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Law and Disorder: Marjorie Cohn, Maria LaHood

Feb 05, 2024: 7pm - 8pm
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Hosted by Michael Ratner, Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith, Jim Lafferty, Maria Hall, and Stephen Rohde.

World Court: South Africa Presents Plausible Case That Israel Committed Genocide
Guest - Marjorie Cohn is Dean of the Peoples Academy of International Law and a member of the Bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Marjorie is also professor of law emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild. She has written several articles about Israels genocidal campaign in Gaza for Truthout.

Judge Dismisses Genocide Case On Behalf Of Palestinian Human Rights Groups
Guest - Maria LaHood, one of the attorneys who presented the case for the Palestinian plaintiffs, Maria is Deputy Legal Director at CCR, with expertise in constitutional rights and international human rights. Maria works closely with Palestine Legal to support students and others whose speech is being suppressed for their Palestine advocacy around the country. She graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was named a 2010 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist.

Co-hosts Heidi Boghosian, Michael Smith, Marjorie Cohn, Jim Lafferty and Julie Huriwitz are activists and attorneys. Each show features two or three interview segments with brief introductory host exchanges or editorials on current affairs. Each segment ends with a way that listeners can learn more about, or even get involved in, the issue at hand. Show focuses on civil liberties, civil rights and human rights, and is produced at WBAI New York. Go to https://lawanddisorder.org/ for more information.