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Early Returns - Law and Politics with Jan Baran
Elections, lobbying, voting, and campaigning today are intense and filled with increasingly complex rules and resulting legal disputes. “Early Returns: Law and Politics with Jan Baran” spotlights players on the field, including political professionals, activists, election officials, lawyers, and journalists, eliciting their insights and personal experiences. Join Jan and his guests as they tackle current controversies in law and politics. Jan Baran is a partner at Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC.
Episodes
20 episodes
Josh Gerstein: SCOTUS, the Presidential Immunity Case Fallout, and the Dobbs Case Leak Investigation
A very unusual and historic week of political and legal events just preceded America’s Independence Day. The Supreme Court of the United States ended its term with pivotal decisions, including a number that affect former President Donald Trump,...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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A Supreme Path: From Latin to Campaign Finance Law, to 38 Oral Arguments – Kannon Shanmugam
Arguing before the Supreme Court increasingly has become a specialty of an elite group of lawyers. A former Scalia judicial law clerk, Kannon Shanmugam has argued 38 cases at the court. In this episode, Jan speaks with Kannon...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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Ambassador Jim Gilmore: From the Popular Virginia Car Tax Reimbursements to Current Foreign Affairs
In this episode of Early Returns, Jan Baran speaks with Former Virginia Governor and U.S. Ambassador, Jim Gilmore. They discuss his career in public service, his rise in Republican politics with the popular Virginia car tax reimburs...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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37:22
Deciphering Election 2024 with Charlie Cook
At this point in a presidential election year, the national conversation would usually be focused on which candidates are wrestling for their party nomination. But, as we know, this year is different. Even though primary elections s...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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48:19
Sean Cooksey Shares FEC Menu for 2024
As with the previous two season kick-offs of Early Returns, we welcome the third season with the newly elected 2024 chair of the Federal Election Commission, Sean Cooksey, who is a republican. The FEC consists of six bipartisan commission...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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49:29
Bradley Smith – Deregulating Political Speech Through Campaign Finance
In this episode of Early Returns, Jan speaks with Bradley Smith, professor at Capital Law School, former Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) Chair, nationally recognized expert on campaign finance and the First Amendment, and the Founder and Ch...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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48:07
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Jill Holtzman Vogel – A Trailblazing Woman in Politics and the Law
In this episode, Jan speaks with Jill Holtzman Vogel, the managing partner of Holtzman Vogel and a Virginia State Senator. Jill started her law firm 21 years ago as a sole practitioner specializing in political law. It now has over 40 law...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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43:38
The Honorable Thomas Griffith – Judiciously Ruling in the Face of Politics
It appears that policy changes are being resolved in the courts, and most specifically at the Supreme Court. If we look at recent court decisions involving abortion, the Affordable Care Act, Environmental Protection Act and gun rights, ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Donald Palmer and the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission’s Role in the Integrity of the Voting Process
This episode examines an important government agency that helps keep our voting systems current, transparent, and reliable. The U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (“EAC”) has existed for a little over 20 years. It was created in t...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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42:42
Wes Bizzell: The Role of Corporate America and Associations in Politics
Political activity and lobbying have become not only full time, but also highly regulated. That also means that election campaigns as well as lobbying activities are getting under way for the next election cycle. To talk abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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40:18
There's a New Chair in Town – Dara Lindenbaum and the FEC Agenda Looking Towards 2024
This episode marks the start of the second season of Early Returns. We have been privileged to interview interesting guests and welcome a large and growing audience of listeners. We have discussed laws about foreign election interference,...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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38:39
Jessica Furst Johnson and Jason Torchinsky - Political Lawyers Take a Deeper Dive into 2022 Elections and Look Ahead to 2024
The lead up to the 2022 election cycle was a very active two years, coming off of a very divisive 2020 election which included pandemic-related election changes and election deniers. Our guests, Jessica Furst Johnson and Jason Torchinsky, both ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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51:00
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Evan and Oscie Thomas on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court Then and Today
The first Monday in October is the traditional beginning of a new Supreme Court term. This week the nine justices began hearing cases that involve our constitutional rights and that shape U.S. law. Each term, the Supreme Court seems...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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Nathan Gonzales: Nationally Respected Nonpartisan Voting Analyst’s Approach to Predicting Prior and Upcoming Mid-Term Elections
The 2022 mid-term elections will decide the fate of 435 House seats and 33 Senate seats. With 90 days remaining before election day, Early Returns welcomes nationally respected nonpartisan voting analyst, Nathan Gonzales. A...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:58
Evan Thomas: Did Watergate Change America or Does History Repeat Itself?
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1972, a group of men were arrested here in Washington for breaking into the offices of the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office building. The event was seen as odd. It was not heavily reported...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Ty Cobb, Former Special Counsel to President Trump: Insights on the Response to the Russia Collusion Investigation, Past and Present
It has been six years since Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign was accused of colluding with Russia to win the White House. Those allegations have caused a tidal wave of legal battles—ranging from congressional inquiries, to a Special Co...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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41:20
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Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams and Voting Reforms: How To Get Along and Accomplish Reform
Under the Constitution, each state establishes the time, place, and manner of holding an election for Senator or Representative unless Congress passes a nationwide change of the rules. State laws on how to register and vote, where to vote...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:56
Josh Gerstein: POLITICO Senior Legal Affairs Reporter, Trending Political Law Trials, Mueller Investigation, January 6th, Clinton Fundraiser, Stormy Daniels and More!
Fundraising, hush money and demonstrations can make a candidate or political operative a defendant. Criminal prosecutions stemming from campaigns and politics increasingly wind up in courts and before juries. Josh Gerstein, POLITICO’s Sen...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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59:20
David Laufman, Lobbying by Foreign Nations, FARA, and Cannoli
Russia has launched a war in Ukraine. While the West now focuses on diplomacy and military assistance, many foreign nations, including the combatants, spent years seeking to influence American politicians and public opinion. There w...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:27
Allen Dickerson, the Federal Election Commission, and Moby Dick
The Federal Election Commission is a unique agency. It polices politics but must be sensitive to constitutional limits. It is supposed to have six bipartisan commissioners and requires four votes for action, but sometimes it deadloc...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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