LawTalk Ep. 48 - State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025

This episode, State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025 features professor and director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Myron Orfield, as he discusses how states like Minnesota can protect lost civil rights under their state constitutions and statutes. This event was recorded on February 27, 2025 as part of the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Appointment Lecture. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/T_PJjvgo8wY?si=mEMxRGEqZmTIuGxN) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep48Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu