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When Government Lawyers Draw the Line
Episode 187
Former Department of Justice pardon attorney Liz Oyer describes being pulled out of a meeting, told to pack up her belongings, and walked out by secu…
4 hours ago
Voting Rights at a Turning Point
Episode 188
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, two of the nation’s leading election law scholars dissect a ruling that c…
1 week ago
Who Gets to Vote?
Episode 186
Sophia Lin Lakin, JD ’11 (MS ’04, BA ’02), director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, challenges the stated premises behind many current voting re…
2 weeks ago
Native Nations, Federal Indian Law, and the Birthright Citizenship Case
Episode 185
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says: “all persons born are naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are cit…
4 weeks ago
The Politics and Promise of a Billionaire Tax
Episode 184
On this episode of Stanford Legal, host Professor Richard Thompson Ford talks taxes with Darien Shanske, JD '06, a UC Davis law professor and visitin…
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump's Immigration Raids and State Pushback
Episode 183
The Trump administration came in promising mass deportation. What has followed goes well beyond border control to matters of local policing, detentio…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Stanford’s Alan Sykes on the Future of Trump’s Tariffs After the IEEPA Case
Episode 182
When President Trump declared a national emergency and imposed sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), busine…
2 months, 1 week ago
A Seismic Shift in Climate Law
Episode 181
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it was rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding, the legal foundation for federal regulation o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the ACLU’s Docket: Anthony Romero on the Front Lines of Civil Rights
Episode 180
In a timely conversation about the ACLU’s massive docket of cases, Pam Karlan speaks with Anthony Romero, JD ’90, executive director of the ACLU, abo…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Today's Polarized World
Episode 179
In a world where confidence is rewarded and humility can feel like a liability, Stanford Law professor Robert MacCoun argues for something radical: f…
3 months, 1 week ago