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On The Issues With Michele GoodwinSupreme Court Term in Review: What the Court Burned Down Last YearAs the Supreme Court opens a new term this week, we take a step back to ask: What did the last term tell us about this Court? About its values, its power, and its vision for American democracy?Because make no mistake: Every decision, every ruling, every case the Court chooses to hear—or not to hear—signals something about who we are becoming as a nation.In this Ms. Studios special, we bring you our 2024-2025 Supreme Court Review: a conversation recorded at Georgetown Law this summer, moderated by myself and featuring some of the...
2025-10-101h 04
THE NORTHERN PODCAST (NAS STUDIO)The Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning StreakLeah and Kate dive into the week’s legal news, explaining how SCOTUS continues to carry water for the Trump administration. They also cover an epic slapdown of the Roberts Court out of Hawaii, Sam Alito’s Italian sojourn, and the DOJ’s refusal to investigate the wads of cash lining border czar Tom Homan’s pockets. Then all three hosts are joined by special guests Sherrilyn Ifill, founding director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University, and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to discuss the Supreme Court in the years after the Civil War and Reco...
2025-09-292h 01
Strict ScrutinyThe Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning StreakLeah and Kate dive into the week’s legal news, explaining how SCOTUS continues to carry water for the Trump administration. They also cover an epic slapdown of the Roberts Court out of Hawaii, Sam Alito’s Italian sojourn, and the DOJ’s refusal to investigate the wads of cash lining border czar Tom Homan’s pockets. Then all three hosts are joined by special guests Sherrilyn Ifill, founding director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University, and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to discuss the Supreme Court in the years after the Civil War and...
2025-09-291h 59
Native Land PodWas Slavery Bad?On episode 93 of Native Land Pod, hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum are forced to remind all of us that slavery was, in fact, bad. Fitness trainer and TV personality Jillian Michaels was on Abby Phillip’s CNN show recently making some wild claims about how slavery wasn’t that bad, wasn’t just committed by white people, and wasn’t actually that big of a part of the country’s founding because “only 2%” of Americans owned slaves… We have so many questions y’all–like why this person with no journalism or history experience fea...
2025-08-211h 22
Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton LewisNavigating Today, Preparing for Tomorrow with Sherrilyn IfillIn this powerful episode from the Ground Control Parenting archives, Carol sits down with renowned civil rights leader and legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill for a deeply meaningful conversation about what it means to parent during times of uncertainty and division.Sherrilyn shares how we can help our children navigate a world filled with misinformation, stay rooted in truth, and build resilience by staying connected to our history and community. She offers thoughtful, practical advice for raising socially conscious kids and protecting your family’s values in the face of societal change.This episode is filled with wi...
2025-07-2351 minTHE NORTHERN PODCAST (NAS STUDIO)A Term for the Rich, the Reactionaries, and the RuthlessWith July upon us and bad decision season (mercifully) over, Leah, Kate and Melissa take a step back to recap this year’s SCOTUS term. They highlight some of the overarching themes, break down the biggest opinions, and look back at the moments they’ll remember forever–whether they want to or not. Hosts’ favorite things:Melissa: KBJ’s footnote 12 in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida; Seven Chaotic Months in the Life of a New Federal Judge, Emily Bazelon and Mattathias Schwartz (NYT); This Is the Real Impact of the Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood Decision, Linda Greenhouse (NYT); When Rational...
2025-07-071h 41Strict ScrutinyA Term for the Rich, the Reactionaries, and the RuthlessWith July upon us and bad decision season (mercifully) over, Leah, Kate and Melissa take a step back to recap this year’s SCOTUS term. They highlight some of the overarching themes, break down the biggest opinions, and look back at the moments they’ll remember forever–whether they want to or not. Hosts’ favorite things:Melissa: KBJ’s footnote 12 in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida; Seven Chaotic Months in the Life of a New Federal Judge, Emily Bazelon and Mattathias Schwartz (NYT); This Is the Real Impact of the Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood Decision, Lin...
2025-07-071h 39
Live at the National Constitution CenterThe 14th Amendment and the History of ReconstructionThe National Constitution Center and the Federal Judicial Center convene leading historians for conversations on Reconstruction and the Constitution. Pamela Brandwein of the University of Michigan, Sherrilyn Ifill of Howard University School of Law, and Ilan Wurman of the University of Minnesota Law School explore the 14th Amendment and the history of Reconstruction. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.This program is presented in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center.Resources
Ilan Wurman, The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment (2020)
Pamela Brandwein, Rethinking the Judicial Se...
2025-02-181h 02
We the PeopleThe 14th Amendment and the History of ReconstructionJeffrey Rosen discusses the 14th Amendment with Sherrilyn Ifill, the head of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard Law School and the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Pamela Brandwein, author of Rethinking the Judicial Settlement of Reconstruction, and Ilan Wurman, author of The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment. They discuss the historical events that gave rise to the 14th Amendment and debate its original meaning. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on February 10, 2025, in partnership with the Federal Judi...
2025-02-141h 02
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastThe 14th Amendment and the History of ReconstructionJeffrey Rosen discusses the 14th Amendment with Sherrilyn Ifill, the head of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard Law School and the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Pamela Brandwein, author of Rethinking the Judicial Settlement of Reconstruction, and Ilan Wurman, author of The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment. They discuss the historical events that gave rise to the 14th Amendment and debate its original meaning. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on February 10, 2025, in partnership with the Federal Judicial Cent...
2025-02-141h 02
If you condone this Sh!t, they will own your Sh!t.Season 3 Episode 20 Recorded 11/24/20241. Putin deploys ICBM in Ukraine?
2. Trump said he would end the war Ukraine when elected.
Still waiting.
3. Matt Gates drops out of being AG.
4. No Old man should be going out with a 17-year-old.
5. Pete Hegseth is Trump pick for Secretary of Defense.
Correction Last rank was Major.
6. Tyson, 58, fought Jake Paul this past Friday. He went
the distance but failed to secure the win. However, he earned the boxing community’s respect for his spirit.
7. Former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon told
MSNBC’s Ari Melber and “all you host” and producers...
2025-01-201h 05
Goddess Technology Podcast🌺Joy As Resistance with A'Lelia Bundles (Great Great Granddaughter of Madam CJ Walker)Welcome to Season 3, Episode 2 of The Goddess Technology Podcast!We are honored to host the extraordinary A'Lelia Bundles renowned historian, author, and biographer of the legendary Madam C.J. Walker. Episode Highlights:- Discover how the Walker Women harnessed joy as a powerful tool for resilience - Explore the inspiring stories of Madam C.J. Walker and her daughter, A'Lelia Walker, and learn how their pioneering spirits continue to influence and uplift generations.- Making Something Out of No Thing- Sacred Self-Care: Dive into the essence...
2025-01-081h 02
Slate Daily FeedAmicus: John Roberts’ New Year Blame GameHappy (?) New Year. Amicus is gingerly stepping into 2025 and into the coming onslaught of Trump 2.0 with one of the country’s very best legal, constitutional and human guides –– civil rights litigator and 14th Amendment scholar Sherrilyn Ifill. Together, Sherrilyn and Dahlia navigate some of the most pressing questions facing the law, the legal profession, and those who care about it. In his end of year judicial report, Chief Justice John Roberts chose to claim the mantle of both embattled civil rights champions and also infallible monarchs while blaming pretty much everyone except the court for the high court’s plummeti...
2025-01-041h 07
Slate NewsAmicus: John Roberts’ New Year Blame GameHappy (?) New Year. Amicus is gingerly stepping into 2025 and into the coming onslaught of Trump 2.0 with one of the country’s very best legal, constitutional and human guides –– civil rights litigator and 14th Amendment scholar Sherrilyn Ifill. Together, Sherrilyn and Dahlia navigate some of the most pressing questions facing the law, the legal profession, and those who care about it. In his end of year judicial report, Chief Justice John Roberts chose to claim the mantle of both embattled civil rights champions and also infallible monarchs while blaming pretty much everyone except the court for the high court’s plummeti...
2025-01-041h 07
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsJohn Roberts’ New Year Blame GameHappy (?) New Year. Amicus is gingerly stepping into 2025 and into the coming onslaught of Trump 2.0 with one of the country’s very best legal, constitutional and human guides –– civil rights litigator and 14th Amendment scholar Sherrilyn Ifill. Together, Sherrilyn and Dahlia navigate some of the most pressing questions facing the law, the legal profession, and those who care about it. In his end of year judicial report, Chief Justice John Roberts chose to claim the mantle of both embattled civil rights champions and also infallible monarchs while blaming pretty much everyone except the court for the high court’s plummeti...
2025-01-041h 04
Slate Crime and JusticeAmicus: John Roberts’ New Year Blame GameHappy (?) New Year. Amicus is gingerly stepping into 2025 and into the coming onslaught of Trump 2.0 with one of the country’s very best legal, constitutional and human guides –– civil rights litigator and 14th Amendment scholar Sherrilyn Ifill. Together, Sherrilyn and Dahlia navigate some of the most pressing questions facing the law, the legal profession, and those who care about it. In his end of year judicial report, Chief Justice John Roberts chose to claim the mantle of both embattled civil rights champions and also infallible monarchs while blaming pretty much everyone except the court for the high court’s plummeti...
2025-01-041h 04Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton LewisNavigating Today, Preparing for Tomorrow: Post-Election Parenting with Sherrilyn IfillCarol welcomes renowned civil rights leader and legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill for an important conversation about parenting during times of uncertainty and division. Together they explore how families can stay grounded and thrive. In this riveting episode they discuss:• Helping children navigate misinformation and find reliable sources of truth.• Building resilience through connection to history and community.• How to protect your family’s values and well-being amid societal change.• Sherrilyn’s practical advice for parents and children on civic responsibility.These are just a few highlights from this discussion—yo...
2024-12-3050 min
Aspen Ideas to GoIs America Due for a Third Founding?America’s “second founding” came on the heels of the Civil War, when the architects of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments thought long and hard about how to enshrine civil rights that were truly for all into the U.S. Constitution. Despite an immediate backlash, including from the Supreme Court, and repercussions we’re still dealing with today, that second generation of framers added a profoundly important layer to our legal foundation. With demagoguery on the rise and increasing evidence that social norms are fraying, do we need to do more to protect ourselves and those around us? In this...
2024-09-2553 min
The AmendmentPreserving the 14th Amendment with Sherrilyn IfillToday, we’re talking all about the 14th Amendment. Our guest, Sherrilyn Ifill, a dedicated lawyer and the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, is launching the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University, which promotes the vision of equality that the 14th Amendment promised – civil rights for all US citizens. She talks about how we as citizens can make the vision of equality a reality and why it is so important to know our American history.Follow Sherrilyn Ifill on Instagram @sherrilynifill Follow The 19th on Instagram, Facebook, X and v...
2024-07-3145 min
Broken LawEpisode 147: "Rightfully Complicit"This week on Broken Law, we revisit two moving speeches from ACS's 2023 National Convention. Oren Nimni and Sherrilyn Ifill explore the complicity of lawyers in maintaining our unjust legal system and the special responsibility we bear in creating a more just future.Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.orgToday's Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACSFeatured Speaker: Oren Nimni, Litigation Director, Rights Behind BarsFeatured Speaker: Sherrilyn Ifill, Former President and Director Counsel, N...
2024-04-3032 min
BornCuriousA Conversation with Sherrilyn IfillIn June 2023, a US Supreme Court ruling on two cases essentially ended affirmative action in higher education. In a 6–3 ruling, the court decided that accounting for race in admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In this deep dive into the ruling, the civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill and our dean, Tomiko Brown-Nagin—herself an award-winning legal historian and an expert in constitutional law—unpack the issues underpinning affirmative action and provide analysis of the decision for the layperson.This episode was recorded on October 18, 2023.Released on February 29, 2024.Epis...
2024-02-2958 min
Small Doses with Amanda SealesSide Effects of Civil Rights Pt.2 (with Sherrilyn Ifill)The incomparable civil rights icon, Sherrilyn Ifill spins the block for a second dose of our conversation on why voting matters and the importance of continuing to honor the work of our ancestors.Get your Smart Funny & Black merch here! For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
2024-02-1450 minSmall Doses with Amanda SealesSide Effects of Civil Rights Pt. 1 (with Sherrilyn Ifill)The incomparable civil rights icon, Sherrilyn Ifill schools us on the importance of black education, why voting matters, and our responsibility to honor the work of our ancestors.Get your Smart Funny & Black merch here! For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
2024-02-0740 min
Rick Wilson's The Enemies ListThe GOP's Continuing Attacks on Voting Rights in America with Sherrilyn IfillOn this episode of The Enemies List, Rick is joined by Sherrilyn Ifill. Sherrilyn is a lawyer and author and former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Together, they discuss America's historical issues with voting rights, predominantly in African American communities. Sherrilyn describes the areas of the country where voting rights are at their weakest, what segregation looks like in modern day America, the Supreme Court's decimation of Section 5, and if she thinks Trump can be kept off the ballot in 2024.You can follow Sherrilyn on Twitter @SIfill_ and both of her books are a...
2023-09-2034 min
Library TalksSherrilyn Ifill: How America Ends and Begins AgainWelcome back! The Library presents conversations with an incredible array of authors, performers, activists, and thinkers, and our Library Talks podcast brings some of those conversations to you. Today we are relaunching the show with Sherrilyn Iffill delivering the annual Robert B. Silvers Lecture, titled How America Ends and Begins Again. Within this dangerous period of accelerated democratic unraveling, Sherrilyn Ifill argues that our country has a unique opportunity. Can we use this moment to build at long last a healthy, multiracial democracy anchored in the values of equality and justice?
2023-08-221h 04Slate Crime and JusticeAmicus: Tennessee-Style Power Grabs are Coming to a State House Near YouOn this week’s Amicus Dahlia Lithwick is first joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to talk about Tennessee and the mounting evidence of Republican state houses and governors finding novel (but also depressingly old) ways to disenfranchise voters and subvert democracy. Ifill sounded the alarm about all of this in a prescient piece in Slate last month that deserves your attention.Next, Dahlia is joined by Professor Stephen Vladeck on the opaque, unquestioned and largely unquestionable Supreme Court processes that undergird conservative contempt for the rule of...
2023-04-081h 10Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsTennessee-Style Power Grabs are Coming to a State House Near YouOn this week’s Amicus Dahlia Lithwick is first joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to talk about Tennessee and the mounting evidence of Republican state houses and governors finding novel (but also depressingly old) ways to disenfranchise voters and subvert democracy. Ifill sounded the alarm about all of this in a prescient piece in Slate last month that deserves your attention.Next, Dahlia is joined by Professor Stephen Vladeck on the opaque, unquestioned and largely unquestionable Supreme Court processes that undergird conservative contempt for the rule of...
2023-04-081h 10
Nonprofit Build Up[RECAST - PART II] Episode 82: The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn IfillAs nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. Nicole Campbell brings in Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization. In this conversation, Sherrilyn talks about the work they are doing at LDF and how it is transforming the lives of countless discriminated and disadvantaged members of the Black community. She also sh...
2023-02-2318 min
Nonprofit Build Up[RECAST - PART I] Episode 81: The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn IfillAs nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. In this special two-part series, Nic is talking with Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization. This interview was recorded back in May 2020, when the country contended with both a pandemic and growing racial and social justice movements. Which, two years later, is still pressi...
2023-02-0931 min
The Daily Show: Ears EditionSherrilyn Ifill - Strategically Confronting JusticeFormer President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill discusses why she decided to step down from her position at the nonprofit organization, why she considers the U.S. to be a "teenage" democracy, and how the current Supreme Court affirmative action case is different from previous ones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-01-3010 minThe Daily Show: Ears EditionWanda Sykes Reports On Trump’s Return to Facebook and Instagram | Sherrilyn IfillWanda Sykes reports on Meta allowing Trump back on Facebook and Instagram, the new AI app that allows users to chat with Hitler, museums giving mummies a new name, and the Missouri bill that would ban critical race theory. Former President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill discusses why she decided to step down from her position from the non-profit organizationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-01-2729 minSlate Crime and JusticeAmicus: “Is This How We Do Law Now?”The highest court in the land has ignored the need for standing, the trial record, and of course precedent this past year––and it matters. Host Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation. They discuss Sherrilyn’s thought-provoking piece this month in the New York Review of Books, which opens out into a big-picture discussion of what this Supreme Court’s tendency to reach out and grab cases, and erase trial records, or fill in the blanks on standi...
2022-12-1756 minAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts“Is This How We Do Law Now?”The highest court in the land has ignored the need for standing, the trial record, and of course precedent this past year––and it matters. Host Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation. They discuss Sherrilyn’s thought-provoking piece this month in the New York Review of Books, which opens out into a big-picture discussion of what this Supreme Court’s tendency to reach out and grab cases, and erase trial records, or fill in the blanks on standi...
2022-12-1756 min
Nonprofit Build Up76. The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn Ifill (RECAST - PART II)As nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. Over the next two weeks we will be recasting a special two-part series, Nic is talking with Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization. This interview was recorded back in May 2020, when the country contended with both a pandemic and growing racial and social justic...
2022-09-0118 minNonprofit Build Up75. The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn Ifill (RECAST - PART I)As nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. Over the next two weeks we will be recasting a special two-part series, Nic is talking with Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization. This interview was recorded back in May 2020, when the country contended with both a pandemic and growing racial and social justic...
2022-08-2531 min
Bring A FriendFrom the Vault: Sherrilyn Ifill (Defender of Fairness in US Courts)FROM THE VAULT | Enjoy this inspiring re-released episode from Season 3:As the President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill has had her hands full lately. With a mission of seeking structural changes and eliminating disparities to bring equality to all Americans, Sherrilyn has carried a heavy load over the years. She’s argued before the Supreme Court, supported the families whose lives have been devastated by racism, and has fought valiantly for fairness for so many who have been denied. What does it feel like to champion that mission and hold that responsibility when all ey...
2022-08-1050 min
Intersectionality Matters!45. Was This the Last Black History Month?In this episode, Kimberlé is joined by thought leaders Jelani Cobb, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Cornel West, who share their perspectives on the threats to Black history and realization of Black freedom. The conversation is anchored in the question, "Was 2022 the last Black History Month?” and makes explicit why we must to fight to ensure it was not. Revisiting the crucial insights they raised as part of the MasterClass series, “Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love,” each guest discusses what lessons we can learn from Black history in this renewed period of racial backlash. With anti-Critical Race Theory bills assaulting curricu...
2022-04-071h 03Nonprofit Build Up54. The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn Ifill (RECAST - PART II)This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we are continuing with the recast our very first episode of the Nonprofit Build Up. This week, you will hear the second part of Nic's conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.You can jump back to part one of the conversation to learn more about Sherrilyn's expertise, major accomplishments, and the transformational work of the Legal Defense Fund. Get ready to dive into the second part of Nic's conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, where they discuss how funders can support nonprofit sustainability and more.
2022-03-3118 min
Getting Even with Anita HillSherrilyn Ifill on Today’s Civil Rights MovementOn Sherilyn Ifill’s last day as President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Anita Hill interviews Ifill about the LDF’s legacy and her contributions. They talk civil rights – where we are today, where we’re going and what it means to run a modern day civil rights organization. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2022-03-2527 minNonprofit Build Up53. The Power of Being Responsive to the Needs of the Moment with Sherrilyn Ifill (RECAST - PART I)As nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. Over the next two weeks for a special two-part series, Nic is talking with Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights legal organization. This interview was recorded back in May 2020, when the country contended with both a pandemic and growing racial and social justice movements. Which, two year...
2022-03-2431 min
You and Me Both with Hillary ClintonOur Democracy in Crisis - Justice (Dahlia Lithwick & Sherrilyn Ifill)This week, Hillary continues her series on the state of our democracy. On today’s episode, we take a look at how our courts, and our laws, are holding up under pressure from powerful interest groups. First, we hear from Dahlia Lithwick, who has covered the Supreme Court for Slate since 1999. Dahlia shares some rather grim predictions on what we can expect from the Court this term with regard to abortion rights, gun regulations, and more. After that comes a conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill about President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, the Court’s decimat...
2022-03-081h 02
Clyburn ChroniclesProtecting the Fundamental Right to Vote ft. Sherrilyn IfillYesterday's Senate vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act may not have been what we hoped for, but we're not giving up.
That's why, for the newest episode of the Clyburn Chronicles, I sat down with my friend, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill, to discuss the path forward.
2022-01-2041 min
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al HuntSherrilyn Ifill & Michael WaldmanJames and Al are joined by legal legends Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and President of the Brennan Center for Justice Michael Waldman for a discussion about the ongoing fight to strengthen our voting rights. Together, they take on an adversarial SCOTUS and hostile gerrymandering, and emphasize the need for activism, protest, and voting your values on races up and down the ballot.
Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.
Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you’re from!
Get...
2022-01-201h 41
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastDemocracy on a Knife’s Edge with Bart Gellman & Sherrilyn IfillIt’s a special edition of our podcast: our first crossover episode with All In with Chris Hayes, which airs at 8pm weekdays on MSNBC. We’re sharing two full conversations, portions of which aired on All In, with two people at the forefront of one of the most important stories of the moment: the fight to save our democracy. Lucky for us, Bart Gellman, a correspondent for The Atlantic, and Sherrilyn Ifill, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joined to walk through this very pivotal moment in our nation’s history and how we can move forward amidst immens...
2022-01-041h 02
The ArgumentSherrilyn Ifill: ‘There Is No Guarantee We Make It Out of This Period as a Democracy’Last month, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges related to the shooting of two people at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisc. Before, during and after the trial, journalists and pundits broke down the most sensational moments on the stand, and many tried to discern what Rittenhouse’s not-guilty decision meant about the country at large. People were eager to draw direct connections between the arguments used in court and the inequities that are seen in the country on a daily basis.But is looking at the Rittenhouse trial and other high-profile cases really th...
2021-12-2225 min
#RolandMartinUnfilteredArbery Killer testifies; Julius Jones Protests, Ifill to step down; Rapist gets probation11.17.21 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Today, Travis McMichael took the stand to tell his side of the story he and his father chased and gunned down Ahmaud Arbery.The clock is ticking in Oklahoma. Tomorrow is the day death row inmate Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed. Today, protests in the state capitol, students walking out all wanting Governor Kevin Stitt to grant Jones the clemency recommended twice. We'll talk to the Director of the LIVE FREE Campaign, who'll be at tonight's prayer vigil.For nearly a decade, Sherrilyn Ifill led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
2021-11-182h 32Bring A FriendMy Friend The Paradigm ShifterAs the President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill has had her hands full lately. With a mission of seeking structural changes and eliminating disparities to bring equality to all Americans, Sherrilyn has carried a heavy load over the years. She’s argued before the Supreme Court, supported the families whose lives have been devastated by racism, and has fought valiantly for fairness for so many who have been denied. What does it feel like to champion that mission and hold that responsibility when all eyes are upon you? You’ll be surprised and delighted to hear the...
2021-11-1050 min
The Hake Report10/22/21 Fri. Homicides Up! NAACP Lady; Greta Boring? Messy Calls!Awesome Marine! Homicides up, thanks BLM! NAACP lady won't give it a rest. Greta Thunberg drama! Fun calls, thanks! The Hake Report, Friday, October 22, 2021: Yuma, AZ: former Marine stops armed robbery at Chevron station! // Steve Sailer of The Unz Review analyzes FBI homicide numbers: Murders up 4901 in 2020, black share of known offenders 56.5-percent! // NAACP LDF head Sherrilyn Ifill complains Mississippi population is 40-percent black, but all white officials. She never gives up! // 18-year-old Greta Thunberg spouts the same "Climate" melodrama against do-nothing politicians (Trump's word) that she did at 16. // Vaush: Colin Powell was pro-abortion, and for t...
2021-10-222h 03
Our Body PoliticA Deep Dive into Voting Rights, the Impact of Cuomo’s Resignation, and Politics in Haiti in ContextFarai Chideya goes into the history of voting rights with legal expert Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to fully understand why our democracy is under threat today. Representative Bee Nguyen of the Georgia General Assembly shares why protecting voting rights is central to her campaign for Georgia Secretary of State. Journalist Manolia Charlotin provides important historical perspective to help us understand the political upheaval in Haiti. On Sippin’ the Political Tea, New York politics is on the menu, with our host, Errin Haines of The 19th, and Marina Villenueve of the Associated Press.EPISODE RU...
2021-08-1349 min
Your HometownSherrilyn Ifill – Jamaica, QueensSherrilyn Ifill walks into court with history behind her as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund. It’s the legal arm of the civil rights movement, and Sherrilyn is in its vanguard. Her hometown is Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City where she grew up in the 1960s and '70s. That’s what Kevin Burke explores with her in this conversation, starting with the first question Sherrilyn asks whenever she takes on a new legal case: “Tell me about the history of this place.” That’s because she knows every town has one: t...
2021-06-081h 05
Your HometownSherrilyn Ifill – Jamaica, QueensSherrilyn Ifill walks into court with history behind her as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund. It’s the legal arm of the civil rights movement, and Sherrilyn is in its vanguard. Her hometown is Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City where she grew up in the 1960s and...
2021-06-0800 minYour HometownSherrilyn Ifill – Jamaica, QueensSherrilyn Ifill walks into court with history behind her as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund. It’s the legal arm of the civil rights movement, and Sherrilyn is in its vanguard. Her hometown is Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City where she grew up in the 1960s and...
2021-06-0800 min
D.L. Hughley UncutDL and Sherrilyn IfillDL talks to Sherrilyn Ifill who is president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[ She is the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940. Ifill is also a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection. She is the author of On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century, a 2008 finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction.
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2021-05-3137 min
Choice Words with Samantha BeeFull Release: Sherrilyn IfillSamantha Bee sits down with the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP-LDF Sherrilyn Ifill to discuss the one year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd, voter suppression tactics, and living in a world that is basically fact free.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-05-251h 04
Crazy and The King PodcastLil Nas X - “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."Julie is back and it feels so good! This week, Torin and Julie catch up on Black executives call for corporate responses regarding voter suppression - Sherrilyn Ifill calls it like she sees it - a racism issue. Where ya at Delta and Coke? Too little too late? You tell us your thoughts. Lil Nas X has Julie singin' his praises as he embraces the "Dark Lord". An easy listen as we catch back from vacation and share some thoughts on this week's take. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on...
2021-04-0141 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastZero-Sum Politics: Heather McGhee on How Racism Hurts Us AllHeather McGhee has been in public policy for the past 20 years, largely focused on economics. After nearly 16 years at Demos, a “think-and-do” tank, including four years as president, she realized that despite incredibly compelling economic research, at times, decision makers made decisions counter to what the best evidence showed. She took a leave of absence as president, and embarked on a journey to try to answer a simple question – Why can’t we have nice things? We, being all Americans, and nice things being things that most developed nations have managed to provide for their people – health care, parental leave, a socia...
2021-03-3156 min
Nonprofit Build Up1. The Power Of Being Responsive To The Needs Of The Moment With Sherrilyn IfillNonprofits need to be responsive to the immediate and critical needs of the communities they serve while also tackling bigger structural issues. This powerful message emerges throughout this episode in which A. Nicole Campbell talks to Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights legal organization. In this conversation, Sherrilyn talks about the work they are doing at LDF and how it is transforming outcomes for the Black community. She also shares her advice for nonprofits and philanthropies to build better to effect and su...
2021-02-2548 min
Ten Minutes Before ClassBeing Informed in 2021This is an inexhaustive list of folks I follow for their expertise about issues and problems of the day. · Jelani Cobb (Twitter: jelani9): professor of journalism at Columbia; staff writer for The New Yorker.· Jack Goldsmith (Twitter: @jacklgoldsmith): professor at Harvard University, expert on national security, and co-founder of Lawfare.· Joanne Freeman (Twitter: @jbf1755): professor of history at Yale University. Her recent book is about violence in Congress during the Civil War period and she recently published an op-ed in the New York Times on the same topic. She has a lecture series called History Matters that...
2021-02-0609 minAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsThe Canaries in the Coal Mine of JusticeEpisode Notes:Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to discuss voting and the crisis of legitimacy facing a Supreme Court embroiled in politics, the election, and an epochal shift to the right. In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Brian Fallon of Demand Justice to discuss the whys and the wherefores of court reform. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show.Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more abo...
2020-10-311h 06
System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren1: Every Vote Must CountWelcome to System Check. On this podcast, we’re going to break down the big, unwieldy, seemingly immovable systems that structure our politics and our lives. In the ten episodes in this season, we will delve into the history of these systems, and along with our guests, we will seek ways to move beyond or redesign these systems. In our first episode, your hosts Dorian Warren and Melissa Harris-Perry are focusing on the system at the top of everyone’s minds: Voting.
More than 75 million Americans have already cast a ballot, but election watchers are warning that long line...
2020-10-3049 min
How To Citizen with BaratundeMaking Our Votes Count (with Sherrilyn Ifill)Baratunde speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund about the very long history of voter suppression, why it still exists (hint: white supremacy and racism), and the current tactics being deployed for the 2020 election.Show Notes + LinksWe are grateful to Sherrilyn Ifill for joining us. Follow her at @Sifill_LDF and @NAACP_LDF on Twitter. You can learn more about the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/.We will post this episode, a t...
2020-10-2034 min
Intersectionality Matters!27. Why the Court Matters: RBG's Legacy and the Fight She Leaves BehindIn this episode, Kimberlé speaks with six leading scholars about the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court’s largely undersung role in the battle for our democracy, and the profound consequences of the Left’s failure to prioritize the courts over the last several decades.
With:
DEVON CARBADO - Professor of Law, UCLA; Author, Acting White? Rethinking Race in “Post-Racial” America
ERWIN CHEMERINSKY - Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law; Author, We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century
SUZANNE GOLDBERG - Professor of Law, Columbia; Founding Director, Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic at Colum...
2020-10-091h 07
Talking FedsSisters in Law Special Voters Rights Edition: Use it or Lose it
In Part 2 of a special bonus edition of Talking Feds commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance, and Barbara McQuade speak with Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) about voter suppression, the unravelling of our democracy that has been going on for years, and the role the legal community has played in these failures.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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2020-09-0342 minStrict ScrutinyMagical MomentLeah and Kate are joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of NAACP LDF. They further break down the “shadow docket” cases from last term, highlight an underappreciated theme of the last term, and identify some things to watch in the next few months.
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 3/6/26 – San Francisco3/7/26 – Los AngelesLearn more: http://crooked.com/eventsOrder your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad VibesFollow us on Instagra...
2020-08-1058 min
Stay Tuned with PreetThe Justice Archives (with Gupta, Deitle, Ifill & Stevenson)In this special compilation episode of Stay Tuned, “The Justice Archives,” Preet revisits some of his favorite conversations about justice that he’s shared with past guests. Preet talks about NFL anthem protests with former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Vanita Gupta, about police brutality with Matthew Shepard Foundation Director of Civil Rights Reform Cynthia Deitle, about racial profiling with NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill, and about the death penalty and legacy of lynching with Equal Justice Initiative President and Founder Bryan Stevenson.
For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/bonus-po...
2020-06-251h 00
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastWhere We Go Now with Sherrilyn IfillWhat are you prepared to dismantle? What are you prepared to build? As we witness this nationwide reckoning on racial disparities in America, these are the questions Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, wants us to ask ourselves. In her work, she sees how the strength of each movement is built atop the ones that have come before. It’s slow and painstaking work, but to be a participant in this country means that you must figure out your role in making change. Sherrilyn Ifill joins Chris to discuss the continued push for progress and her do...
2020-06-2354 min
Radio AtlanticVoter Suppression By PandemicSherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund discusses Wisconsin’s election debacle and how the coronavirus has become a new tool of voter suppression. Ifill says Wisconsin legislators “created a perfect storm where it didn't have to exist” and that the Supreme Court’s “terrible decision” allowing the election to proceed “consigned people to have to choose between their health and their right as citizens to participate and vote.”She describes how the current partisan debate around voter suppression obscures its roots as a tool of white supremacy, and she talks about what worries her (and what makes her h...
2020-04-1129 min
Stanford LegalRacial Justice: Key NAACP Legal Defense Fund Cases with guest Sherrilyn IfillFrom the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education case to voting rights and education, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has been the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality since its founding in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer (and later Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall. Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), will discuss important NAACP cases and issues.
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2020-03-3028 min
Justice In AmericaConversation with Sherrilyn IfillOn this episode of Justice in America, Josie Duffy Rice and her guest co-host, Darnell Moore, talk to Sherrilyn Ifill about policing, civil rights, the criminal justice system, and more. Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights law organization. LDF was founded in 1940 by one of the most important civil rights lawyers in history, Thurgood Marshall, who later became Supreme Court justice. Ifill began her career as a Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union, before joining the staff of the LDF as an Assistant Counsel...
2020-03-2553 minJustice In AmericaSherrilyn Ifill's Book RecommendationsSherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights law organization. Sherrilyn joined hosts Josie Duffy Rice and Darnell Moore to talk about her book recommendations. For show notes and more information please check out theappeal.org.
2020-03-2503 min
Race and DemocracyEp. 31 – The Future of Criminal Justice Reform and Voting Rights: A Conversation Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer (and later Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall, and became a separate organization from the NAACP […]
2020-03-0200 min
Race and DemocracyEp. 31 – The Future of Criminal Justice Reform and Voting Rights: A Conversation Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer (and later Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall, and became a separate organization from the NAACP […]
2020-03-0200 min
Studio C70Episode 39: CPR For Democracy & the Year of the VoterThis national election year is haunted by worries about polarization, voter fraud and suppression, toxic social media and disinformation campaigns. What can an individual voter do about all that? Plenty. As part of its Campaign for Political Responsibility (CPR), the Committee of Seventy is promoting Five Habits of Highly Effective Citizens. Seventy's CEO David Thornburgh talks with journalist Chris Satullo about what those habits are, why they matter and what Seventy is doing to help people uphold them. Also, listen in as Fresh Air's Dave Davies interviews the two speakers at our annual luncheon, constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar and...
2020-02-1100 min
Theories & Thoughts PodcastTheories & Thoughts: Episode 15- It's Time to Fight Back w/ Self Defense Instructor Tunda LinseyJanuary is National Stalking Month, while the Black and Missing Foundation estimates the total number of disappeared black women and girls at 64,000. So Arnya and Fancy talk safety with self-defense coach Tonda Linsey of Empowered Defense.
News Topics: Mont Belvieu student’s locs. NAACP legal defense exec Sherrilyn Ifill experiences discrimination on Amtrak. Rutgers University names first black president in 253 years, Jonathan Holloway.
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2020-01-2555 min
Tech Policy LeadersAndrew Free: How to Fight DNA Testing at the Border Bio Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) is an abolitionist lawyer fighting alongside immigrant communities in the Deep South and across the country to defend deportations and advance civil rights. Resources Law Office of R. Andrew Free A Good Provider is One Who Leaves by Jason DeParle Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Resource on Maryland v. King HEADLINES: News Roundup Mark Zuckerberg defends decision to allow misinformation by politicians Zuckerberg delivered remarks on Thursday at Georgetown defending his comp...
2019-10-2220 min
What A WeekThey Just Do Crimes on TV Now, We GuessJoni Ernst takes a dive, Zuckerberg thinks he’s MLK, a record-setting debate, and the White House admitted to everything so can this please just be over now? What a week.Rest in Power, Congressman Elijah Cummings.Links: Joni Ernst's approval takes a nose dive NBC: Civil rights leaders criticize Zuckerberg's free speech address Bernice King's reaction Sherrilyn Ifill's Op-Ed--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/progress-iowa/message
2019-10-1834 min
Reasonably SpeakingRace and Policing Part 2: Predictive Policing, Funding Priorities, and Working Toward a SolutionIn part two of this two-part episode, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Barry Friedman, New York University Law professor and director of NYU’s Policing Project, and John Malcolm of the Heritage Foundation continue the discussion about the intersection of race and policing in the United States. The application of new technologies and the danger of doing so without oversight is discussed, as well as some suggestions about what everyone can do to make a positive difference, whether a lawyer, police officer, community leader, or concerned citizen.
Listen as these experts, wh...
2019-04-0934 min
Midtown Scholar Bookstore Author Reading SeriesAn Evening with author, Richard RothsteinThis “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation―the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments―that actuall...
2019-04-0200 min
Reasonably SpeakingRace and Policing Part 1: History, Training Programs, and Police as First RespondersIn part one of this two-part episode, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Barry Friedman, New York University Law professor and director of NYU’s Policing Project, and John Malcolm of the Heritage Foundation begin their exploration of the intersection of race and policing in the United States. They discuss history of race relations in the U.S., and the resulting impact on law enforcement practices; the role of first responders, and if police officers are the right people to fill that role; and implementing effective training programs.
Listen as these experts, wh...
2019-04-0244 min
The Axe Files with David AxelrodEp. 300 - Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She joins David to talk about how growing up in the heat of the civil rights movement inspired her to practice law, the impact of the present reversing of Obama-era policies designed to protect marginalized groups, contemporary race relations in America, her take on Attorney General nominee Bill Barr’s confirmation hearing, and much more.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2019-01-171h 00The Scholarly ArtistSherrilyn Ifill is Telling the Truth: Is Anyone Listening?Web Media is a growing field in the art world. As people with art and design backgrounds get more comfortable with technology and the demand for user friendly, attractive websites increases dramatically, so do opportunities for exploitation. Propaganda is not new. It has been used for centuries as a tool of influence; particularly of less educated and economically stressed people, by those who would maintain power. We have the weight of history to bear this out: just look at how slave owners used Romans 13 to justify the Fugitive Slave Act, or how the Russian Bolsheviks used propaganda to overthrow Nicholas...
2018-12-2601 min
Embrace Your Day With A Breakthrough Full Audiobook.On the Courthouse Lawn: Revised Edition by Sherrilyn IfillPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345687to listen full audiobooks.
Title: On the Courthouse Lawn: Revised Edition
Author: Sherrilyn Ifill
Narrator: Lisagay Hamilton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Release date: August 14, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. Over forty years later, Sherrilyn Ifill's On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, the little-known contemporary consequences, such as the marginalization of political and economic development for black Americans, are...
2018-08-148h 25