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The Battle Over Your Right to Vote

by Life of the Law

• November 28, 2017

The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. Due to strict voter ID…

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Episode 112: Government Ghost – Transcript

by Megan Marelli

• November 14, 2017

HOST This is Life of the Law, I’m Nancy Mullane. 2017 has been a terribly rough year for thousands of people… There’ve been fires in Northern California and hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto…

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Government Ghost

by Megan Marrelli

• November 14, 2017

2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto Rico have meant that families have lost their homes…

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In-Studio: Brutally Ruthless

by Life of the Law

• October 31, 2017

“As incompetent and bumbling as the Trump Administration has been in so many areas, they have been brutally ruthless on immigration.” — Jose Chito Vela, Immigration Attorney and Candidate for Texas State Legislature It’s been…

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In-Studio: Global Intellectual Property

by Life of the Law

• September 19, 2017

All over the world people create. Music, art, literature. But is their creative work protected? Sure there are international copyright laws, but are they enforced? And if not, what then? This week our team took…

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Episode 117: Gift and Curse of Music – Transcript

by Ian Coss

• September 5, 2017

HOST: One of the basic jobs of every government is to protect property rights. So if you own a piece of land, or you build a house – no one can just come and take…

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Episode 115: Prosecuting Discretion – Transcript

by Marylee Williams

• August 8, 2017

HOST INTRO: The word law has its roots in old English. It basically means to regulate and it basically has the same root meaning today. When we say law, we share this idea that we’re…

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Ten Hours to Twenty Years

by Marylee Williams

• August 8, 2017

It started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal prosecutors stepped in. Reporter Mary Lee Williams,…

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In-Studio: Locking People Up

by Life of the Law

• July 11, 2017

America is a nation that locks up more people per capita than any other country in the world.  The Sentencing Project reports 2.2 million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons. That’s a 500% increase over…

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A Fair Fight for a Fair Court: Election Year Special – Part 2

by Nancy Mullane

• December 13, 2016

The 2016 elections are over. But what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and scholars have been taking a hard took at…