Inspiring Women
5/16/20261 hr 7 min
Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to explain the D.C. Circuit arguments over Trump’s 2025 executive order punishing elite law firms for representing clients and causes he dislikes, the firms’ lower court wins, the government’s failed arguments, and the court’s skepticism. Then, the #Sisters examine the DOJ subpoena to the Wall Street Journal issued as part of a leak investigation, and discuss its threat to press freedom. They also review Jamie Raskin’s anti-corruption bills that strengthen emoluments rules, ban pardon payments, and further other good-government reforms.
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First 90 secondsJill Wine-Banks· Host0:00
[ on-hold music] Welcome back to #SistersInLaw with Barb McQuade and me, Jill Wine-Banks. Joyce and Kim will be back next week. We miss them, but they'll be here next week. In today's show, we have some really heavy-duty topics, and one that maybe will make us a little happier. We're gonna discuss the oral arguments in the law firm extortion. Uh, I guess it's called an executive order case, but it is sort of like extortion. Um, and then we're gonna talk about one of the many DOJ wrongs of the week. We're gonna talk about their subpoena to the Wall Street Journal. And on a better side, we're talking about some proposed legislation that could make a difference to our democracy, and that is the anti-corruption, anti-grift legislation that's being proposed by, um, Jamie Raskin and several other members of Congress, and also Schumer in the Senate. So before we get to those topics, though, Barb, I wanna talk about your book, because it's almost out and you're almost ready to start your book tour. And I understand you have an event, the first of your book tour is at the 92nd Street Y, which is really a prestigious place to appear. When is that and how do people get tickets for it?
Barb McQuade· Host1:29
Oh, thanks