'BradCast' 5/22/2018 (Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern)
A disturbing move by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday suggests a very dark moment for American democracy:\xa0 reporters from AP, CNN and other outlets were blocked from attending a water contamination event held at the EPA, just a week after revelations that the Trump Administration is blocking the release of a federal report documenting widespread water contamination across the country. Texas is appealing a federal court ruling ordering it to comply with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and allow voters to register to vote online, all but assuring the case, filed in 2016, will continue beyond this November's mid-terms. In Florida, a Republican House candidate is caught on tape charging that U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico who moved to the state after Hurricane Maria should not be allowed to register to vote in Florida and should go back to "where they belong." Slate's legal reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN explains two disturbing, very important court cases. The first regards DACA recipient Daniel Ramirez Medina, who was detained by ICE, but released after a federal judge found ICE had repeatedly lied to the court about its evidence, and even doctored a document to make it appear he was a gang member. The second is the outrageously corrupt 5 to 4 decision by the stolen U.S. Supreme Court this week that demolishes another New Deal labor reform, stripping employees of their statutory right to file class action lawsuits against their employers, effectively legalizing wage theft. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report,' with some insane new climate denial by Republicans on the U.S. House Science Committee, along with much more encouraging news...