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306 | Why it's Nearly Impossible to Hold the Government Accountable for Violating your Rights w/Joanna Schwartz

68 min • 3 december 2024

Today, Hunter is joined by Professor Joanna Schwartz to discuss Civil Rights Litigation. Like they did for the rights of criminal defendants, the conservative legal movement has slowly chipped away at Civil Rights protections under Section 1983. Today, Joanna joins to talk about the many ways it is nearly impossible for a person to get a remedy after the government violates their civil rights.

Guests:

Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law, UCLA

Resources:

Follow Joanna on Twitter

https://x.com/JCSchwartzProf

Joanna’s Website

https://www.joannaschwartz.net/

https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/joanna-c-schwartz

Vallejo Police Coverage

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-18/families-of-people-killed-by-vallejo-police-say-department-has-gone-rogue

https://www.kqed.org/news/11769266/the-long-storied-history-of-police-community-tension-in-vallejo

https://www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killing-investigations