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Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Danny Sheehan and Daniel Paul Nelson talk Voting Rights

Sep 18, 2026

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About this episode

We hear from constitutional lawyer, Danny Sheehan and his son, Daniel Paul Nelson about a new voting rights initiative of the Romero Institute. We discussed redistricting, the Supreme Court, and the perilous moment we are in before the mid-term elections. Daniel Sheehan (also known as Danny Sheehan) is a Harvard-trained constitutional and public interest lawyer, author, educator, and political activist, born April 9, 1945. He attended Harvard College, graduating in 1967, then Harvard Law School, earning his JD in 1970. Over his career he has worked on a string of major public-interest cases, including the Pentagon Papers case, the Watergate break-in case, the Silkwood case, the Greensboro…