Good Law | Bad Law

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorney Ken W. Good, to discuss bail bond, the notion of bail bond reform, and the wide-ranging implications bail decisions can have on the broader criminal justice system. Today, Aaron and Ken have a conversation about the state of bail in America, the impact the bail industry has, and continues to have, on society, and what exactly the point of bail is. Today’s episode is...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and award-winning blogger, Amy B. Chesler, to discuss her new book, Working for Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and Healing. Throughout today’s conversation, Amy shares her deeply personal story of grief and reflection; Aaron and Amy talk about her family’s dark past, the tragic murder of her mother, and what it is she wants others to know. In 2007,...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by law professor, Patricia A. Cain, of Santa Clara University School of Law, to discuss sex discrimination, glass-ceilings, and the incredible women law professors who broke down barriers throughout history; Professor Cain is the editor of the newly released book, Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors, a book that follows the first wave of trailblazing female law...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and professor, Mark Robert Rank, of Washington University in St. Louis, to discuss poverty, the myths surrounding economic inequality and myth perpetuation, the notion of hard work, and effective approaches to “fixing” our poverty problem. Aaron and Mark also discuss Professor Rank’s newest co-authored book on the topic, Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and journalist, Jim Tracy, to discuss his brand-new book, Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies' Case, and the impact the Robert Garrow case has had on the legal field, law school curriculums, and the notion of attorney-client privilege. In our first ever true-crime episode, Aaron speaks to Jim Tracy, a veteran reporter and published...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by law professor, Amanda Frost, of the Washington College of Law at American University, to discuss the rights of citizenship, citizenship stripping and denaturalization, sexism and xenophobia, as well as Professor Frost’s new book, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers. What is citizenship? Who is a citizen? And furthermore, who decides the...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Houston attorney, Malcolm E. Whittaker, and Stanford Anthropology Professor, Tanya M. Luhrmann to discuss religious belief systems, human judgment and evaluation, communicating with God, and how all of these notions relate to the criminal trial of the United States v. Brown and one juror’s early dismissal. What does it mean to pray to God in the context of jury deliberations?...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by New York attorney Michael Kaplen, to discuss brain injuries, nursing home negligence, and what it is loved ones need to know. Nursing homes can be dangerous places, more than ever during this time of pandemic. In today’s conversation, Aaron and Michael discuss common issues that arise in nursing homes, including specific nursing-home injuries to be on the lookout for,...

Fake News, the calling card of a presidency? Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by University of Pennsylvania History Professor Sophia Rosenfeld to talk about the tenuousness of the truth in democracy. In Professor Rosenfeld’s new book, “Democracy and Truth,” she tells readers about the peculiar and fragile relationship between democracy and the truth. While it certainly feels like we live in a very unique...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Philip M. Napoli, of Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, to discuss new age media, social media regulation and content filtering, the history of social media, and the First Amendment. In today’s conversation, Aaron and Phil talk about the relationship between the media and democracy, the “Trump years” and our former President’s unprecedented use of...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Henry T. (Hank) Greely, of Stanford Law School, to discuss gene editing, the bioethics involved in gene manipulation, the legal considerations of developing new biotechnologies, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), the line between good and bad, and quite literally, the future of humanity. What does the birth of babies whose embryos...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Ilya Somin, of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, to discuss immigration and the expansive changes proposed by the new Biden Administration. What is included in Biden’s new agenda? How will it affect immigration? What are the major initiatives? What about DACA? As we post today’s episode, President Joe Biden has only been in the White House for a...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorneys Michael McKeon, of McKeon Law, and Mark Kovacich, of Odegaard Kovacich & Snipes, to discuss the topics of wrongful prolongation of life, DNRs, self-determination, and a case in which Mr. McKeon and Mr. Kovacich represented a man whose end-of-life instructions – known as an advanced directive – were ignored. What is the impact of this case? What are the legal and ethical...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by former Congresswoman, the Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman, now of Herrick Feinstein LLP, to discuss last week’s tragic insurrection at the Capitol and the unfolding aftermath, the resulting second impeachment of President Trump, and Congresswoman Holtzman’s concerns about our country’s future and the rule of law, truth, and democracy. Today, Aaron and Congresswoman Holtzman have...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Carlton F.W. Larson, of the University of California Davis School of Law, to discuss the events of January 6th and the siege on the U.S. Capitol. Aaron and Carlton have an incredibly important and timely conversation on the legalities of treason, insurrection, sedition and seditious conspiracy, as well as Trump’s responsibility, involvement and failure to...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Lawrence R. Douglas, of Amherst College, to have a follow-up discussion on the current state of our politics, the integrity of our electoral system, and Professor Douglas’ most recent publication, Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020. Aaron and Lawrence discuss the aftermath of the 2020 election and analyze Will He Go. Where do we as a country go...

As we celebrate the holiday season, let’s remember that because of COVID and the economic fallout, more and more Americans are depending on food distribution centers for a meal. Thinking of those who have so little in this country of such plenty, we are reposting this episode on food insecurity. How do we think about agriculture in America? How should we think about it? And, how is food security affecting us in today’s COVID-19 crisis? Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law...

We are approaching the January 20th inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. As the days wane, President Trump intends to break a 130-year-old precedent of pausing executions amid a transition of presidential power. Trump has five executions slated to happen over the next few weeks and if they all take place, Trump will become the most prolific execution president in more than a century. Today we are reposting episode #102 to shed light on the death penalty and lethal injections as Aaron...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorney Zachary Feinberg, of our firm, Freiwald Law, to discuss the current opioid epidemic, the ongoing opioid litigation, and specifically, the role doctors have played in perpetuating this addiction crisis at the expense of their patients. With a unique background, Zack offers his perspective and experience in today’s conversation as he and Aaron talk about the opioid...

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorney and recording artist Pitbull’s general counsel, Leslie José Zigel, of Greenspoon Marder, to discuss entertainment law, his experience in the music industry, and trademarking Pitbull’s recognizable “EEEEEEEYOOOOOO” yell. Mr. Zigel began his career at Festival Productions Inc. after graduating from the University of Rochester. In addition to serving as a producer for...