what can happen when things are not really, really well researched, thought out, and executed when it comes to the issuance and carrying out of Sarah

...