Extreme Injustice: Recent Episodes
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More than a million public school students in North Carolina missed a year of in-person learning during state-imposed COVID shutdowns, and now just 45% of K-12 students passed state exams last school year. The schools got waivers for their performance, but the kids suffered from Stolen Time.
Extreme Injustice: Stolen Time explores the ramifications of school shutdowns and COVID policy in the Tar Heel State. Our hosts and guests also delve into the ongoing Leandro school-funding court case and how it’s playing out as our state recovers from the pandemic.
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Judge Howard Manning was the trial judge appointed to handle the Leandro case in 1997. He presided over the case until 2016 when he retired for medical reasons. Since then, Judge Manning has kept up with the developments in the ongoing litigation. He recently sat down with David in his home in Raleigh to discuss a range of issues relating to Leandro.
In this final episode, Judge Manning talks about the importance of reading efficiency by third grade and how the Leandro case is more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than anything else.
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In this next episode, Judge Manning shares some interesting personal stories of interactions with school districts involved with the Leandro case.
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In this next episode, Judge Manning discusses the link between out-of-wedlock birth rates in poor North Carolina counties and lack of public school performance. Learn more at ExtremeInjustice.com. Like what you hear? Leave us a five star review!
In this first episode of our exclusive interview with former Judge Howard Manning, the judge provides a brief history of the Leandro litigation and how he came to become the original presiding jurist in the case.
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Host David Bass is joined by Mitch Kokai of the John Locke Foundation for the latest updates on the Leandro school funding case.
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In this episode, hosts David Bass and Donna King are joined by N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt to discuss a new parent advisory committee that seeks to get feedback on creating an education system that works for everyone.
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Hosts David Bass and Donna King are again joined by Dr. Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation to discuss solutions to learning loss for K-12 students, including expanded school choice.
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For the past two episodes, we’ve explored the academic, social, and mental health consequences of school shutdowns. So what about solutions? In this episode, hosts David Bass and Donna King are joined by Dr. Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation to discuss a pathway forward.
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Students disconnected from school during the pandemic experienced a host of negative social and emotional consequences, including higher rates of depression, suicide, and substance abuse. Listen in as hosts David Bass and Donna King discuss the Extreme Injustice of the mental and social toll of school shutdowns on K-12 students.
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We all remember the feeling when everything shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Little did we know at the time the devastating impact school closures would have on a generation of students. Listen in as hosts David Bass and Donna King discuss the Extreme Injustice of stealing academic learning time from K-12 students.
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Extreme Injustice takes on the Court's redistricting shenanigans.
From one extreme injustice to another, is the North Carolina Supreme Court set to throw out the legislature's recently drawn maps?
Hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai explain the latest development and how it could impact democracy across the nation.
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The issue of forced removal of justices reaches a critical conclusion. But is more on the way?
In this episode of Extreme Injustice, your hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai explore what might be around the corner.
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Republican legislative defendants play one final card. Will Republicans get in on the recussal tactic, too?
In this final episode of season 1, hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai, joined by legal expert Jeanette Doran, examine what the long game is for the Democrats and whether Republicans will make a move to meet force with force.
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The Court receives arguments they've been waiting for, but is it too little, too late? The poisonous, calculated attempt by the plaintiffs to forcibly remove two sitting state Supreme Court justices could set a dangerous precedent on North Carolina's highest court for decades to come.
In this episode of Extreme Injustice, your hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai sit down once again with attorney Jeanette Doran, president of the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, to examine this question.
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Will the Democrats bury the judiciary? Will they undermine results from not one, but two, elections? Who will speak up for the millions of voters who democratically passed critically important constitutional amendments?
In this episode of Extreme Injustice, your hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai sit down with attorney Jeanette Doran, president of the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, to examine these questions.
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As four state Democratic justices march toward a dangerous precipice that could jeapordize the integrity of North Carolina courts for years to come, hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai, take a look at what the state House might do to stop this judicial madness.
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Powerful voices are sending red flags to Democratic state Supreme Court justices, warning them of the devastating impact their plot would have on the credibility of the courts.
Will these Democratic justices listen to the voices of wisdom or will they continue to pursue this partisan power grab?
Hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai take listeners behind the curtain in Ep. 4 of Extreme Injustice.
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Politics has taken a dangerous turn in a closley divided North Carolina, moving its influence from the campaign trail to the court bench.
Little known to the public, four state Supreme Court justices are considering a legal manuever that threatens the credibility and viability of the state's highest court for decades to come.
Hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai uncover the players and the machinations in this episode.
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North Carolina is currently the highest stakes swing state in the Union. Democrats and Republicans have fought brutal battles for the favor of its voters for decades.
In a state known for highly competitive, rough and tumble politics, North Carolina is in danger of entering a crisis-level new era, where raw, partisan politics threatens the state's entire judicial branch.
Hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai explain what is actually going on and how it could impact democracy across the nation.
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The votes of millions of North Carolinians hang in the balance as a plot to nullify the voices of citizens is hatched at the state's highest court. Listen in as hosts Dallas Woodhouse and Mitch Kokai uncover this case of Extreme Injustice: The Usurper Four.
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