<description>&lt;p&gt;Season 3 of The Advocate's Society kicks off with a discussion on Critical Race Theory with Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell. Along with serving on the bench, Judge Mitchell serves as Pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church in Madison, WI, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. &amp;nbsp;We discuss the current discourse of this topic in education and topic about the roots of this crucial legal theory. Furthermore, we discuss ways of applying CRT to our historical perspective in order to better understand one another, across the illusion and boundaries of race.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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Season 3 of The Advocate's Society kicks off with a discussion on Critical Race Theory with Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell. Along with serving on the bench, Judge Mitchell serves as Pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church in Madison, WI, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. &nbsp;We discuss the current discourse of this topic in education and topic about the roots of this crucial legal theory. Furthermore, we discuss ways of applying CRT to our historical perspective in order to better understand one another, across the illusion and boundaries of race.&nbsp;

Critical Race Theory with Judge Everett Mitchell 

<description>On this episode, we speak with Professor Erin Barbato of the University of Wisconsin Law School's Immigrant Justice Clinic. We last spoke to Professor Barbato on our first episode of the show, Tales From Dilley, and she's back to give us an update on how the immigration landscape has changed since we last spoke, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on US immigration, and how the Biden Administration plans on changing the course of immigration away from former President Trump's restrictive policies.
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On this episode, we speak with Professor Erin Barbato of the University of Wisconsin Law School's Immigrant Justice Clinic. We last spoke to Professor Barbato on our first episode of the show, Tales From Dilley, and she's back to give us an update on how the immigration landscape has changed since we last spoke, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on US immigration, and how the Biden Administration plans on changing the course of immigration away from former President Trump's restrictive policies.


Biden's Immigration Plan: Finally Some Good News?

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we talk with Professor Anuj Desai, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, who specializes in First Amendment and defamation issues. He places the current events in the broader historical context of free speech in the United States, and specifies the scope of the First Amendment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does former President Trump have a constitutional right to tweet? Listen in and find out!&lt;/p&gt;
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In this episode, we talk with Professor Anuj Desai, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, who specializes in First Amendment and defamation issues. He places the current events in the broader historical context of free speech in the United States, and specifies the scope of the First Amendment.&nbsp;
Does former President Trump have a constitutional right to tweet? Listen in and find out!

Twitter Banned Trump: Did They Just Break the Law?

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Advocate's Society welcomes the Dean of our law school, Dan Tokaji, onto The Advocate's Society. Stick around for the second half of the episode, where we debrief our conversation in a round-table with fellow law student and &lt;em&gt;Wisconsin Law Review&lt;/em&gt; Symposium Abby Chase. Abby gives info on the Wisconsin Law Review's 2020 Symposium, titled "Wisconsin's Intellectual History and Traditions." Dean Dan Tokaji is the keynote speaker for the symposium. You can attend the virtual event by registering &lt;a href="https://wlr.law.wisc.edu/symposium/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dan Tokaji is a leading scholar in election law. He has published countless articles in a variety of scholarly journals on this very subject, and has been cited innumerable times by academics and authors leading up to the 2020 election. He earned an A.B. in English and American literature and language and philosophy from Harvard, before earning his J.D. from Yale University. He has taught at both Harvard and Oxford, and has been interviewed and quoted by &lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/em&gt;, along with many other media outlets. Dan Tokaji recently became the Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. You can find his biography and bibliography &lt;a href="https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/tokaji@wisc.edu"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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The Advocate's Society welcomes the Dean of our law school, Dan Tokaji, onto The Advocate's Society. Stick around for the second half of the episode, where we debrief our conversation in a round-table with fellow law student and Wisconsin Law Review Symposium Abby Chase. Abby gives info on the Wisconsin Law Review's 2020 Symposium, titled "Wisconsin's Intellectual History and Traditions." Dean Dan Tokaji is the keynote speaker for the symposium. You can attend the virtual event by registering <a href="https://wlr.law.wisc.edu/symposium/">here</a>.
Dan Tokaji is a leading scholar in election law. He has published countless articles in a variety of scholarly journals on this very subject, and has been cited innumerable times by academics and authors leading up to the 2020 election. He earned an A.B. in English and American literature and language and philosophy from Harvard, before earning his J.D. from Yale University. He has taught at both Harvard and Oxford, and has been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, along with many other media outlets. Dan Tokaji recently became the Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. You can find his biography and bibliography <a href="https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/tokaji@wisc.edu">here</a>.

Understanding the Presidential Election w/ Dan Tokaji

<description>&lt;p&gt;Is American a Christian nation? Where did the evangelicals come from? Why are they so related to conservative values? How can we engage with them? These are the questions we answer on this week’s podcast with guest Dr. Dan van Voorhis from 1517.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find Dan's work on &lt;a href="//www.danvanvoorhis.com"&gt;his website&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;his daily podcast "&lt;a href="https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac"&gt;The Christian History Almanac&lt;/a&gt;," and, of course, on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/dan_vanvoorhis/"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He is the author of &lt;a href="https://shop.1517.org/products/monsters?variant=40027916876"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Monsters: Addiction, Hope, Ex-Girlfriends, and Other Dangerous Things&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and of &lt;a href="https://shop.1517.org/products/arndt-a-prophet-of-lutheran-pietism?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=7674715af&amp;amp;_ss=r"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Johann Arndt: The Prophet of Lutheran Pietism&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Remember to subscribe, rate, and leave a review!&lt;/p&gt;
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Is American a Christian nation? Where did the evangelicals come from? Why are they so related to conservative values? How can we engage with them? These are the questions we answer on this week’s podcast with guest Dr. Dan van Voorhis from 1517.
You can find Dan's work on <a href="//www.danvanvoorhis.com">his website</a>,&nbsp;his daily podcast "<a href="https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac">The Christian History Almanac</a>," and, of course, on <a href="https://twitter.com/dan_vanvoorhis/">Twitter</a>.
He is the author of <a href="https://shop.1517.org/products/monsters?variant=40027916876">Monsters: Addiction, Hope, Ex-Girlfriends, and Other Dangerous Things</a>, and of <a href="https://shop.1517.org/products/arndt-a-prophet-of-lutheran-pietism?_pos=1&amp;_sid=7674715af&amp;_ss=r">Johann Arndt: The Prophet of Lutheran Pietism</a>.
Remember to subscribe, rate, and leave a review!

Shaken & Stirred: The Dangerous Cocktail of Religion and Politics in America w/ Dan van Voorhis

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