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Stanford Legal — 196 episodes

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Declaration at 250 Trailer

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Inside the Trump Administration's Immigration Agenda

3

The Law Must Be King

4

When Government Lawyers Draw the Line

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Voting Rights at a Turning Point

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Who Gets to Vote?

7

Native Nations, Federal Indian Law, and the Birthright Citizenship Case

8

The Politics and Promise of a Billionaire Tax

9

Trump's Immigration Raids and State Pushback

10

Stanford’s Alan Sykes on the Future of Trump’s Tariffs After the IEEPA Case

11

A Seismic Shift in Climate Law

12

Inside the ACLU’s Docket: Anthony Romero on the Front Lines of Civil Rights

13

The Importance of Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Today's Polarized World

14

How Democracies Collapse from Within

15

Flexing U.S. Power in Venezuela

16

Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons

17

Best of Stanford Legal: Suing DOGE

18

Nationwide Injunctions After CASA

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Crime, Justice, and Trump’s DOJ

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Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy

21

National Guard or Political Weapon?

22

Political Enemies and the Weaponization of the DOJ

23

President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court

24

Guns, Money, and Mass Shootings

25

U.S. Risking its Scientific Research Edge?

26

Redrawing Democracy

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Trump’s Executive Orders, Culture Wars, and Civil Rights

28

Can the Rule of Law Hold?

29

Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses

30

The Free Speech Chill

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to LA Courts

32

Trump Takes on the Federal Bureaucracy, Putting Administrative Law in the Spotlight

33

AI, Liability, and Hallucinations in a Changing Tech and Law Environment

34

The Trump Administration and the Rule of Law Under Pressure

35

Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump's Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes

36

Trump’s Forced Deportations to El Salvador Prisons, Detentions, and Fear on College Campuses

37

Accountability in Government: Glenn Fine on the Crucial Role of Inspectors General, the Government's Watchdogs

38

Gaza Conflict: Governance, Rebuilding, and Legal Challenges

39

Suing DOGE: Musk, Trump, and an Imperial Presidency

40

Trump's Pardons: Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law

41

Criminal Justice in Divided America: Can Democracy Survive a Broken Justice System?

42

Special Counsel Smith's Report on Trump's Interference in the 2020 Election

43

California Burning: LA Fires, Climate Change, and Insurance Nightmares with Environmental Lawyer Debbie Sivas

44

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Policy Shifts under Trump: A Tutorial on the Global Economy and Trade

45

The Presidential Pardon Power, from Biden and Trump to Ancient Kings

46

Exploring AI in Healthcare: Legal, Regulatory, and Safety Challenges

47

Crime, the Opioid Crisis, and Gun Violence: New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on How Action at the State Level Is Making a Difference

48

Racism in Property Deeds: Stanford Team Develops AI Tool to Identify and Map Racial Covenants

49

Killing in Self Defense: The Legal Complexities of Abuse-Related Crimes and the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Criminal Convictions

50

Challenging Originalism: Putting the Electoral College, Presidential Immunity, and Recent SCOTUS Decisions into Historical Context

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Election Stress Test: Can America's Electoral System Weather 2024?

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High Court, High Stakes: The Massive Weight of Recent Supreme Court Rulings

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How Lawyers Can Undermine Russian Sanctions and Ukraine War Effort

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The Future of Environmental Regulation Following SCOTUS’ Overruling of the Chevron Doctrine

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David Sklansky on Judge Cannon's Controversial Case Dismissal and Trump's Legal Battles

56

Jennifer Chacón Discusses the Failures of U.S. Immigration Policy and How the Law is Developing

57

Former Federal Judge Michael McConnell Discusses Presidential Immunity and Trump Cases with Pam Karlan

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Justice for All? Why We Have an Access to Justice Gap in America—And What to Do About It

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The Legacy of Brown v. BOE: Success or Failure?

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Stanford's David Sklansky on Trump's Many Trials

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AI in Government and Governing AI: A Discussion with Stanford’s RegLab

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Representing Clients at the Supreme Court

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"Beware Euphoria: Unraveling America's Drug War"

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Bill Gould on Dartmouth Basketball and the Changing Game of Unions and College Athletics

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Are Frozen Embryos Children? A Discussion of the Alabama Decision on Embryo Rights and the Future of IVF Pregnancies in the US

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Tackling Mass Incarceration in the US

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The Constitution, Trump, and the Struggles of US Courts to Interpret History with Jack Rakove

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Droughts, Failing Infrastructure, and Water

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Does Inequity in U.S. Patent Inventorship Matter? A Discussion on Inequality in the Patent System and how it Impacts Innovation

70

Texas Abortion Restrictions, Medicated Abortions, and Reproduction Rights in a Post-Roe US

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Mass Shootings and Guns: Examining the Court’s Interpretation of the Right to Bear Arms and the Consequences of Gun Laws in the US

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From Sumptuary Laws to Senate Suits: Dress Codes in History and Today

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Stanford Legal Podcast Trailer: Law Matters, we're here to help make sense of it

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Expert Insights on Trump Indictments from David Sklansky

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This Thursday: Stanford Legal Returns with Expert Insights on Trump Indictments from David Sklansky

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Stanford Legal is Back: Law Matters, we're here to help make sense of it

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Mishandling of Top-Secret Government Documents and the Mounting Legal Challenges Facing Donald J. Trump with David Sklansky

78

The New Supreme Court and Its Blockbuster Term with Pamela Karlan

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The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America with Michelle Wilde Anderson

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What have we learned so far from the January 6 hearings, with Robert Weisberg

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Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election with Michael McConnell

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Money, Guns, and Lawyers: The Uniquely American Epidemic of Mass Shootings

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Overturning Roe and the Future of Abortion in the U.S. with Bernadette Meyler

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Law Firms and Russian Profits with Robert Daines

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Stanford Environmental Law Clinic’s Critical Environmental Cases with Debbie Sivas, Chris Meyer, and Sidni Frederick

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Environmental, Social, and Governance Funds with Paul Brest and Colleen Honigsberg

87

The Legacy of Justice Stephen Breyer

88

Covid-19, mask and vaccine mandates, and Continued Challenges Facing America’s Teachers

89

The Closing of the American Mind? A Discussion about Critical Race Theory, Book Banning, and More

90

SF Board Supervisor Matt Haney on the Challenges of Crime and Homelessness in Big Cities

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Pandemic Vaccine Mandates at the Supreme Court

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Evictions and How Covid Changed the Discussion about Government Support for Society's Most Vulnerable

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Fake it Until You Make It? The Fall of Theranos and the Trial of Elizabeth Holmes

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The Future of Afghanistan and the Rule of Law

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California Burning: Fire, Drought, and Climate Change

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Conservatorships, Britney Spears, and the Law

97

Taxes, Wealth, and Poverty with Joe Bankman

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Democracy in Crisis?: The Aftermath of Election 2020, Trump, Facebook’s Oversight Board, and the Rollback of Election Laws

99

Exploring Alternatives to Policing

100

Three Strikes and You’re Out: Revisiting Laws that Lock Up Nonviolent Offenders w/ Michael Romano

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Classifying Crimes as Violent and What it Means for Justice

102

What How We Dress Matters and Why

103

Vaccines, Testing, and President Biden's Plan to Tackle COVID-19

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Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with Nate Persily

105

National Security Law and Homegrown Terrorism in the Wake of the Siege of the U.S. Capitol Building with Shirin Sinnar

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Election 2020: Issues During and After Votes are Cast and Counted with Pam Karlan

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President Trump's Taxes with Joe Bankman

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What is the Electoral College and is it Fair? with guest Jack Rakove

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The Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Voting During the Pandemic: Is Mail-in Voting the Answer? with guests Nate Persily and Chelsey Davidson

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Laws of War: The Nuclear Threat 75 Years After Hiroshima with Allen Weiner

112

Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court: Education Aid, Medical Coverage, and Employment Discrimination Protections

113

SCOTUS Native American Jurisdiction Decision and the Blurred Lines of Authority

114

At the Breaking Point: Criminal Justice During Covid-19 with Robert Weisberg

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Guns, Suicide, and Covid-19 with David Studdert

116

Arguing at the Supreme Court: Pam Karlan Discusses the LGBTQ+ Employment Win

117

Race and Policing with guest Professor David Sklansky

118

The Challenges of Cases Against the Police with Attorney David Owens

119

Local Government during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Conversation with San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney

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Can Bankruptcy Help Companies Weather the COVID Crisis?

121

A Path Back to Normal? Previewing the New Google-Apple COVID-19 Contact TracingTools

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Regulating in a Pandemic: COVID-19 Legal Issues with guest Michelle Mello

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Covid-19 Mental Health and Supreme Court Issues

124

Democracy During a Pandemic: Securing the 2020 Presidential Election with guest Nate Persily

125

Racial Justice: Key NAACP Legal Defense Fund Cases with guest Sherrilyn Ifill

126

Key Civil Liberties Issues with guest David Cole

127

Virtual Briefing at the Supreme Court with guest Jeffrey Fisher

128

How We Elect the President with guest Michael McConnell

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Mandating Diversity on Company Boards

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The Trump Impeachment with guest David Sklansky

131

New Study On Gun Carry Laws and Violent Crime with guest John Donohue

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The Women Upstarts of Silicon Valley with Julian Guthrie and M.J. Elmore

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Cabinet Vacancies, Actings, and Law with guest Anne Joseph O'Connell

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The Power of the Presidential Pardon with guest Bernadette Meyler

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San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley with guest Cary McClelland

136

Wealth, Inequality, and Taxes with Jacob Goldin

137

Law and Access to Education with Bill Koski

138

An Immigration Update with Lucas Guttentag & Julia Neusner

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The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation and It's Implications for Audit Quality with Colleen Honigsberg

140

The Fight For Women's Reproductive Rights with Jane Schacter

141

Supreme Court: A Crucial Year for Democracy with Pam Karlan and Brian Fletcher

142

Regulating Rights for the Intellectual & Developmentally Disabled with Alison Morantz and Peter Vogel

143

Creating a Social Media Oversight Board for Content Decisions with guests Nate Persily and Madeline Magnuson

144

Regulating Online Hate Speech with Daphne Keller

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Securing American Elections with Nate Persily

146

Can Technology Help Address the Mental Health Crisis? with Joe Ruzek & Zach Harned

147

Fuel Economy Standards and the Law with Professor Deborah Sivas and SLS student Ben DeGolia

148

Artificial Intelligence and the Administrative State with David Engstrom and Cristina Ceballos

149

The Mueller Report and Indictments. What Have we Learned? with David Sklansky

150

How Safe is Your Online Information? with Jennifer King

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Race, Class, and College Admissions with Rick Banks

152

Chinese State-Owned Enterprises with Curtis Milhaupt

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Gene-edited Babies and DNA Testing with Hank Greely

154

A Conversation with ACLU Staff Attorney Katrina Eiland, JD '10

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Gerrymandering and the 2020 Census with Nate Persily

156

Climate Change Dilemma with Professor Thomas Heller

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Natural Disasters and Climate Change with Buzz Thompson

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Religious Liberty in the Workplace with Jim Sonne and Liz Klein

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Barriers to Voting with Rabia Belt

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The Supreme Court After Kennedy with Dahlia Lithwick, Part 2

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The Supreme Court After Kennedy with Dahlia Lithwick, Part 1

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Conformity and Self-Censorship on College Campuses with Greg Lukianoff

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Bad Blood and Silicon Valley Startup Culture with guest John Carreyrou

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Mental Health Challenges for Lawyers & Law Students w/ guest Kathryne Young

165

Fighting Opioids/Addiction in the Courts w/ guests Nora Freeman Engstrom & Michelle Mello

166

Regulating Cryptocurrencies w/ guests Brad Garlinghouse & Joe Grundfest

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Legal Advice for Temperamental CEOs w/ guests Joe Grundfest & Michael Callahan

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Dress Codes, Style, and the Law with guest Richard Thompson Ford

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Eroding Union Rights with guest William B. Gould IV

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The Legacy of Justice Anthony Kennedy with guest Jeff Fisher

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Cities for Workers with guest Michelle Wilde Anderson

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Purging Voter Rolls with guest Nathaniel Persily

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Working on Peace with North Korea w/ guests Allen Weiner & Scott Sagan

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Controversial Wedding Cakes with guest Pam Karlan

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Making sense of tribal sovereignty w/ guests Gregory Ablavsky & Jared Crum

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The legality of Truth Detection w/ guests Hank Greely & Bob Weisberg

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The First Amendment on Campus with guest Michael McConnell

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Coming to America with guests Matt Ball & Qismat Amin

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Artificial Intelligence & the Law w/ guests Mark Lemley & Michelle Lee

180

States Rights w/ guests Ed Dumont, Debbie Sivas, & David Freeman Engstrom

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Trade Wars with guest Alan Sykes

182

Building the Legal Foundation f/ Democracy w/ guests Erik Jensen & Sean Rosenberg

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Figuring out what voters want with guest John Krosnick

184

Pushing Back Against Sexual Harassment w/ guests Emily Murphy & Deborah Rhode

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Talking about guns with guest John Donohue III

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Privacy and Body Cameras with guest Robert Weisberg

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Fake news w/ guests Nathaniel Persily & Deepa Seetharaman

188

Enforcing Immigration Laws w/ guests Jayashri Srikantiah & Kavita Narayan

189

Helping Our Veterans w/ guests Stephen Manley & Joe Reed

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Untangling the New Tax Bill with guest Joe Bankman

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Power of the Prosecutor with guest David Sklansky

192

The Sharing Economy with guests Nora Freeman Engstrom and Steve Siger

193

Trump's Travel Ban w/ guests Jayashri Srikantiah & Shirin Sinnar

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Arguing Before the Supreme Court with guest Jeffrey Fisher

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Web Extra: Net neutrality with guest Barbara van Schewick

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Commercializing marijuana w/ guests Robert MacCoun & Hadley Ford