Former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg joined the NFA Daily Spotlight to discuss an upcoming abortion lawsuit set to be heard in the Supreme Court. Mr. Stenberg—an honors graduate of Harvard Law School—served as Nebraska’s Attorney General for 12 years and argued several major cases at the Supreme Court, including the partial-birth abortion case Stenberg v. Carhart. In 2018, the Mississippi Legislature passed a fetal pain law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks gestation, with exceptions for medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormalities. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has the potential to upend Roe v. Wade or, at the very least, revise caselaw to allow states to prohibit elective abortions before viability. This case is one of the most substantial abortion-related cases the Supreme Court has heard in decades and could establish a new fetal-pain standard for abortion prohibitions.

Rick Garnett, a leading expert on the freedoms of speech, association, and religion, joined the NFA Daily Spotlight. Professor Garnett clerked in the Supreme Court for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1996 and currently teaches constitutional law at the University of Notre Dame. Listen to the discussion about how the phrase “separation of church and state” is often misinterpreted as the absence of religion in government. The Constitution—specifically the First Amendment—enumerates, protects, and fosters the freedom to openly practice religion and the independent autonomy of religious communities and institutions. Faith has a place in public policy debates, and Christians should engage in policy discussions, sharing their deeply-held religious beliefs.

Cyntoia Brown Long joins the Daily Spotlight this week. At a young age, Cyntoia was ensnared into forced prostitution. One night in an act of self-defense, she shot and killed a man who had purchased her for sex. Tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison at age 16, Cyntoia found God in prison and began living to honor him. She earned an associate’s and bachelor’s degree with a 4.0 GPA. After serving 15 years in prison, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam recognized the complexities of her case and her remarkable transformation, and he granted Cyntoia clemency.