Station Selected:
At a time of inter-faith observance of Ramadan, Passover, and Easter among our
fellow Muslim, Jewish, and Christian residents, respectively, another broadcast on
“Undiscovered Justice”—this time, focusing on the celebration of Vaisakhi by
members of Sikh congregations throughout our state, nation, and world. A
description of the historical development of the 500-year-old faith, now
commemorating both the community harvest and the establishment of the
foundational principles of this fifth largest religion—namely, justice, service,
equality, and magnanimity; in the wake of the hate crimes violence at the Oak
Creek Gurdwara in August of 2012, reporting on the Rule of Law-related lessons
and behaviors that followed—including significant changes in criminal justice
reporting, new educational and learning opportunities, and other employment- and
community-wide understandings of and appreciations for diversity and inclusion.
Then an updated exposition of the nationwide discussion (inside and outside the
federal courts) of mifepristone—approved some 25 years ago by the Food & Drug
Administration for medical abortion and miscarriage treatments. Special attention
to the interim ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
continuing to make the drug available but turning back certain agency protocols on
mailing and non-physician prescription—all the target of an “emergency
application” by the Biden/Garland Administration to the United States Supreme
Court, seeking prompt review and reversal of the rulings of the lower court judges.
Beyond but much-related to the pending criminal charges against former President
Donald Trump in New York (Manhattan) State Court, a flood of other litigation
(both criminal and civil) prosecuted, defended, or otherwise involving public
figures on the national stage—including District Attorney Alvin Bragg, House
Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, New York Attorney General Letitia James,
journalist E. Jean Carroll, and former lawyer/“fixer” Michael Cohen, among
others. In the national security arena, the announcement of federal criminal
charges against a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman for posting on line
certain classified documents and national security secrets—principally but not
exclusively about the war in Ukraine: What that means and where that goes.
Finally, commentary anticipating next week the start of the major defamation trial
against Fox News, prosecuted civilly by Dominion Voting Machines that seeks
monetary damages for the knowing misstatements and overt lies broadcast by the
network about the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election—and the role (also
falsely stated) that the machines allegedly played in accomplishing that “fraud.”
