This week, WMC shesource features media-experienced women experts on SCOTUS, women's soccer, Brazil's election, Ukraine, Chinese MeToo case, floods in Florida, Making Black America, Indigenous People's Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month.
The Supreme Court kicks off its new term with a new justice - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The court has agreed to hear 27 arguments so far, including on voting rights, rights of businesses to deny services to LGBTQ people, and the adoption of Native American children. To discuss we feature, a professor who teaches courses in Election Law, Corporate Governance, Business Entities, and Constitutional Law at Stetson University College of Law. She is also a Brennan Center Fellow.
Prior to joining Stetson's faculty, Professor Torres-Spelliscy was counsel in the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law where she provided guidance on the issues of money in politics and the judiciary to state and federal lawmakers. She was an associate at Arnold & Porter LLP and a staffer for Senator Richard Durbin. She hold degrees from Harvard and Columbia Law School .