Stanford Legal
Stanford Legal is a podcast that explores how law affects everyday life, covering cases, conflicts, and legal stories. Hosted by Stanford Law professors Pam Karlan and Rich Ford, the show delves into constitutional law, voting rights, and Supreme Court litigation. Karlan has argued before the Supreme Court ten times and co-directs the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. The podcast aims to make complex legal topics accessible to a general audience.
Episodes
Dismantling Environmental Law
Deborah Sivas discusses the recent rollback of environmental laws, calls to streamline environmental review to speed up development, and the role communities should play in decisions about what gets built. ---As the push to build more infrastructure gains attention, so does debate over the role of environmental protections and public participation. How can communities have a voice in developm
U.S. Elections Under Pressure from White House
Nate Persily joins Pam Karlan to discuss efforts to change the rules governing the 2026 elections and the legal battles over how those changes would affect voting. ---As the push to build more infrastructure gains attention, so does debate over the role of environmental protections and public participation. How can communities have a voice in development while still allowing needed projects t
Who Fills In When Federal Jobs Are Vacant?
Stanford’s Anne Joseph O’Connell examines who can step in when a top federal position is vacant and what recent court decisions could mean for how those positions are filled.
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When a top federal position is vacant, someone still has to run the office. But who gets to step in, and what powers can they exercise while the position remains unfilled? Those questions are at the center of recen
Best of Stanford Legal: Inside the ACLU’s Docket with Anthony Romero
The ACLU’s Anthony Romero unpacks a sweeping docket—from a Supreme Court showdown over birthright citizenship to voting rights and free speech—as the rule of law is tested.
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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, about the surge of civil rights and civil liberties battles facing the countr
America's Promissory Note
The Declaration as a “promissory note”—and what it demands now
In the final discussion of The Declaration at 250 series, Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, argues that the Declaration of Independence should be read in the Lincoln–King tradition: not as proof that the American
The Growing Influence of State Solicitors General
Former state solicitors general Michael Mongan and Kevin Gallagher discuss the evolving role of state solicitors general and how states work together to shape legal battles before the Supreme Court.
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When states go to court, the battles are not always divided along party lines. State solicitors general often work across state lines to defend shared interests, coordinate legal strategy, and help
Countering Contemporary Criticism of America's Founding Principles
The real crisis isn’t the Declaration—it’s what we’ve stopped teaching.
Peter Berkowitz, Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, contends that universities have failed at liberal education—the cultivation of citizens prepared to exercise freedom and responsibility. He attributes the breakdown to politicized classrooms, overreliance on narrow “scientistic” approaches in the so
The Declaration In the Age of General Purpose AI
"The Declaration meets the machine age"
In this episode of The Declaration at 250, Michael McConnell frames a question the Founders never confronted: if the Declaration grounds rights in human nature, what happens when machines can generate persuasive, human-like language at scale? Constitutional scholar Alexander Tsesis argues that the Declaration’s conception of rights is inherently human-center
The Iran War and the Limits of Presidential Power
Stanford’s Allen Weiner examines how the U.S. war with Iran raises questions about the president’s power to wage war and negotiate peace.
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The American war with Iran began with ambitious goals, including preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and potentially bringing about regime change. But the conflict may well be leading to a very different outcome, according to Stanford Law School'
Is the Declaration Our Law?
“Two competing originalist instincts”
In this episode of The Declaration at 250, Michael McConnell introduces Randy Barnett, the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution alongside Eugene Volokh, the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford), and the Gary T. Sch
State Constitutions and the Declaration of Independence
This episode highlights an often-missed story: the Declaration of Independence didn’t just shape the U.S. Constitution—it directly shaped state constitutions, many of which echo its natural-rights language more explicitly than the federal charter. Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick argues that reading state constitutional provisions through the Declaration can strengthen enforceable limits
The Structural Declaration of Independence
This episode reframes the Declaration of Independence as more than soaring ideals about equality and natural rights. Former California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar argues the text contains an underappreciated architecture of government: accountability to citizens, managing political conflict across regions, and establishing legitimate authority both domestically and in t
Birthright Citizenship and the Future of the Fourteenth Amendment
Stanford’s Fred Smith examines the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision, its historical roots in the Fourteenth Amendment, and the questions the Court leaves unresolved.
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The Fourteenth Amendment opens with a simple constitutional promise: that anyone born in the United States is a citizen. In a closely divided Supreme Court decision, that understanding of birthright citizenship is o
Inside the Supreme Court’s Key 2026 Decisions
Jeff Fisher discusses a term marked by major rulings across executive power, voting, and civil rights, and what they signal about the Court’s trajectory.
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The Supreme Court has wrapped up a consequential term, issuing decisions that could shape executive power, constitutional rights, and the balance between the branches of government for years to come. Rulings on birthright citizenship, indepen
The Declaration of Independence as Obligation
This episode of The Declaration at 250 discussion spotlights a striking—and often overlooked—line in the Declaration of Independence: when despotism becomes systematic, “it is their right, it is their duty” to throw off such government. Martha Minow probes why the text escalates from permission to obligation, arguing that the “duty” language radically reframes political resistance as a moral deman
The Case for a Public Share in AI
Jeremy Bearer-Friend and Sarah Polcz discuss their proposal to require leading AI firms to pay taxes in equity, reshaping how the gains from AI are distributed
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the economy, but two Stanford Law alumni argue that existing tax frameworks are failing to capture—or fairly distribute—the value it generates. Jeremy Bearer-Friend, JD '14, a professor at Ge
The Declaration of Independence and Conditions for Democratic Flourishing
In the opening episode of The Declaration at 250, Michael McConnell introduces former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and historian David Kennedy to ask a deceptively simple question: what does it actually take for democracy to work?
Rice argues that the Declaration of Independence marks not the birth of democracy, but the end of tyranny—and that the real work begins afterward. Democracies fl
Declaration at 250 Trailer
00:00:00 — What new can be said about the Declaration at 250?
McConnell opens with the core question and frames 250 years of interpretation, celebration, and controversy.
00:00:58 — The big themes the series will test: democracy, critiques, duties, and constitutional influence
A preview of the agenda: what makes democracies flourish, modern challenges to founding principles, rights versus duties
Inside the Trump Administration's Immigration Agenda
Lucas Guttentag discusses the Trump administration’s immigration policies and the legal battles reshaping the U.S. immigration system
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The birthright citizenship case and immigration raids have drawn headlines and national attention, but Lucas Guttentag, who teaches immigration law at Stanford and Yale law schools, says some of the Trump administration’s most consequential immigration changes a
The Law Must Be King
Judge J. Michael Luttig on the Rule of Law in an Era of Executive Overreach
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In this special episode, recorded at the Neukom Center's Rule of Law Speaker Series, Judge J. Michael Luttig, former Fourth Circuit judge and ex-General Counsel of Boeing, discusses a looming constitutional crises facing the United States. Drawing on Lincoln, Paine, and Churchill, Judge Luttig argues that the Trump ad
When Government Lawyers Draw the Line
Former Justice Department officials reflect on an institution at a crossroads
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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 security the same day. Her offense, she said, was refusing to recommend that the attorney general restore gun rights to a politically connected celebrity without the informa
Voting Rights at a Turning Point
Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily on the Supreme Court’s latest decision on redistricting and minority representation.
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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 could soon reverberate through elections at every level of government.
Nathaniel Persily joins Pam Karlan for a discussion abou
Who Gets to Vote?
The ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin discusses voting access and the redistricting battles shaping political power
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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 restrictions, including claims about widespread non-citizen voting. “If we’re worried about the integrity of our elections,” she tells Stanford
Native Nations, Federal Indian Law, and the Birthright Citizenship Case
Stanford’s Greg Ablavsky on the history behind the birthright case
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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says: “all persons born are naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” But on his first day back in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that changed that understand
The Politics and Promise of a Billionaire Tax
Stanford Law Alum Darien Shanske on Wealth, Fairness, and California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax
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On this episode of Stanford Legal, host Professor Richard Thompson Ford talks taxes with Darien Shanske, JD '06, a UC Davis law professor and visiting professor at Stanford Law, who helped draft California’s proposed Billionaire Tax Act, which supporters hope to place on the November 2026 ballot. Sh
Trump's Immigration Raids and State Pushback
Jennifer Chacón discusses how immigration crackdowns are reshaping policing and public life
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The Trump administration came in promising mass deportation. What has followed goes well beyond border control to matters of local policing, detention, federal power, and the limits of the law inside the United States. On this episode of Stanford Legal, co-host Professor Richard Thompson Ford talks with
Stanford’s Alan Sykes on the Future of Trump’s Tariffs After the IEEPA Case
Supreme Court limits IEEPA tariff power in a 6–3 ruling as Al Sykes and Pam Karlan explain the impact on Congress, trade, and what’s next
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When President Trump declared a national emergency and imposed sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), businesses challenged the move, arguing the president did not have authority under that statute to impose tariffs.
A Seismic Shift in Climate Law
Deborah Sivas on the EPA’s Rescission of the Endangerment Finding
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it was rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding, the legal foundation for federal regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The administration has called the move the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. What does it actually do? And what happens next?
Inside the ACLU’s Docket: Anthony Romero on the Front Lines of Civil Rights
The ACLU’s Anthony Romero unpacks a sweeping docket—from a Supreme Court showdown over birthright citizenship to voting rights and free speech—as the rule of law is tested.
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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, about the surge of civil rights and civil liberties battles facing the countr
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Today's Polarized World
Stanford’s Robert MacCoun shows how scientific habits can sharpen judgment and strengthen civil discourse in a polarized society.
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In a world where confidence is rewarded and humility can feel like a liability, Stanford Law professor Robert MacCoun argues for something radical: fewer unwavering opinions, more critical reflection, and a better way to disagree. On Stanford Legal, MacCoun joins co
How Democracies Collapse from Within
What happens when the legal tools meant to protect democracy are used to weaken it? Kim Scheppele explains.
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Professor Kim Scheppele has spent much of her career watching democracies rise and fall. She went to Hungary in the early 1990s expecting to study democratic optimism after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead, decades later, she found herself documenting how constitutional democracy can
Flexing U.S. Power in Venezuela
Stanford Law’s Allen Weiner explores developments in Venezuela and the role—and limits—of international law
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Can the United States arrest a foreign head of state by sending FBI agents—and military troops—into another country? On the latest episode of Stanford Legal, Professor Pam Karlan sits down with international law expert and Stanford Law lecturer Allen Weiner to discuss the recent extract
Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons
Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law
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What are the legal implications of the unprecedented mass pardoning of the January 6th rioters? What does it say about American rule of law?
President Biden’s DOJ prosecuted nearly 1,600 of the January 6, 2021, rioters—many for acts of shocking violence against police and government offices. On January 20, newly sworn-in President Trump, in
Best of Stanford Legal: Suing DOGE
Urgent legal questions about privacy protections of the nation’s largest collection of personal data and unprecedented influence of Silicon Valley in Washington
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A coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit on February 11 asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing millions of Americans
Nationwide Injunctions After CASA
Mila Sohoni on the New Legal Landscape
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When a single federal judge can freeze a president’s policy nationwide, it raises big questions about checks and balances and democratic accountability. That’s one reason nationwide injunctions have become central to some of today’s most consequential legal battles—and why the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. CASA matters.
At a live recording,
Crime, Justice, and Trump’s DOJ
What happens when long-standing norms begin to erode? Jonathan Wroblewski discusses his decades at the DOJ and the forces shaping federal justice
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Over a 35-year career at the Department of Justice, Jonathan Wroblewski, JD ’86, watched the country’s stance on criminal sentencing harden, soften, recalibrate, and shift again. One of his early cases at the DOJ, which involved a cross-burning in ru
Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy
Stanford Law’s Michelle Mello discusses how sweeping changes in federal health policy are reshaping public health--and leading states to fill the void
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“The amount of chaos that’s been introduced into the federal health policy landscape is unprecedented,” says Michelle Mello, professor at Stanford Law School and the Stanford University School of Medicine.
That turmoil, she explains, has left ma
National Guard or Political Weapon?
Legal historian and constitutional law scholar Professor Bernadette Meyler cautions that the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard threatens the “presumption of regularity” that underpins the rule of law
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When the National Guard shows up in American cities, it’s usually after hurricanes, fires, or floods, not political fights. But recent federal deployments have changed the la
Political Enemies and the Weaponization of the DOJ
Pam Karlan and Bob Weisberg unpack the Comey and James indictments, and what they reveal about the rule of law in a politicized justice system
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When politics drives prosecutions, what happens to the rule of law? Are we in uncharted waters? Stanford Legal host Professor Pamela Karlan sits down with her colleague criminal justice expert Robert Weisberg to unpack the extraordinary federal indictme
President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court
The biggest separation-of-powers controversy since the steel seizure case in 1952.
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In April, President Trump declared a national emergency and assumed the power to levy tariffs, introducing uncertainty into global trading by reneging on previously negotiated agreements. One of the attorneys representing the challengers to the president’s decree in Trump v. VOS is Stanford Law Professor Michael
Guns, Money, and Mass Shootings
Stanford Law Researchers Discuss How Lobbying Shapes the Political Battlefield
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Frequent mass shootings are a distinctly American problem, with news of another tragic shooting grabbing our attention every few weeks. Yet policy change is stalled.
In this episode, we focus on an important reason for the congressional paralysis—the gun lobby. John Donohue, one of the country’s leading experts on t
U.S. Risking its Scientific Research Edge?
Stanford Law’s Lisa Ouellette discusses the rollback of federal support for vital academic research, the challenge of defending U.S. research from political interference, and ensuring drug development meets real-world health needs
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In this episode of Stanford Legal, host Professor Pamela Karlan interviews her Stanford Law School colleague Professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette about actions by the
Redrawing Democracy
Stanford's Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily on the redistricting push in Texas, recent signals from the Supreme Court about the Voting Rights Act, and the future of voting and redistricting in America
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At the urging of President Trump, the Texas legislature has launched a mid‑decade redistricting effort aimed at securing additional Republican seats in Congress. If successful, this effort cou
Trump’s Executive Orders, Culture Wars, and Civil Rights
Stanford's Rick Banks on the Doctrine of Disparate Impact and the Surprising Case for Meritocracy
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Trump-era executive orders, police hiring standards, and college admissions all converge in a decades-long debate over disparate impact, one of the most misunderstood yet consequential doctrines in civil rights law. In this episode of Stanford Legal, Professor Ralph Richard Banks, faculty director
Can the Rule of Law Hold?
Pam Karlan on the Erosion of Norms at the DOJ
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In this episode of Stanford Legal, Professor Pam Karlan talks about the growing politicization of the Department of Justice under the Trump administration. Drawing on her experience in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division during both the Obama and Biden administrations, Karlan describes how recent loyalty tests, internal purges, and retaliatory transfer
Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses
How does the Trump administration's tactics impact elite universities and their freedom of speech?
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Amid escalating federal pressure on universities, Stanford Law School alum Greg Lukianoff, JD ’00, joins host Professor Pam Karlan for a sharp look at the free speech firestorms engulfing universities like Harvard and Columbia. First Amendment champion, president of the Foundation for Individual
The Free Speech Chill
Analyzing the impact of government actions on foreign students' First Amendment rights
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In this episode, Stanford Law Professor Evelyn Douek, a First Amendment scholar and permanent U.S. resident, expands on her recent Atlantic essay, “Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?” She reflects on the paradox of teaching constitutional protections for free speech while watching t
Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to LA Courts
Stanford researchers help bring innovative solutions to high-volume court, enhancing the self-represented litigant experience and its dedication to leading in justice innovation.
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The LA Superior Court is the largest single unified trial court in the United States, serving the approximately 10 million residents of Los Angeles County—the cases it handles spanning a wide range of legal matters, f
Trump Takes on the Federal Bureaucracy, Putting Administrative Law in the Spotlight
Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell discusses the legal and normative implications of Trump's Federal Bureaucracy overhaul
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On February 19 of this year, President Donald Trump issued one of his first executive orders, Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, leaving no doubt his aim to reduce its size and scope. As DOGE got to work firing federal workers—and cutting entire agencies, the
AI, Liability, and Hallucinations in a Changing Tech and Law Environment
Stanford Law researchers Professor Dan Ho and Mirac Suzgun explore the risks and potential of AI in law
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Since ChatGPT came on the scene, numerous incidents have surfaced involving attorneys submitting court filings riddled with AI-generated hallucinations—plausible-sounding case citations that purport to support key legal propositions but are, in fact, entirely fictitious. As sanctions against
The Trump Administration and the Rule of Law Under Pressure
Criminal law expert David Sklansky on DOJ independence, judicial norms, and law firms under attack
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On March 6, President Trump issued the executive order “Addressing Risk from Perkins Coie LLP,” essentially preventing the firm from doing business with the federal government, stripping its staff of security clearances. It was the first of several presidential orders aimed at law firms that repr
Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump's Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes
President Trump's tariffs are upending world trade and causing unprecedented upheaval in the financial and diplomatic sectors, with close allies questioning the reliability of the U.S. The wild stock and bond markets rollercoaster ride continues, despite the April 9 rollback of most tariffs.
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Joining Pam for this week's episode is Stanford Law Professor Alan Sykes, a leading expert on the appli
Trump’s Forced Deportations to El Salvador Prisons, Detentions, and Fear on College Campuses
Immigration Law Expert Jennifer Chacón on Trump's Defying Court Orders and Law, College Students, Venezuelans, and Drastic Changes in American Policy
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Do asylum seekers in the U.S. have rights? Can the U.S. government forcibly deport them to a prison in El Salvador without due process? What about green card holders attending college? Since taking office, President Trump has focused on legal and
Accountability in Government: Glenn Fine on the Crucial Role of Inspectors General, the Government's Watchdogs
Former IG Glenn Fine joins Pam Karlan to discuss the importance of Inspectors General in government agencies
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How do we prevent or catch mismanagement, corruption, and waste of taxpayers' dollars in federal agencies? On January 24, 2025, days into his second administration, President Trump fired Inspectors General from 17 different federal agencies, including the Department of Labor. If no one
Gaza Conflict: Governance, Rebuilding, and Legal Challenges
Professor Allen Weiner joins Pam Karlan for a look at the legal challenges and humanitarian concerns of the Israel/Gaza conflict
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International Law expert Allen Weiner joins Pam for a comprehensive overview of the legal challenges and humanitarian concerns in one of the world's most contentious regions, looking at the Israel/Gaza conflict and the delicate balance between military strategy and c
Suing DOGE: Musk, Trump, and an Imperial Presidency
Urgent legal questions about privacy protections of the nation’s largest collection of personal data and unprecedented influence of Silicon Valley in Washington
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A coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit on February 11 asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing millions of Americans
Trump's Pardons: Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law
What are the legal implications of the unprecedented mass pardoning of the January 6th rioters? What does it say about American rule of law?
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President Biden’s DOJ prosecuted nearly 1,600 of the January 6, 2021, rioters—many for acts of shocking violence against police and government offices. On January 20, newly sworn-in President Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping gr
Criminal Justice in Divided America: Can Democracy Survive a Broken Justice System?
In this episode, Pam Karlan is joined by Stanford Law School Professor David Sklansky, a leading criminal law expert, to discuss his new book and the failures of America’s criminal justice system
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Criminal law expert and Stanford Law Professor David Sklansky joins Pam Karlan to discuss his book Criminal Justice in Divided America: Police, Punishment, and the Future of Our Democracy, published i
Special Counsel Smith's Report on Trump's Interference in the 2020 Election
In this episode, Pam Karlan is joined by Stanford Law School Professor David Sklansky, a leading criminal law expert, for a wide-ranging discussion of Smith’s report, the evidence against the president-elect, and more.
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In the early hours of January 14, 2024 the Department of Justice released its long-awaited election interference report against President-elect Donald Trump. It was a long and w
California Burning: LA Fires, Climate Change, and Insurance Nightmares with Environmental Lawyer Debbie Sivas
In this episode, Professor Deborah Sivas joins Pam Karlan for a discussion on California's fire crisis, examining how climate change and urban development are making residents more susceptible to the dangers of fires.
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The fires in Los Angeles, fueled by drought and the notorious Santa Ana winds, have wreaked devastation on the largest county in the United States, taking at least 10 lives and
Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Policy Shifts under Trump: A Tutorial on the Global Economy and Trade
In this episode, Stanford Law Professor Alan O. Sykes joins Pam and Rich for this episode to help make sense of the fascinating world of trade, tariffs, and the global economy.
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Just weeks before he was elected president of the United States, during a conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago, Donald Trump declared, “The most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff.’ And it’s my favorit
The Presidential Pardon Power, from Biden and Trump to Ancient Kings
In this episode, Pam and Rich are joined by Professor Bernie Meyler for a discussion of high-profile pardons like Hunter Biden and Donald Trump’s allies to broader issues of mercy, justice reform, the implications of pardons in polarized politics, their historical roots, and ideas for reform.
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Presidential pardons are in the headlines again after President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter.
Exploring AI in Healthcare: Legal, Regulatory, and Safety Challenges
In this episode, Pam and Rich are joined by health policy expert Michelle Mello and Neel Guha, a Stanford JD/PhD candidate in computer science, for a discussion on the transformative role of AI in healthcare.
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Artificial Intelligence holds the potential to transform much of our lives and healthcare professions are embracing it for everything from cost savings to diagnostics. But who is to blam
Crime, the Opioid Crisis, and Gun Violence: New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on How Action at the State Level Is Making a Difference
In this episode, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin discusses the role of the state AG and his approach to enforcing the law and promoting justice in New Jersey.
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Matt Platkin, who was the youngest-ever AG in the country when he was appointed in 2022, discusses some of his public safety initiatives such as the ARRIVE Together program, which pairs mental health professionals with law enfo
Racism in Property Deeds: Stanford Team Develops AI Tool to Identify and Map Racial Covenants
In this episode, Stanford Law's Daniel Ho and computer science/law student Mirac Suzgun discuss the enduring impact of racially restrictive covenants in real estate.
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Stanford Law's Daniel Ho and computer science/law student Mirac Suzgun discuss the enduring impact of racially restrictive covenants in real estate with host Rich Ford. Though unenforceable since 1948, these clauses are a lingerin
Killing in Self Defense: The Legal Complexities of Abuse-Related Crimes and the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Criminal Convictions
In this episode, Stanford Law’s Debbie Mukamal and Stanford Law student Jacqueline Lewittes discuss the Stanford Criminal Justice Center’s findings from their report “Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline and Other Stories Touched by Violence.”
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How are victims of intimate partner violence meant to protect themselves—and, often, their children—without winding up dead, in
Challenging Originalism: Putting the Electoral College, Presidential Immunity, and Recent SCOTUS Decisions into Historical Context
In this episode, Stanford historian Jonathan Gienapp, a leading expert on the founding of the United States, takes a critical look at the Electoral College, presidential immunity, and Constitutional Originalists.
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Is the president above the law? Is the Electoral College democratic? In this episode, historian Jonathan Gienapp critiques the mainstream use of originalism, arguing that it often neg
Election Stress Test: Can America's Electoral System Weather 2024?
In this episode, election law expert Nate Persily shares why new election laws, novice election administrators, and voter confusion could make for a turbulent 2024 election with hosts Pam Karlan and Rich Ford.
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As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Nate Persily forecasts complications along with it.
Persily, a Stanford law professor and a leading expert in election law and administratio
High Court, High Stakes: The Massive Weight of Recent Supreme Court Rulings
In this episode, Professors Jeffrey Fisher and Easha Anand discuss recent Supreme Court rulings and the potential long-term impacts on American democracy and the rule of law.
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The Supreme Court's latest term was marked by decisions of enormous consequence. However, the way the Court has communicated about these rulings far undersells the gravity they carry.
While “expressing itself in extremely
How Lawyers Can Undermine Russian Sanctions and Ukraine War Effort
In this episode, lecturer Erik Jensen and Stanford Law and Policy Lab students Sarah Manny and Kyrylo Korol expose how attorney-client privilege can undermine the rule of law.
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The bedrock of the legal profession is a commitment to upholding the rule of law. Unfortunately, as Stanford Law researchers discover in the complex world of international sanctions, lawyers can often facilitate non-comp
The Future of Environmental Regulation Following SCOTUS’ Overruling of the Chevron Doctrine
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professor Debbie Sivas on recent Supreme Court decisions affecting environmental and administrative law.
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Do courts have the expertise to decide on important environmental law issues? Pam Karlan and Rich Ford speak with environmental law expert Debbie Sivas, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford, about recent Supreme Court decisions affecti
David Sklansky on Judge Cannon's Controversial Case Dismissal and Trump's Legal Battles
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professor David Sklansky on Judge Cannon's decision and former president Donald Trump's legal battles.
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Will the three remaining cases against former president Donald Trump ever get to trial? After Judge Cannon's controversial dismissal of charges in the classified documents case—and the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision—the question is not s
Jennifer Chacón Discusses the Failures of U.S. Immigration Policy and How the Law is Developing
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professor Jennifer Chacón on how immigration policy intersects with law.
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Control of the border and illegal immigration are again in the headlines and the centerpiece of a divisive presidential campaign. Here to help make sense of recent legal successes and failures is immigration law expert Jennifer Chacón, the Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law at St
Former Federal Judge Michael McConnell Discusses Presidential Immunity and Trump Cases with Pam Karlan
Join Pam for a discussion with Professor Michael McConnell on presidential immunity, the Constitution, and former president Trump's cases.
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Should presidents be immune from prosecution? If yes, under what circumstances? Stanford Professor Michael McConnell, a former federal judge, joins Pam Karlan for a discussion on presidential immunity, the Constitution, and former president Trump's cases. I
Justice for All? Why We Have an Access to Justice Gap in America—And What to Do About It
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professors Nora Freeman Engstrom and David Freeman Engstrom on access to justice for all.
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Is legal representation in the U.S. only for the rich and corporations? That's a question that we'll explore in this episode of Stanford Legal with guests David and Nora Freeman Engstrom, two leading authorities on access to justice and the legal profession. They'll
The Legacy of Brown v. BOE: Success or Failure?
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professor Rick Banks about the successes and failures of Brown v. Board of Education.
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In this episode, Rich and Pam discuss the successes and failures of Brown v. Board of Education with their colleague, Rick Banks. Marking the 70th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, they look at its impact on Jim Crow segregation and the ongoing challen
Stanford's David Sklansky on Trump's Many Trials
Join Pam and Rich for a discussion with Professor David Sklansky the many trials of former president Trump.
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Criminal law expert and former federal prosecutor David Sklansky joins Pam and Rich to discuss the New York trial and other cases against former president Trump. From state prosecutions to federal cases, they analyze the defense and prosecution strategies and implications of each trial,
AI in Government and Governing AI: A Discussion with Stanford’s RegLab
Joining Pam and Rich for this discussion are Professor Daniel Ho and RegLab Fellow Christie Lawrence, JD ’24 (MPP, Harvard Kennedy School of Government).Dan is the founding director of Stanford’s RegLab (Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab), which builds high-impact partnerships for data science and responsible AI in the public sector. The RegLab has an extensive track record partnering wit
Representing Clients at the Supreme Court
Stanford Law Professor Easha Anand, along with Gareth Fowler, JD '24, share impactful stories from their work with the Stanford Supreme Court Clinic.
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Professor Easha Anand, co-director of the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, joins Professors Pam Karlan and Richard Thompson Ford, along with Gareth Fowler, JD '24, for a discussion about three cases that she argued before the
"Beware Euphoria: Unraveling America's Drug War"
Dive into the complex history of America's drug war with George Fisher, former Massachusetts Attorney General and acclaimed scholar of criminal law.
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In his latest book, "Beware Euphoria," Fisher explores the moral and racial dimensions of drug prohibition, challenging conventional narratives. Join the conversation on Stanford Legal as Fisher discusses the impact of racial justice movements on
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