Partner at a Washington, D.C. law firm; former Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice

With the Supreme Court prepared to hear two cases this week about whether police need to obtain warrants to search the cellphones of people they have arrested, we FEATURE digital privacy expert and attorney Nancy Libin. Libin's practice focuses on privacy law, cybersecurity, and related technology policy issues. She previously served as the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice, where her portfolio focused on the intersection of privacy, technology, national security, and law enforcement. She has analyzed privacy issues on CNN’s The Situtation Room, NPR’s All Things Considered, PBS’s Nightly News Report, and other syndicated and local radio programs.

Professor Emerita of sociology, U.C. Davis; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.California, San Francisco

As Mississippi's last abortion clinic fights to remain open, the question arises about what this case means for access to abortion in the South. We FEATURE Carole Joffe, an expert on abortion provision, the history of abortion and contraception, contemporary abortion rights and the anti-abortion movements. She has written widely on reproductive health services and politics for both academic and general audiences, including her book Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us. She has appeared on NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post among others outlets and publications.

Special Litigation and Policy Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

On Wednesday, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will appear at the Senate hearing on "dark money" and the effects of the recent Supreme Court decision on campaign finance. We FEATURE campaign finance and Supreme Court expert Brenda Wright. She has led many progressive legal and policy initiatives on campaign finance reform, voting rights, and other democracy and electoral reform issues and is a nationally known expert in these areas. She has argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court: Randall v. Sorrell (campaign finance) and Young v. Fordice (voting rights). She appears frequently in print and broadcast media on these issues, and testifies regularly before Congress, federal agencies and state legislatures.

Executive Director | Infrastructure expert, civil engineer, author

With Congress returning this week, a key issue is finding more money for the Highway Trust Fund to keep road- and bridge-construction projects moving forward. We FEATURE Rossana D'Antonio from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to discuss the fallout if projects slow this summer or the fund runs out of money. She is responsible for directing the technical design of all public infrastructure facilities including highway, flood control and bridge structures. With 24 years of broad based experience, she has years navigating the political environment of county government, providing public works infrastructure services with dwindling resources, and addressing communities with varying interests.