Carlos Guerra

Sidebar with Carlos Guerra

Government EN ↓ 2 episodes

In a courtroom, a "sidebar" is the moment the lawyers step up to the bench to talk candidly — off the record, away from the jury. That's the spirit of this show. Sidebar with Carlos Guerra is a conversation series featuring the people inside Texas's legal and civic world: judges, attorneys, and others whose work and decisions shape life on the border and across the state. These are long-form, unhurried conversations that get past the talking points and into how these guests actually think — their philosophies, their convictions, and the hard calls they have to make.

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Carlos Guerra

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Legal Today, Banned Tomorrow? Inside Texas Hemp Fight from the Lawyer Leading It: David Sergi 23.06.2026 1:07:56

Is it legal or not?? Nobody seems to know. Gas stations are selling weed gummies. Dispensaries are everywhere. Your neighbor has got a hemp drink in the fridge and your coworker swears it's totally fine, but you could also swear you've seen people get arrested for it. SO WHICH IS IT? Turns out the confusion isn't your fault. Texas tried to ban hemp. The Governor vetoed the ban. Then the state's ow...

From Laredo to Texas’s Highest Criminal Court: Judge Kevin Yeary on Law, Principle, and Judicial Courage 16.06.2026 1:07:30

In the inaugural episode of Sidebar with Carlos Guerra, Carlos Guerra and George Altgelt sit down with Judge Kevin Yeary of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Texas’s highest criminal court. A Laredo native and St. Augustine High School graduate, Judge Yeary opens up about his path from civil litigation to one of the most powerful judicial positions in the state. He discusses his textualist jud...