Miranda Warnings

Prof. Mukhurjee is the director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School. 

She shares what she witnessed at the border, including the deplorable conditions children were being kept in and what is happening to reunite the over 500 children that have been separated from their parents. 

She then discusses her involvement in a case involving forced sterilization of detainees in Georgia. 

They take a deep dive into the cases against the USPS and Donald Trump and their potential impact on infringing on the voting rights of millions of Americans. 

We also talk about the disastrous consequences of Shelby County vs. Holder a case that stripped key provisions from the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Professor Bonventre also discusses how the role of Chief Justice John Roberts will evolve once again, now that there is a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. He also previews some of the cases the court is likely to decide on this term, including LGBTQ rights and gun rights.

On a more light-hearted note, Bonventre also reveals what Alicia Keys, Jon Bon Jovi, Dr. Fauci and his Grandfather all have in common.

Bonventre is the Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School and this is his 6th appearance on the Miranda Warnings podcast.

You can read his latest article from the NYSBA Journal here.

Figliuzzi also discusses the intelligence failures in the run up to that fateful day and how politics may have played a factor into why the Capitol was left unprotected.

He is also the author of the
new book The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau’s Code of Excellence and he shares some stories from his FBI days, the FBI’s core values and how James Comey failed to live up to one of Figliuzzi’s “Seven C’s.”

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On his fourth day in office, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) was on the floor of the House of Representative with members of the Democratic Party leadership, listening to what had been, until Jan. 6, 2021, a routine part of the peaceful transfer of power between outgoing and incoming administrations. Before long, he and other members of Congress were told that there had been a breach and that insurrectionists were likely headed to the room where they were standing.

“There was no confidence on my part that I would make it out of that room without having to encounter the domestic terrorists who sieged the Capitol,” Jones said on a recent episode of the Miranda Warnings podcast. “I was preparing along with Rep. Collin Allred from Texas, a former NFL player, to do battle in the event they were able to take the chamber.”

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Smith discusses the role NFL players can take within their communities by getting involved in the political process as well as some of the tangible things players have negotiated with NFL owners including using several NFL stadiums as polling sites, giving the players off on Election Day and how proud he is of players continuing to find ways to protest.

They also discuss how the NFL put together an actionable mass testing and contact tracing program and juxtaposes his response to the pandemic to that of President Trump.

Smith, who prior to his role at the NFLPA, was a federal prosecutor and former counsel to then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, also discusses how in his view, Attorney General Bill Barr has run the department into the ground and has continued to assault the rule of law.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA's 118th President David Miranda.

Sunstein, who also served as the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009-2012, also discuss the attacks being laid against many federal agencies, like the EPA, Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation. 

They also discuss the eight ways the 'Rule of Law' fails and how for the most part much of the court have been deciding on over the past few years have been very pro-rule of law. He also lays out some clear examples of where President Trump has violated the rule of law.

Finally, they close talking about potential theories on how to make the Department of Justice more independent; from direct voting for an Attorney General to setting it up the same as the Federal Reserve Board.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA's 118th President David Miranda. 

Fegan, who is a founding member of FeganScott also details how she intends to prove there was a pattern and practice of abuse committed by Weinstein, which would allow for a more safe process for women to come forward to prove damages on an individual basis.

In another civil case where she is lead counsel, Fegan talks about her current class-action suit against the NCAA and her case against former Univerisity of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall. 

The USC case which had 10 named plaintiffs had more than 10,000 women submit claims. A decision on the distribution of monies is anticipated to be made in February 2021. 

Discussing the class action suit against the NCAA, Fegan provides her reasoning for beginning an investigation, how forcing the NCAA to change its policies and rule will cause schools to change their rules.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA's 118th President David Miranda.

Vincent Bonventre is the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School and he returns to make his fifth appearance on the show. 

He and David discuss the Supreme Court’s most recent cases.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA’s 118th President David Miranda.