Justice. That’s The Business We’re In

In this episode, Gafkay Law, PLC focuses on jury selection and federal hate crimes in relation to the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery.

Please take caution when listening to this episode. 

Join Gafkay Law, PLC as Attorney Gafkay and her team speak about the filibuster and voting acts.

 •RESOURCES•

https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren/videos/1030563071139348/

https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-to-vote-act-john-lewis-voting-rights-bill-explainer-2022-1

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/11/03/john-lewis-voting-rights-act-fails-to-pass-senate/?sh=78b6d70ab3d2 

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073021462/senate-voting-rights-freedom-to-vote-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act

https://bnc.tv/dr-bernice-king-voting-is-the-heart-and-soul-of-our-democracy/ 

Hi All, 

Thanks for listening to our first episode of 2022!

In today's discussion, we are going to talk about Biden v. Missouri which relates to the federal government’s vaccine mandate.

Sources:

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/biden-v-missouri/

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html

https://www.channele2e.com/news/companies-require-coronavirus-vaccinations/

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-claims-legal-right-for-vaccination-mandate-on-large-businesses/6306259.html

https://www.abc12.com/coronavirus/supreme-court-appears-poised-to-block-bidens-vaccine-and-testing-rules-for-businesses/article_d609e055-7bef-5e03-99da-891f7674af85.html?fbclid=IwAR3t1AINaj3I9OvzpszocBeDbsYRpzxcxjqcCU5x-yb44PtPxHWTGtsQb70

In today’s installment of the podcast, Gafkay Law, PLC gives an overview on the importance of access to quality healthcare, focusing primarily on the constitutional right of a pregnant woman to control her own body and how those rights are being jeopardized.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060508566/roe-v-wade-arguments-abortion-supreme-court-case-mississippi-law

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/roe-v-wade

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/upshot/abortion-without-roe-wade.html

https://reproductiverights.org/case/jackson-womens-health-organization-v-dobbs/

https://reproductiverights.org/who-report-safe-abortion-is-essential-to-protecting-womens-human-rights/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/

In this episode, Gafkay Law, PLC focuses on race discrimination based on hair, the Crown Act, and how people are discriminated against. 

Sign the petition to end hair discrimination! 

https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/help-make-hair-discrimination-illegal?share=561f4129-f916-4a65-b6ca-6a0500d69847

Sources

https://www.naacpldf.org/natural-hair-discrimination/

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/09/even-as-local-efforts-increase-hair-discrimination-is-still-legal-in-michigan.html

https://www.michiganvotes.org/2021-HB-4275

https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/

https://www.thecrownact.com/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/highschool/2019/09/18/wrestler-dreadlocks-controversy-new-jersey-referee-suspended-two-years/2367239001/

This episode of Justice. That's the Business We're In focuses on ways voting laws and bills are restricting voting access in states across the country. We will also talk briefly about why voting is so important.

Sources

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-october-2021 

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1026588142/map-see-which-states-have-restricted-voter-access-and-which-states-have-expanded

https://tracker.votingrightslab.org/states/michigan 

https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/republicans-are-erasing-decades-of-voting-rights-gains-before-our-eyes/  

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/10/14/gop-bill-overhaul-voter-id-head-gretchen-whitmers-desk/8449532002/ 

Join us as Gafkay Law, PLC discusses the hot topic of critical race theory, what it is, and k-12. • 

Sources 

 https://www.newsweek.com/critical-race-theory-banned-these-states-1599712  

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-where-critical-race-theory-is-under-attack/2021/06

 https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/08/on-critical-race-theory-state-superintendent-says-michigan-schools-cant-ignore-history.html 

https://www.naacpldf.org/critical-race-theory-faq/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/  https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/01/pushback-against-critical-race-theory-rooted-misconceptions/5430923001/  https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/8/26/20829771/slavery-textbooks-history