Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

So friends, can I ask you a quick question? When you think of Washington, DC, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Politics? The nation's capital? Maybe, a city where somehow we still have taxation without representation?DC has the Congress. It has the executive branch. It has the judiciary. All populated by federal government employees. All public servants. In a very real sense, DC is like the national hub for public service.The person who said that she views DC as a city of service is Kinney Zalesne. And Kinney is now running to be represent the people of DC in Congress. Kinney is running to be DC's delegate to Congress, and I sat down with Kinney to ask her why she wants to represent people of DC in Congress, and why she views DC as a city of service.Kinney Zalesne came to DC in 1995 for what was supposed to be a short stint in the Clinton White House. But she fell in love with the city, and for 30 years has never wanted to live anywhere else. She and her husband Scott have raised four kids here and been active in the community, serving in leadership positions in DC’s schools, pools, parks, and nonprofits.DC gave Kinney opportunities to work across government, business, and the nonprofit sector. After serving as a White House Fellow with Vice President Gore, Kinney was Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno at the US Department of Justice. She later helped lead the Strategy team at Microsoft. She has rolled up her sleeves in our neighborhoods, where she served as President of College Summit, a global-award-winning nonprofit, founded in a basement in Adams Morgan. College Summit helps students from low-income backgrounds go to college. Kinney was also Board Chair of a school in Ward 4 that doubled in enrollment during her tenure. And most recently, Kinney served as Deputy National Finance Chair of the DNC and National Co-Chair of Women for Harris.Of all those roles, Kinney’s favorite was being President of College Summit (now called Peer Forward). The organization’s mission was to make sure that every student who could make it IN college made it TO college. Kinney built large-scale, diverse, powerful coalitions across the District and then the nation to make sure tens of thousands of local students got the opportunities they deserved. Kinney’s skills and experiences are what DC needs now. She will build a broad-based, lasting, nationwide coalition of people to defend DC and ensure we remain a safe, affordable, and healthy place to live. Find Kinney at: https://www.kinneyfordc.comFind Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When civilized countries and responsible law enforcement agencies come upon evidence of suspected crime, they are supposed to investigate that crime. Indeed, they are obligated to investigate suspected crime.When some of the Epstein files were recently released, the United Kingdom immediately initiated criminal investigations, to include obtaining an executing search warrants at properties belonging to Lord Peter Mandelson, British politician and former UK ambassador to the US. UK law-enforcement authorities are also looking into suspected crime by former Prince Andrew. But here in the United States of America, Pam Bondi, Kash, Patel, and Todd Blanche seem to take the approach: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. And they take it one step further: investigate no evil. Apparently, Bondi, Patel, and Blanche would have us believe that the only wrongdoers in connection with Epstein's crimes are located in the United Kingdom. Apparently they want us to believe that there were no crimes committed by anybody in the United States related to Epstein's sex trafficking ring that warrant investigation. This strains credulity, particularly when recent reporting indicates that Rep. Jamie Raskin, upon reviewing all of the Epstein files, found Donald Trump's name more than 1 million times in those files. Accountability must come to the people who were involved in any way in Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking crimesFind Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When it comes to attempting to steal US elections, Donald Trump has priors.First, he tried the fake elector scheme. And he failed. Next, he sent an angry mob to the United States Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election win. And he failedNow, contrary to the express terms of the Constitution, Donald Trump says he wants to federalize elections. But again, he will fail.One of the reasons he will fail is because we have great nonprofit organizations fighting against Trump's lawlessness and dictatorial zeal in court every single day. One of the leading nonprofit organizations is Democracy Forward. They have brought countless legal challenges against Trump's lawlessness and unconstitutionality, and they are beating the Trump administration in court time and time again.Glenn interviewed the president of Democracy forward, Skye Perryman, about the extraordinary work of her organization. Find Democracy forward at: https://democracyforward.orgFind Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

State officials are stepping up - governors, attorneys general, secretaries of state - stepping up to protect the American people from our own federal government – protect us against Trump and his minions.States have sued the Trump administration to block an executive order designed to interfere in state elections. And the states won.Maine's Secretary of State, Shannon Bellows, said the following about safeguarding elections: "We prepare against natural disasters, swatting, bomb threats, threats against election officials. This year, we're preparing against potential federal interference. And that is chilling.” The harsh reality is that Donald Trump views the American voters as the enemy, and he will continue to interfere in our elections until he ultimately falls from power. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump's dirty Department of Justice leadership is crashing and burning. DOJ is losing, time and time again, both in and out of court. Glenn covers four new legal developments that make it painfully clear that the DOJ leadership is corrupt and is failing. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comRegarding Chapter: For complete Medicare guidance, dial 717-862-4430 to speak with my personal Medicare advisor, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/justice"Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump has threatened to sue Trevor Noah for defamation over an Epstein joke he told at the Grammys. With all of the revelations about Trump contained in the recently release Epstein files, it seems like a joke told by Trevor Noah would be the least of Trump's concerns. Glenn does a review of the five elements necessary to successfully sue someone for defamation. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

People around the world have now heard the reporting about five year-old Liam Conejos Ramos. ICE grabbed him up on his way home from preschool, used him as bait to lure his father out of the house, and then jailed them both – put them both in detention - even whisking them away from their home in Minnesota to a detention facility in Texas. This inhumane treatment by the Trump administration prompted an outcry, both nationally and internationally. But it also prompted something more: a short, two-page court order from a federal judge in Texas, that is as unique as it is powerful. That court order may prove to be historic when the age of the Trump-induced darkness comes to an end. To find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

So friends, can I ask you a question? Does it feel like it might be time to start talking about a constitutional do-over?We have a corrupt and criminal president who feels completely unconstrained by the United States Constitution. As but one example: he has abused the constitutional pardon power beyond anybody's wildest imagination. We have a majority on the Supreme Court that feels completely unconstrained by the expressed language of the Constitution. As but one example, the Constitution provides that the president shall take care that the laws of the nation be faithfully executed. Yet the Supreme Court - a majority of the justices - interpreted that very language, that solemn duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, as indicating that a president has complete leeway to violate all the laws of our nation, victimizing wide swaths of the American population, and he has complete immunity from prosecutionThen we have Congress - one political party that has just laid down and let a tyrant in the oval office walk all over them - completely abandoning their status as a coequal branch of government.So let me ask you again friends: do you think it's time we talked about a constitutional do-over? Well, that's what I just talked about with my friend, law professor, and constitutional scholar Kim Wehle. Kim authored a great new piece - you can find it on Substack appropriately titled, "Is it time to start thinking about a constitutional do-over". And given that our Constitution is plainly not up to the task of governing in these dangerous and lawless times, I think the answer to that question is not just yes but hell yes! Link to Kim's piece: https://open.substack.com/pub/kimwehl...Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In what looks like yet another vindictive prosecution of someone Donald Trump doesn't like, career journalist Don Lemon has been arrested. This case very likely will go the way of other vindictive prosecutions brought by Trump's dirty DOJ leadership. Remember the vindictive prose James Comey? Dismissed. Remember the vindictive prosecution of Letitia James? Thrown out. Next up - the vindictive prosecution of Don Lemon.Glenn sat down with Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News for a deep dive discussion on what appears to be trumped-up charges against Don Lemon and other journalists.Find Adam Klasfeld: www.allrisenews.comFind Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you ever wondered if the people - We The People - can make a difference, can have an impact, can do anything to effectively fight against a runaway lawless president, executive branch, and a plainly out-of-control ICE agency, over the past few days we got the answer loud and clear: you're DAMN RIGHT We The People can make a difference!From horribly unfit law-enforcement officer Greg Bovino being ousted from his position, to a judge issuing a crushing opinion regarding ICE operations, to Tom "Bagman" Homan announcing a possible ICE drawdown in Minneapolis, the people absolutely have the power.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.