# Vanita Gupta
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vanita gupta is an American civil rights attorney. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights civil rights coalition.
Previously, she was the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice until January 20, 2017.
Protecting Voters in a Pandemic
With election officials weighing the importance of their role in democracy against the massive public health threat posed by COVID-19, should primaries be called off? Should early voting and vote-by-mail systems be expanded? If today's primary elections are postponed, does that set a precedent for …
Katie Benner and Erica L. Green — Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises - with Vanita Gupta
A riveting investigation into a school, a scam, and a notorious college admissions scandal that exposes the inequalities and racial segregation of American education, from two award-winning New York Times journalistsT.M. Landry College Prep, a small private school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, boast…
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Verdict, the Video, and the Unreasonable Burden of Proof.
In the wake of the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, journalism professor Allissa Richardson joins Dahlia Lithwick to discuss what it is to bear witness while Black in America, and why the media needs to stop airing the videos. (This is the interview w…
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Verdict, the Video, and the Unreasonable Burden of Proof.
In the wake of the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, journalism professor Allissa Richardson joins Dahlia Lithwick to discuss what it is to bear witness while Black in America, and why the media needs to stop airing the videos. (This is the interview w…
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Race, Police, and The Law
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig of Boston University School of Law to share the feelings and thinking behind her letter to her students reflecting on recent protests and killings. (Also mentioned, the letter from the Washington State Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supr…
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Bonus: Live From the ACLU
Dahlia Lithwick moderates a discussion of civil rights and legal norms in the Trump era with the ACLU’s David Cole, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Vanita Gupta, former White House chief ethics counsel under President George W Bush, Richard Painter, and for…
Vanita Gupta on Public Trust and the Role of Law in Our Democracy
What hope is there for the rule of law when the Justice Department is deployed to settle political scores and privilege one religion over others? A lot, as it turns out—but the work of rebuilding our nation's voting and justice systems won't be fast, and it won't be easy, according to this week's g…
Protecting the Midterms—at the Grassroots and in the Courts / Start Making Sense
Indivisible’s 2,500 local volunteer-led groups are preparing for a rapid response to any threats to free and fair voting around election day, starting with plans to promote early voting, and including preparations to mobilize large-scale protests if there are attempts to undermine the results. Leah…
Protecting the Midterms—at the Grassroots and in the Courts
Indivisible’s 2,500 local volunteer-led groups are preparing for a rapid response to any threats to free and fair voting around election day, starting with plans to promote early voting, and including preparations to mobilize large-scale protests if there are attempts to undermine the results. Leah…
Surprise Dem Victories - Harold Meyerson; Indivisible and the Elections: Leah Greenberg; Defending Voting: Vanita Gupta
More progressive democrats have triumphed over AIPAC money — starting with the surprising victory of Aisha Wahab in Northern California – Harold Meyerson comments on how "AIPAC is on a negative roll".
Also: Indivisible’s 2,500 local volunteer-led groups are preparing for a rapid response to any thr…
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