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Lawful Assembly

Lawful Assembly

The Lawful Assembly podcast teams up two divergent activists, a Secular Humanist Political Activist with an immigration lawyer and an ordained clergy to dissect politics, important legal issues facing the United States, and the role of religion in our political and legal landscapes. Its challenging conversation combines a bit of humor with lamentations over injustices, combined with equal measures of pragmatic cynicism and faith-filled hope.

Recent Episodes

April 26, 2024

Mediation and Negotiation Techniques for Approaching Difficult Conversations

Here is Craig's opening paragraph framework: Although this unscripted podcast began as a discussion of difficult conversations, it soon veered into how to engage in conversations about racism and war. We soon realized that t…
April 19, 2024

Judge Cannon and Trump's Classified Documents Case

Today we talk about the documents case and the judge overseeing it, and the judge appointed by Donald Trump in 2019, Judge Cannon.
April 12, 2024

States Rights vs Federal Power

We talk about the tension between states rights and federal power. How does a court decide which to lean more heavily on?  Articles referenced: For additional description of how state laws impacted the travel and work of A…
April 5, 2024

Listener Questions

We answer several listener questions this week. We talk about a lot of different issues and here are some of the links we suggested in the episode:
March 29, 2024

Lying, Disinformation and our U.S. Political Landscape

Today we talk about lying in the political discourse. We used the following news articles for reference We also talked about this book:  How Civil Wars Start AND HOW TO STOP THEM By Barbara F. Walter
March 22, 2024

Injunction Junction - What's your Function?

Today we talk about the series of injunctions that have been put in place after the passing of SB4

About the Hosts

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Rev. Craig Mousin, J.D.

Mousin’s first recollections of public protest found him as a grade school student and two siblings dressed as the three patriots replicated in Archibald Willard’s “The Spirit of 76” during his hometown’s Fourth of July parade.  He later observed his parents organize and advocate regarding school funding issues, challenging municipal public works decisions, and seeking more equitable health care options.  Whether organizing a high school student protest or presenting his first church sermon during a high school youth service advocating for social justice, he has blended a respect for legal advocacy with public activism against sovereign abuse of civil and human rights and a more just distribution of the earth’s bounty.

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Cecil Cicirello

Cecil is a podcaster. He has an undergraduate degree in philosophy, and a masters degree in new media studies. He has, with the great help of other podcasters and the listening community, raised over 1.5 million dollars for charitable efforts that range from helping the underprivileged to assisting women with access to abortion in anti-choice states. His other shows are the Cognitive Dissonance Podcast & the Citation Needed Podcast.