MAKE the CASE

Season 1

1. Voting Rights: The Myth of Voter Fraud

   Episode 1

   Show notes

   How do you distinguish a rule that promises election security from a rule that protects the people already in power? In this inaugural episode of MAKE the CASE, Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California, discusses attacks on free and fair elections in California and nationwide, and how the ACLU is working to defend this critical constitutional right.

   Host: Carmen King, senior communication strategist, ACLU of Northern California

   Episode Guest: Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California

   Production Credits:

   Produced by the ACLU of Northern California

   Executive Producer: Candice Francis

   Producer: Jarrod Sport

   Senior Producer: Joanne Elgart Jennings

   Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond

   Digital Media Producer: Virginia Reinhart

   Music: Renzo Gorrio

   Art Design: Annabelle Ison

   Administrative Specialist: Kevin Fonseca

   Learn more about your voting rights and our ACLU voter protection work: https://www.aclunorcal.org/issues/voting-rights/

   Voting Rights - ACLU of Northern California

   Join Californians for Voting Rights in saying NO on Prop 39.

   Oct 6, 2026 34 min

2. Safety Through Mass Surveillance is an Illusion

   Episode 2

   Show notes

   What can go wrong when a private company builds a nationwide mass surveillance network that records billions of license plate scans per month? Nick Hidalgo, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, examines dubious claims that Flock cameras fight crime—and the consequences of tracking millions of people as they go about their daily lives.

   Host: Carmen King, senior communication strategist, ACLU of Northern California

   Episode Guest:

   Nick Hidalgo, senior attorney with the ACLU of Northern California democracy, speech and technology program

   Production Credits:

   Produced by the ACLU of Northern California

   Executive Producer: Candice Francis

   Producer: Jarrod Sport

   Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings

   Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond

   Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart

   Music by Renzo Gorrio

   Art Design: Annabelle Ison

   Administrative Specialist: Kevin Fonseca LEARN MORE: Activist Toolkit here: Get Flock Cameras Out of Your Community - ACLU of Northern California Lawsuit discussed in the episode here: SIREN, et al. v. City of San Jose, et al. - ACLU of Northern California

   Oct 13, 2026 27 min

3. Vallejo Badge Bending: A Terrifying Case of Police Misconduct

   Episode 3

   Show notes

   What happens when police fail to honor the code to serve and protect? Avi Frey, deputy director of the ACLU of Northern California's Criminal Law & Immigration Project, discusses the Vallejo police badge bending scandal and the ACLU lawsuit that forced the city to release its hidden investigation into officers accused of bending the tips of their badges to mark killing a civilian in the line of duty.

   Episode Guest:

   Avi Frey, deputy director of the criminal law & immigration project at the ACLU of Northern California

   Host: Carmen King, senior communications strategist, ACLU of Northern California

   Production Credits:

   Produced by the ACLU of Northern California

   Executive Producer: Candice Francis

   Producer: Jarrod Sport

   Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings

   Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond

   Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart

   Music by Renzo Gorrio

   Art Design: Annabelle Ison

   Administrative Specialist Kevin Fonseca

   Learn more about our police accountability work:

   ACLU, Open Vallejo win release of badge bending report

   City of Vallejo Releases Sanitized Report On Police Officers' Badge-Bending Ritual - ACLU of Northern California

   ACLU Calls on Vallejo City Council to Authorize Independent Investigation of City Attorney's Office in Wake of Serious Misconduct Allegations - ACLU of Northern California

   ACLU, Family Members Whose Loved Ones Died in Police Shootings, Will Rally Thursday in West Sacramento to Call for Decertification Investigations of Vallejo Police Officers - ACLU of Northern California

   Oct 20, 2026 35 min

4. How White Supremacy is Driving Trump's Immigration Policy

   Episode 4

   Show notes

   What happens when the government considers America a country club for which they control membership and not a democracy that is supposed to welcome all? Join Emi MacLean, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, in a discussion about the repercussions of a recent Supreme Court ruling and the urgent need for comprehensive immigration reform.

   Episode Guest: Emi MacLean, senior attorney at the ACLU of Northern California

   Host: Carmen King, senior communications strategist, ACLU of Northern California

   Production Credits:

   Produced by the ACLU of Northern California

   Executive Producer: Candice Francis

   Producer: Jarrod Sport

   Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings

   Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond

   Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart

   Music by Renzo Gorrio

   Art Design: Annabelle Ison

   Administrative Specialist: Kevin Fonseca

   LEARN MORE:

   Temporary Protected Status - ACLU of Northern California

   The Fight is Not Over: Clear the Path to Legal Status - ACLU of Northern California

   After This Supreme Court Term, We're Doubling Down on America's Founding Promise

   Mullin v. Dahlia Doe - ACLU of Northern California

   Garro Pinchi, et al. v. Noem, et al. - ACLU of Northern California

   Immigrants' Rights - ACLU of Northern California

   The Death of a Young Haitian's American Dream | The New Yorker

   Oct 27, 2026 31 min