'BradCast': 5/3/2019 (Guest: Ted Kalo, former House Judiciary Comm. General Counsel)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0\xa0 Former U.S. House Judiciary Committee General Counsel TED KALO warns we are already in the midst of a constitutional crisis, and explains what may come next as the Trump Administration and its new Attorney General and "fixer" William Barr harden their obstruction against Constitutional oversight by Congressional Democrats. Kalo explains the legal and historic context of Barr's astonishing testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, his refusal to appear before the House Judiciary on Thursday, and the Justice Department's failure to turn over a full, unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report to the House by deadline. Kalo also details the possible legal paths forward should Barr, as expected, continue to refuse to cooperate with the committee; why Democrats haven't already cited the A.G. with contempt; and Barr's remarkable argument that a President can obstruct a federal investigation solely on the basis of whether he believes that he has been unfairly accused. Also today, good and bad news for voters in two key 2020 battleground states: A federal court has ordered Ohio to redraw its gerrymandered congressional district maps before the 2020 elections, but Florida Republicans have adopted legislation to undermine voter-approved Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to former felons, making it so that those who have money will be able vote, and those who do not, won't...