Voting Rights, Merrick Garland & Trump's SCOTUS Picks with Michele Jawando

May 20, 2016 · 38m
Voting Rights, Merrick Garland & Trump's SCOTUS Picks with Michele Jawando
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Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously,...

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Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

Here are the guests Michele interviewed along with the topics they discussed.

1. Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of National Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Michele and Kristen discuss voting rights and 'The Garland Report,' which is a recent paper from Kristen's organization.

Kristen's Twitter handle is @VotingRights.

2. Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Founder of the Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women and Daniella Gibbs Leger, Vice President of Communications & Strategy at American Progress.

Michele, Avis and Daniella discuss Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court picks, as well as President Obama's official nominee, Merrick Garland.

Dr. Jones-DeWeever's Twitter handle is @SistahScholar and Daniella's is @dgibber123.

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.
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