2021 Legal and Political Roundup

Happy New Year Passing Judgment listeners. Jessica and Joe talk through some, but not all, of the biggest legal stories of the year, including the January 6th insurrection, SCOTUS news (including abortion laws and vaccine mandates), and some big criminal trials including - Derek Chauvin, Travis & Gregory McMichael, Kyle Rittenhouse, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jussie Smollett. 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?