Passing Judgment

Amber Phillips of the Washington Post stops by Passing Judgment for a short talk about what it is like to analyze political news during the Trump administration.

Jessica and Amber talk about Trump's post-election litigation strategy and whether anything could stop President-Elect Joe Biden from being inaugurated on January 20th, 2021.

Happy voting day! Yes, again. Members of the Electoral College just voted in every state throughout the country and, no surprise, Joe Biden received 306 votes. This is more than the 270 needed to win the presidency. This is a day that typically passes unnoticed, but in the topsy-turvy 2020 election, many eyes were on this typically pro forma event. Could anything else happen before inauguration day? 

And because why would we ever have a slow news day, Attorney General Bill Barr resigned. We re-live Barr's greatest hits and talk about the timing of his resignation. 

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So, is election 2020 finally over?

Host Jessica Levinson and co-host Joe Armstrong walk through the biggest legal and political developments of the week.

Jessica and Joe explain where we are in the post-election litigation, what is happening with DACA, why Xavier Becerra was tapped to become part of the Biden administration, and what Trump's executive order about vaccines really means.

For more on Safe Harbor Day, read Jessica's piece on NBC News here: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/safe-harbor-day-highlights-trump-s-election-lawsuit-failures-judiciary-ncna1250433

Get caught up on all your legal news of the week.

Big stories so far -- Can President Trump pardon himself? What about his adult children?

Why did AG Bill Barr admit there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 elections but then appoint a special counsel to investigate the 2016 election investigators?

And what is happening in the Supreme Court these days regarding COVID-19 restrictions and religious freedoms?

Join Jessica and Joe.

There is a lot of legal and political news to catch up on this week!

The Supreme Court made a big decision regarding religious freedom and coronavirus restrictions, they heard a big case dealing with the census and immigrants, and they may be avoiding a big post-election litigation case.