Miles Lord

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.