Immigration Issues at the Court; Fixing Penn Station; Music for the Longest Day of the Year; SCOTUS Ruling on Vouchers
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 21, 2022
Coming up on today's show:
- The Supreme Court plans to issue a decision on the so-called "remain in Mexico" case soon, and the 10th anniversary of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was earlier this month. Elora Mukherjee, professor at Columbia Law School and director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, talks about both immigration-related issues and takes calls from DACA recipients.
- Kathryn Garcia, director of state operations for Gov. Hochul and a former NYC sanitation commissioner and candidate for mayor, talks about Gov. Hochul's latest proposals for revamping Penn Station and its surrounding neighborhoods.
- Summer solstice means the return of the day-long festival of music-making all over town. James Burke, executive director of Make Music New York, talks about this tradition and listeners call in and share their musical talents.
- Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, creative writing and law fellow at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), offers analysis of today's Supreme Court news, including the opinion in the case of Maine education vouchers.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.
