On this weekend's special edition of "Amicus: A Law Review," we will report on and address a wide variety of topics related to the government-shocking and justice-fracturing criminal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey: That extensive analysis will begin with explanations of the charges against him, the mechanisms that produced them, and what might reasonably follow in the weeks and months ahead—not only procedurally but also substantively, including reasonable expectations for the ultimate disposition of this unprecedented court case.  

No less important, we'll explain exactly what modern authoritarianism is all about, describe precisely how the Chief Executive has now assumed and exercised the powers of an authoritarian, examine the catastrophic implications of the Comey charges on the fundamental trappings of the Rule of Law (including the long-term implications for the future of the grand jury process), and expose the fundamental motivations of politically-animated criminal prosecutions--that is, not necessarily to accomplish convictions but to visit such harsh retribution on identified targets that the process itself becomes the retaliatory punishment.

Further down Pennsylvania Avenue at the crest of Capitol Hill, we'll also explain the immediate and history-altering implications of the latest "shadow docket" order of the Supreme Court--on the surface permitting the White House (without any authority) to terminate the independent position of a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission but more sweepingly altering once again the checks and balances of our Republic in favor of an all-powerful presidency.  Along the way, we'll also explain why a case called "Humphrey's Executor" now needs to enter the common lexicon of all Americans as the benchmark against which this tumultuous time in our history will forever be measured.

Because of the transcendent significance of these calamitous executive and judicial actions of the past week, listeners will be especially encouraged to ask issue-specific questions about exactly what is going on--and what exactly they might reasonable anticipate in the times ahead--by calling (855) 752-4842 or by texting those focused inquiries into the Civic Media on-line chat box.

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