GOP presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson announced on Meet the Press last weekend that he did not think a Muslim should become President of the United States. “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” said the candidate who has ranked second to Donald Trump in polls. “I absolutely
Lisa Bloom discusses the legal difficulties Sean Penn will face in his defamation lawsuit on The Today Show
Dehumanizing transgender people with one simple trick
Of all the inventive methods used to create fear toward People Who Aren’t Like Us, the specter of mixed-use bathrooms is, historically, one of the more common. In the 1950s blacks were forbidden from using white bathrooms in much of the South. In the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1980s, antifeminist activist
Kim Davis and the limits of religious freedom
How surreal for me to return home from a freewheeling week at Burning Man – the 70,000-strong arts community in the Nevada desert that’s all about inclusion and love – to read about a Kentucky official so opposed to recognizing same-sex marriage that she attempted to shut down all marriages in her county, then went
Lisa Bloom: Prep school rape suspect’s answers ‘strained credulity’ on The Today Show
Lisa Bloom: Defendant in St. Paul’s rape trial must try ‘to be liked’ on the Today Show
What the St. Paul’s rape case teaches us
Criminal trials are great at exposing painful social problems but terrible at addressing them. In New Hampshire, a young man faces multiple charges of sexual assault arising out of an incident at an elite private high school, St. Paul’s School. The school boasts graduates like Secretary of State John Kerry, former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Lisa Bloom: Prep school suspect’s friends may have damaged his case on The Today Show
Your legal rights to protest, explained
From police brutality to Wall Street excesses to obscene amounts of money in politics, we have much to protest in 2015 America. I believe wholeheartedly in nonviolent protests. I’ve attended many over my lifetime and in the last year. Demonstrations helped get women the right to vote, shamed the country into ending Jim Crow segregation