On #InTheDugout with Mike Stenhouse, we sit down with Suzanne Cienki, attorney and RIGOP National Committee Woman, for a hard-hitting look at the latest court rulings and policy battles reshaping Rhode Island.

The conversation centers on the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity Law Centre’s demand that RIDOH immediately stop enforcing the state’s conversion therapy ban after the U.S. Supreme Court’s March 21, 2026 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar. That decision declared similar restrictions on counselors a clear First Amendment violation. Cienki explains why this law blocks families from accessing needed mental health support at a time when Rhode Islanders are demanding more counseling options following tragedies like the Pawtucket ice rink shootings. Sten presses on the stakes for parental rights, free speech, and common sense mental health care that the bureaucracy refuses to acknowledge.

Cienki also breaks down the limbo surrounding U.S. Attorney Chas Calenda’s position as his interim term expired, the pushback against the Democrat-sponsored Rhode Island Voting Rights Act that critics say undermines election security, and national developments on racial gerrymandering and civil rights enforcement. This episode delivers straight talk on constitutional victories, government overreach, and what Rhode Islanders must do to protect liberty and fair elections in the Ocean State.

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