JUSTICE FOR ALL?

Allan D. Sobel, Director of The Adams Center, hosts Justice for All?, a weekly 30 minute talk radio show on WQSU-FM, 89.9, every Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. The program airs during the fall and spring semesters of the academic year.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States, commonly recited at public events and in schools, states:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

The United States constitution guarantees that neither the federal government, nor any state government, shall deny any person equal protection of the laws.

Justice for All? examines whether there is justice for all in the United States of America, whether we are equally protected by the laws, and how our nation may improve the administration of its justice system.

Below are the summaries and audio links of recent and past programs:

Dates: 12/05 and 12/12/07

Topic: Year-End Tax Planing. Guest: Richard Davis, Susquehanna University Professor of Accounting.

Date: 11/28/07

Topic: 2007 Judicial Elections. Guest: Shira Goodman, Associate Director, Pennsylvanias for Modern Courts.

Date: 10/17/2007

Topic: Estate and Medical Decision Planning. Guest: Selinsgrove attorney Marvin Rudnitsky.

Date: 10/10/2007

Topic: Rights and Responsibilities of Residential Landlords and Tenants. Guests: Harrisburg attorney Jordan Cunningham and managing attorney of North Penn Legal Services in Sunbury, PA, Pete Macky.

Date: 10/03/2007

Topic: The Rights of Public School Students. Guests: ACLU Staff Attorneys Mary Catherine Roper and Valerie Burch.

Date: 09/26/2007

Topic: Prisoners' Rights. Guest: Cheryl Humes, staff attorney, Lewisburg Prison Project.

Date: 09/19/2007

Topic: The Right to Privacy.  Guests: Lewisburg attorneys Anne Shapiro and Stephen Becker.

Date: 09/12/2007

Topic: Issues in Child Custody Disputes. Guests: Elizabeth Beswick, Lewisburg attorney, and Peter Macky, Managing Attorney, Sunbury Office of North Penn Legal Services.

Date:    04/25/2007
Topic:  Holding judges accountable for conduct that fails to meet the requirements of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
Guests:  Raven Rudnitsky, Selinsgrove therapist and member of the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania; Joseph Massa, Director of the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania.

Date:    04/18/2007
Topic:  Pro Se Litigation, the problems presented when individuals must litigate cases without the benefit of counsel.
Guests:  Eleanor Gerlott, Lancaster County Law Librarian and Director of the Lancaster County Pro Se Assistance Clinic; and Pete Macky, Managing Attorney Sunbury Office of North Penn Legal Services.

Date:    04/11/2007
Topic:  The mission and activities of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Guest:  Professor Nadine Strossen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union and law professor at New York Law School.

Date:  04/04/2007
Topic: Judicial selection in Pennsylvania, the current method and proposed alternatives.
Guests:  Lynn Marks, Executive Director Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; and Mark Phenicie, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

Date:    03/28/2007
Topic:  Domestic Violence, what resources are available in the community for those impacted by domestic violence.
Guests:  Heather Shnyder, Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition Outreach Coordinator; and Mary Rose McCarthy, Northumberland County Children and Youth Services.

Date:    03/21/2007
Topic:  Domestic Violence, a look at why some men act out violently.
Guests:  Professor Simona Hill, Susquehanna University; and Dr. Tony Butto, Selinsgrove therapist.

Date:    02/21/2007
Topic: Criminal Justice Reform in Pennsylvania.
Guests:  Pennsylvania Senator Stewart Greenleaf, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Duquesne Law Professor John Rago, Chair of the Joint State Government Commission Committee on Wrongful Convictions.

Date:    02/14/2007
Topic: Wrongful Convictions in Pennsylvania.
Guest:  Pete Shellem, investigative reporter for the Harrisburg Patriot News, who produced a series of award winning articles on miscarriages of justice in the commonwealth.