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August 28, 2005
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Testing the Power of the Courts
Michael Elkin, who helped take on the largest gun manufacturers
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Julia Whitty, author of "Accounting Coup"
Elouise Cobell, who is suing the government for $176 million
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This week on Mother Jones Radio fill in hosts Peter Laufer and Mother Jones publisher Jay Harris take a look at a fascinating lawsuit, New York City vs. gun maufacturers. The city claims gun manufacturers are lookig the other way ignoring sleezy dealers who peddle weapons to criminals. And we check in with a Blackfoot hero, a woman intent on righting wrongs that cost Indians $176 billion.
Mother Jones Radio interviews Michael Elkin, lead attorney of New York v. Beretta. The case will go to trial in November. And Mother Jones writer Julia Whitty, introduces us to the woman behind Cobell v. Norton. Elouise Cobell, a Blackfoot Indian, has been suing the government for mismanaging Indian Trust money.
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