Texas' Abortion Law, Trump's Efforts to Thwart the Jan 6th Committee, the Jussie Smollett Trial & Senator Bob Dole

It is a week legal and political roundup of the big stories of the week that was. Joe joins Jessica to help explain the Supreme Court's big ruling today regarding Texas' restrictive abortion law, the District of Columbia's Circuit Court's decision regarding the work of the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection on January 6th, the resolution of the Jussie Smollett case, and the legacy of Senator and former Republican candidate for president Bob Dole, who died this week at the age of 98.  This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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Is the constitution in crisis? This podcast is for people who are curious about politics and the law and how the biggest political and legal issues of the moment affect you. Pull up a chair and join host Jessica Levinson, a professor at LMU’s Loyola Law School, and a rotating cast of experts. Jessica will be joined by journalists, politicians, political scientists, lawyers, and many others. Listen to Jessica and her guests for a wry, and sometimes irreverent take on the most pressing issues of our time. What are the laws of our democracy? How are they changing? And what does that mean for your daily life?