Tag Archives: Ari Berman

2/28 Ari Berman: The Voting Rights Act In The Crosshairs

The Nation’s Ari Berman, reported from the Supreme Court on the fate of the Voting Rights Act, explained what Justice Roberts doesn’t like about the Voting Rights Act, the conservative “Wall Street approach” to voter suppression, why overwhelming political support … Continue reading

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2/7 Ari Berman: Will Republicans Destroy The Voting Rights Act?

Ari Berman, explained the history of voter disenfranchisement, what states are covered by the Voting Rights Act, is there a federally guaranteed right to vote?, the collapsing bipartisan support for the Voting Rights Act and the financier behind the push … Continue reading

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11/7 Post Election Special With Ari Berman & David Dayen

Democrats win big and Republicans whine hard! The Nation’s Ari Berman, explained how progressives fought back against voter suppression, how Republicans used disenfranchisement to keep the House, how blocking the vote is starting to hurtRepublicans with the broader public, Sam … Continue reading

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10/22 Ari Berman, GOP’s Ongoing Vote Suppression + Debate Preview

Ari Berman talked the GOP’s ongoing vote suppression. How GOP is helping people register, then after seeing who they register for, destroy the registration. How Republicans made a huge deal over ACORN and how different their complains about ACORN were … Continue reading

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10/4 Ari Berman: Obama Loses Debate, Voting Rights Win

Author Ari Berman and Sam agree-Romney won last nights debate, Obama looked and sounded tired and unfocused and didn’t take advantage of numerous opportunities to push back against Mitt, Ari wanted to know where the aggressive Obama was last night? … Continue reading

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9/4 Live From the DNC With: Ari Berman, Tina Dupuy & John Knefel

On today’s show the Nation’s Ari Berman spoke with Sam about some recent encouraging Court decisions at the state level against voter suppression, described how the GOP is attempting to politically re-segregate the south and he and Sam debated the … Continue reading

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8/21 Ari Berman, Voter Suppression; Amanda Marcotte on Akin, Rape & GOP “Magical” Thinking

On today’s show The Nation’s Ari Berman joined Sam to discuss the latest news out of Pennsylvania where a state Judge has upheld that states voter ID law 

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6/29 Ari Berman, SCOTUS Ruling & Michael Ian Black, Movies

Ari Berman, author of Herding Donkey’s, on SCOTUS v. Affordable Care Act: the votes of the Justices, the impact on reputation of the Court, mobilization of

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6/8 Senator Jeff Merkley, Cliff Schecter & more from Netroots Nation

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley kicks off the show talking banking reform and good process government.   Friday favorite Cliff Schecter

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4/19 Ari Berman, SCOTUS & Sam in Vegas

Sam in Vegas for Mass Torts.  Ari Berman, the Nation & Herding Donkeys, on Federal Judiciary; political leaning of SCOTUS; impact of next Presidential

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