Texas Medical Malpractice Reform Gone Wild

Wyatt interviews journalist and author Stephanie Mencimer about her book, Blocking the Courthouse Door. As a reporter for Mother Jones, Ms. Mencimer covers legal affairs and domestic policy in the magazine’s Washington, D.C. bureau. This former investigative reporter has earned many awards and critical acclaim for her insightful stories about injustice. Join Wyatt and Ms. Mencimer as they discuss the methodology behind keeping Americans out of the courthouse.

Wyatt interviews attorney Jose Garza, legal counsel for the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus, about the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down portions of the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Garza’s history of public interest service places him a unique position to explain the ruling’s ramifications.

Wyatt interviews professor and author Thomas McGarity about his new book, Freedom to Harm: The Lasting Legacy of the Laissez Faire Revival. Professor McGarity has served as advisor to numerous federal and state agencies and knows why they are often ineffective. Join Wyatt and the professor as they discuss what ails our regulatory system and how we can be confident that they will be there when Americans need them most.

Public Citizen joins Wyatt to discuss an absurd and dangerous federal court case that hides a product complaint from the public. Court secrecy doesn’t sound right in America, but one manufacturer got a court to seal its suit against the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Are secret courts the next item on the agenda of mega-corporations?

Wyatt interviews nationally known documentarian Susan Saladoff. You remember Susan—she is the producer and director of the HBO hit documentary entitled HOT COFFEE--IS JUSTICE BEING SERVED which Entertainment Weekly called a MUST WATCH show. Ms. Saladoff is a former public interest lawyer who explores how the media and corporate America manipulate the public into believing the civil justice system is broken.

Wyatt interviews renowned criminal defense attorney Gerry Goldstein and gets his thoughts on government searches into our daily lives. What you don't know may shock you. The Fourth Amendment may not be the shield to governmental intrusions that it used to be.

Corporate interests take center stage by influencing our elections for judicial office. Should big money be allowed in elections where the very arbiters of fair and balanced justice reside? Find out what happens with this recipe for disaster as Wyatt interviews a voice from the trenches.

So the Texas Legislature is back at conjuring up new ways to disenfranchise the people—that’s you and me. Find out what is really going on at the Capitol as Wyatt interviews an expert on just that topic.

Voting is getting tougher in America. Voter ID laws and other laws based upon the fabricated premise of massive voter fraud have disenfranchised millions from their vote. Join Wyatt as he welcomes the President of the League of Women Voters of Texas to discuss a growing concern with the potential to set America back 60 years of progress in suffrage.

The Texas Supreme Court has become a de facto special interest group serving both mega corporations and the rich and powerful. Along the way, ordinary Texans are hurt and left out in the cold. Such brazenness is now in the open as the court has no fear from the populace due to the unlimited amounts of money corporate America will spend to keep the current justices on the bench.