Eastern Standard - March 27th, 2025

President Trump’s use of his presidential powers to retaliate against certain law firms has sent a chill throughout the legal profession, threatening not just the ability of lawyers to do their jobs but also the ability of private citizens to hire lawyers to represent them. Joining us to sort out the meaning of this is Jonathan Shaub, a professor at the University of Kentucky’s Rosenberg College of Law, where he teaches courses in constitutional law and federal courts and leads a seminar on executive power. Ivy Litton is a senior at Rowan County High School in Morehead and a member of the Kentucky Student Voice Team. KSVT is calling for the return of civics education in Kentucky schools. Lexington sculptor Amanda Matthews, creator of "The Girl Puzzle" monument to investigative journalist Nellie Bly on New York's Roosevelt Island, recalls recently speaking before the UN. Lexington History Museum director Mandy Higgins details a display of the iconic civil rights photographs of Calvert McCann. Haitian Creole-jazz drummer Johnbern Thomas prepares us for his band's Greenroom Exchange concert in Lexington.