'BradCast' 3/9/2022: (Guest: Ron Fein of FSFP on challenge to 'insurrectionist' Rep. Cawthorn)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Russian President Putin is unleashing outright atrocities and war crimes against the civilians of Ukraine. The Russian military bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, and the city is now in full-blown humanitarian crisis, without food, water, or power. Russian troops have cut off power to Ukraine's crippled Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, but the International Atomic Energy Agency says the site is stable, for now. New poll finds that nearly 80 percent of Americans, of all political stripes, support President Biden's ban on Russian fossil fuel imports even if it further increases gas prices. You, too, can help fight fascism by conserving energy and working from home when possible. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges brought by Republicans to new U.S. House redistricting maps that may benefit Democrats in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the November midterm elections. But disturbingly, the four rightwing justices endorsed the absolutely bonkers 'Independent State Legislature Theory' that would gut judicial oversight of all state election laws. RON FEIN, Legal Director of non-profit government accountability group Free Speech For People, discusses the latest twists and turns in their challenge seeking to disqualify MAGA Congressman Madison Cawthorn from running for re-election in North Carolina. The challenge is based on the 14th Amendment, which bars from federal office anyone who has taken an oath to defend the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection or rebellion against it. Fein explains a gobsmacking ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge that is blatantly absurd, and next steps in ensuring accountability."