Today on Boston Public Radio:
Laurence Tribe explained what’s likely to could happen at former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, including possible First Amendment defense arguments from GOP senators and what Trump could actually end up being charged with. Tribe is the a constitutional law professor emeritus at Harvard Law School.
Trenni Kusnierek discussed Sunday night’s Super Bowl, quarterback Tom Brady’s record seven Super Bowl wins and lingering issues with racial equity in the NFL. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston and a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor.
Next, we opened the phone lines to talk with listeners about Tom Brady’s historic career and hypocrisy in the NFL around racial equity.
Ali Noorani spoke about President Joe Biden’s upcoming plan to decrease deportations and arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He also discussed the new bipartisan Senate DACA initiative and what it could mean for the thousands of so-called Dreamers. Noorani is president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum. His latest book is "There Goes The Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice And Meet The Challenge Of American Immigration.”
The Rev. Irene Monroe and the Rev. Emmett Price weighed in on the hypocrisy of “woke corporatism,” challenges to a Utah school’s Black History Month curriculum and outrage around footage of country music star Morgan Wallen using a racial slur. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is an executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.
John King discussed the latest headlines in the world of national politics, touching on Trump’s upcoming Senate impeachment trial and whether her will remain the voice of the Republican party. King is CNN's chief national correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.
We wrapped up the show by talking with listeners about Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday.
