Miles Lord

An episode of the Minnesota Portraits podcast, hosted by Twin Cities PBS, titled "Miles Lord" was published on August 5, 2020 and runs 25 minutes.

August 5, 2020 ·25m · Minnesota Portraits

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Miles Lord – Prosecutor turned federal judge, Miles Lord was called an activist judge by his critics. The discussion includes growing up poor with an innate sense of justice, the dangers of Republicans on the Supreme Court, and the important cases in his career and the impact they made; including the Dalkon shield case against the A. H. Robins Company, and the environmental case against Reserve Mining Company, where Lord forced Reserve to stop dumping pollutants into Lake Superior. This story is made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (https://www.legacy.mn.gov/arts-cultural-heritage-fund) and the citizens of Minnesota.

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Miles Lord – Prosecutor turned federal judge, Miles Lord was called an activist judge by his critics. The discussion includes growing up poor with an innate sense of justice, the dangers of Republicans on the Supreme Court, and the important cases in his career and the impact they made; including the Dalkon shield case against the A. H. Robins Company, and the environmental case against Reserve Mining Company, where Lord forced Reserve to stop dumping pollutants into Lake Superior. This story is made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (https://www.legacy.mn.gov/arts-cultural-heritage-fund) and the citizens of Minnesota.

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