Kicking off Black History Month with a powerful episode!

This week’s Legal Lens show features Hasan Kwame Jeffries, College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University. He also happens to be the brother of U.S. Congress House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries. Their parents did well!

Mr. Jeffries earned a PhD in American history with a specialization in African American history from Duke University and is the author of multiple papers and resources on the civil rights movement and African American history.

He regularly shares his knowledge of African American history and contemporary Black politics with the public and has contributed to several documentary film projects as a featured on-camera scholar, including the Emmy nominated, PBS documentary Black America Since MLK.

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From the legendary impact of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to Supreme Court victories: inspiration that endures.

This week’s Legal Lens gratefully welcomes Deepak Gupta, elite U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyer, and founding principal of the Gupta Wessler law firm.

Attorney Gupta shares how inspiration from Justice Marshall, the Civil Rights Movement, and his early work as a college debater and ACLU law student intern led him to a career focused on helping people access justice through the courts, even before a consistently conservative court.

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nation’s leading Supreme Court and appellate lawyers and founding principal of the Washington D.C. based public-interest firm Gupta Wessler LLP, to discuss how civil rights, civil liberties, and consumer protection are shaped at the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate court levels.

We explore the firm’s focus on the “law docket”—cases involving class actions, forced arbitration, securities fraud, and other issues that structure everyday economic life for consumers and workers, and what it means to practice before a conservative Supreme Court: why he believes you still don’t “give up,” and how careful legal arguments can sometimes prevail.

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Honored to welcome @MrKendallscudder, Chair of the @TexasDemocraticParty, to this week’s Legal Lens podcast!

Scudder traces Texas’s history as a former Democratic stronghold that powered some of America’s biggest progressive accomplishments—from the New Deal and Great Society to putting a man on the moon and producing the last balanced federal budget—and explains how losing Texas meant losing the party’s “steel backbone.”

He walks through the state’s current political landscape: Texas ranking 47th in voter turnout, the enormous number of non-voters who could swing elections, and the high-stakes redistricting fights that pushed Texas legislators to break quorum in 2025 to block extreme maps.

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛.

This fiery call to action came from my guest on this week’s Legal Lens podcast, @MrKendallscudder, Chair of the @TexasDemocraticParty.

With deep historical insight, he reveals why Texas now ranks as the second-largest source of potential Democratic votes after California, and how its congressional power shapes national justice and policy.

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Join me on the Legal Lens Podcast this week as I sit down with @MrKendallscudder, Chair of the @TexasDemocraticParty.

Chairman Scudder has extensive experience developing and implementing public, regulatory and government relations strategies and initiatives with in-depth knowledge of the local business, legal and political environments. He is viewed as a trusted advisor with a successful track record in building and maintaining strong relationships at all levels of a corporate and governmental organization.

I am thrilled to dive into his path to chairing the Texas Democratic Party and raising a young family in a deeply political environment and the latest policy issues of the day.

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Thrilled to welcome on the Legal Lens Podcast @MrKendallscudder, Chair of the @TexasDemocraticParty!

Together, we break down some of the most pressing policy issues of the day, and why Texas state politics and redistricting are central to the nation’s future, even for listeners far outside the Lone Star State.

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Thrilled to kick off the 2026 season of the Legal Lens Podcast with returning guest and fan favorite attorney Carl Douglas, founding partner of the Douglas/Hicks law firm!

Attorney Douglas is a nationally acclaimed trial attorney known for his courtroom mastery, deep civil rights advocacy, and landmark victories against powerful institutions.

In this powerful Legal Lens episode, Attorney Carl E. Douglas spotlights his transformative 2025 victories, embodying his new year pledge to make life better for others by helping mentor the next generation of lawyers, seeking to preserve the rule of law, and supporting community causes and initiatives that advance justice.

We also discuss the firm’s work in the landmark Cellin Gluck v. County of Los Angeles. There, a diverse jury delivered a historic $3.8 million verdict to Mr. Gluck, a Caucasian Director’s Guild member shot in the face with a “less-lethal” projectile while documenting George Floyd protests—now LA County’s largest protest-related verdict.

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One year after California’s devastating Altadena/Eaton fires razed over 9,400 structures and displaced thousands from this region, hope rises through justice.

Esteemed civil rights attorney Carl E. Douglas shares frontline insights on the fires’ lasting toll and impact on longstanding African-American families and others in the area in last week’s Legal Lens podcast.

In tribute to the heroes aiding affected families, his wisdom calls us to action for rebuilding lives.

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You don’t need the spotlight to spark real change—something as simple as opening that jury summons and serving on a jury can make all the difference in the world!

Returning guest Attorney Carl E. Douglas delivers a vital heads-up in our first Legal Lens episode of the year: small acts like serving on a jury are essential cornerstones of justice, building our collective awareness of how the legal system truly operates.

His wisdom reminds us that every voice matters in shaping access to our legal system, fairness, and justice for all.

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