Justice. That’s The Business We’re In: Recent Episodes
Julie Gafkay
This Michigan-based podcast focuses on civil rights laws and cases from the perspective of Attorney Julie Gafkay and her law firm.
Join Gafkay Law, PLC as they celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting iconic women from the past and present.
In this episode, Gafkay Law, PLC focuses on jury selection and federal hate crimes in relation to the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Join Gafkay Law, PLC as Attorney Gafkay and her team speak about the filibuster and voting acts.
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https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren/videos/1030563071139348/
https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-to-vote-act-john-lewis-voting-rights-bill-explainer-2022-1
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/11/03/john-lewis-voting-rights-act-fails-to-pass-senate/?sh=78b6d70ab3d2
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073021462/senate-voting-rights-freedom-to-vote-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act
https://bnc.tv/dr-bernice-king-voting-is-the-heart-and-soul-of-our-democracy/
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Thanks for listening to our first episode of 2022!
In today's discussion, we are going to talk about Biden v. Missouri which relates to the federal government’s vaccine mandate.
Sources:
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/biden-v-missouri/
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html
https://www.channele2e.com/news/companies-require-coronavirus-vaccinations/
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-claims-legal-right-for-vaccination-mandate-on-large-businesses/6306259.html
https://www.abc12.com/coronavirus/supreme-court-appears-poised-to-block-bidens-vaccine-and-testing-rules-for-businesses/article_d609e055-7bef-5e03-99da-891f7674af85.html?fbclid=IwAR3t1AINaj3I9OvzpszocBeDbsYRpzxcxjqcCU5x-yb44PtPxHWTGtsQb70
In today’s installment of the podcast, Gafkay Law, PLC gives an overview on the importance of access to quality healthcare, focusing primarily on the constitutional right of a pregnant woman to control her own body and how those rights are being jeopardized.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060508566/roe-v-wade-arguments-abortion-supreme-court-case-mississippi-law
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/roe-v-wade
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/upshot/abortion-without-roe-wade.html
https://reproductiverights.org/case/jackson-womens-health-organization-v-dobbs/
https://reproductiverights.org/who-report-safe-abortion-is-essential-to-protecting-womens-human-rights/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/
In this episode, Gafkay Law, PLC focuses on race discrimination based on hair, the Crown Act, and how people are discriminated against.
Sign the petition to end hair discrimination!
https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/help-make-hair-discrimination-illegal?share=561f4129-f916-4a65-b6ca-6a0500d69847
Sources
https://www.naacpldf.org/natural-hair-discrimination/
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/09/even-as-local-efforts-increase-hair-discrimination-is-still-legal-in-michigan.html
https://www.michiganvotes.org/2021-HB-4275
https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/
https://www.thecrownact.com/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/highschool/2019/09/18/wrestler-dreadlocks-controversy-new-jersey-referee-suspended-two-years/2367239001/
This episode of Justice. That's the Business We're In focuses on ways voting laws and bills are restricting voting access in states across the country. We will also talk briefly about why voting is so important.
Sources
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-october-2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1026588142/map-see-which-states-have-restricted-voter-access-and-which-states-have-expanded
https://tracker.votingrightslab.org/states/michigan
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/republicans-are-erasing-decades-of-voting-rights-gains-before-our-eyes/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/10/14/gop-bill-overhaul-voter-id-head-gretchen-whitmers-desk/8449532002/
Join us as Gafkay Law, PLC discusses the hot topic of critical race theory, what it is, and k-12. •
Sources
https://www.newsweek.com/critical-race-theory-banned-these-states-1599712
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-where-critical-race-theory-is-under-attack/2021/06
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/08/on-critical-race-theory-state-superintendent-says-michigan-schools-cant-ignore-history.html
https://www.naacpldf.org/critical-race-theory-faq/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/ https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/01/pushback-against-critical-race-theory-rooted-misconceptions/5430923001/ https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/8/26/20829771/slavery-textbooks-history
In this episode, Gafkay Law, PLC talks about a new law that the NCAA created, which allows for student-athletes to receive payment and compensation for participating in college sports. This episode also focuses on the ways that gender might differentiate the ways that men and women are compensated. Sources https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/inclusion/gender-equity-and-title-ix https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/01/ncaa-athletes-could-make-2-million-a-year-if-paid-equitably-study-suggests/?sh=6785d35f5499 https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/101917a-wrptimeline_0.pdf https://sportslaw.uslegal.com/title-ix-and-other-womens-issues/ https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/15-college-athletes-already-getting-paid-under-new-ncaa-rule#:~:text=Under%20the%20NCAA%20rule%20change,or%20representatives%20to%20do%20so.
In today's episode, Gafkay Law, PLC discusses three pivotal events during the Civil Rights Movement. Listed below are the sources for each topic. Brown vs. Board of Education https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks/brown-v-board-education-podcast https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/landmark-brown-v-board-education/ https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/civil-rights-movement
Emmett Till https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/emmett-till?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/how-author-timothy-tyson-found-the-woman-at-the-center-of-the-emmett-till-case https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/origins-lynching-culture-united-states https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/emmett-tills-death-inspired-movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/browder-v-gayle-352-us-903 https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott
Books
Eyes on the Prize by Juan Williams The Blood of Emmett Till
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In this installment, Gafkay Law, PLC discusses the importance of getting vaccinated and wearing a mask by relating it to national and statewide current events.
Meet Gafkay Law, PLC and the co-hosts of Justice, That’s The Business We’re In as they begin this podcast!