New Supreme Court To Target Women, Labor, Immigrants, Voting Rights

Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 5:01 a.m.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined to by Anoa Changa, activist, lawyer and the host of the weekly radio show The Way With Anoa; Zachary Wolfe, lawyer, activist, and professor at George Washington University; and Eugene Puryear, host of Radio Sputnik’s By Any Means Necessary.

President Donald Trump has announced Neil Gorsuch as his pick for the vacant Supreme Court justice role. Who is Gorsuch, the judge expected to follow in the ultra right-wing footsteps of Antonin Scalia? What does Trump’s choice say about the direction his administration is heading in and what role Gorsuch can be expected to play in U.S. politics? Gorsuch’s relatively young age means that he will be an important figure in the U.S. government for decades to come.