Broken Law

By American Constitution Society

Ever feel like the law is stacked against you? It probably is. Broken Law speaks truth to power in discussing how our laws and legal system serve the few at the expense of the many. This is where l

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November 02, 2021 Episode 22: Disability Law Is Broken
Disability law and policy is too often pushed to the edges of the legal field, left to folks from the disability community to both advocate for and navigate. But we know that these issues impact every aspect of our legal system and our collective daily lives. According to the Center for Disease Control, one in four adults has a disability in this country. How do we reform disability law so it actually achieves disability justice? Lindsay Langholz talks with Marissa Ditkowsky about the patchwork of laws that are too often treated as a ceiling instead of the floor when it comes to accessibility, and how we all can help fix disability law.

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Marissa Ditkowsky, Diversity Chair, ACS District of Columbia Lawyer Chapter, and Tzedek DC’s 2019-2021 Gallogly Family Foundation Fellow

Link: "October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. How Can You Help Make the Legal Profession Less Exclusionary?" by Marissa Ditkowsky

Link: "Disability Justice is Gender Justice: Acknowledging Disabled Women This Women’s History Month" by Marissa Ditkowsky

Link: "Debunking Disability Enforcement Myths" by Jasmine Harris and Karen Tani

Link: The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
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October 26, 2021 Episode 21: The Case for Supreme Court Reform
The U.S. Supreme Court is facing a legitimacy crisis. Put simply, we no longer have a Supreme Court that can be trusted to uphold constitutional rights, judicial norms, and democratic guardrails in this country. ACS President, Russ Feingold, and Executive Vice President, Zinelle October, join Jeanne Hruska to discuss how the Supreme Court reached this point and the structural and non-structural reforms that are urgently needed to restore the Court’s credibility and to protect our country's democratic legitimacy.

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Today's Host: Jeanne Hruska, Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy

Guest: Russ Feingold, President of ACS

Guest: Zinelle October, Executive Vice President of ACS

Link: "Americans no longer have faith in the US supreme court. That has justices worried" by Russ Feingold

Link: "What's Next for Supreme Court Reform," ACS virtual program

Link: "How to Save the Supreme Court" by Daniel Epps and Ganesh Sitaraman

Link: "Closing Reflections on the Supreme Court and Constitutional Governance" by Jamal Greene

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October 19, 2021 Episode 20: Confronting Harassment within the Federal Judiciary
Over 30,000 people work for the federal judiciary, a system that the public relies on for redressing sexual and workplace harassment. And yet, those 30,000 employees go to work each and every day without the protection of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Now, some employees are taking the federal judiciary to court for sexual harassment in the workplace. Ashley Erickson talks with Ally Coll and Deeva Shah about this litigation and the reforms needed to protect the employees who keep our courts running.

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Today's Host: Ashley Erickson, ACS Director of Network Advancement

Guest: Ally Coll, President and Co-Founder of The Purple Campaign

Guest: Deeva Shah, Associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters

Link: Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Momentum, National Women's Law Center, The Purple Campaign, and 32 Additional Organizations in Support of Plaintiff -Appellant

Link: Brief of Amici Curiae for Named and Unnamed Current and Former Employees of the Federal Judiciary Who Were subject to or Witnessed Misconduct as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Jane Roe

Link: Brief of Amici Curiae Aziz Huq and Erwin Chemerinsky in Support of Appellant, regarding the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

Link: "On Sexual Harassment in the Judiciary" by Leah Litman and Deeva Shah

Link: "Enough is Not Enough: Reflection on Sexual Harassment in the Federal Judiciary" by Olivia Warren

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October 12, 2021 Episode 19: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Right now, the diversity of the American public is scarcely reflected in positions of leadership, whether on the bench or even in the film industry. While diversity is often discussed in the form of percentages and statistics, numbers do not explain what is lost when diversity is missing. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Zoraima Peleaz is joined by Judge Maria Lucy Armendariz and Emmy-Nominated filmmaker Carlos Sandoval to discuss how they honor their Hispanic heritage and why we need diversity in leadership. They share the personal stories that have shaped their lives and the challenges of being a leading voice in majority white and Anglo occupations.

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Today's Host: Zoraima Pelaez, Member of the ACS Board of Directors, Student at the University of Texas School of Law

Guest: Hon. Maria Lucy Armendariz, Los Angeles Superior Court in California

Guest: Carlos Sandoval, Filmmaker

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October 05, 2021 Episode 18: Black, Innocent, and Convicted
At 17 years old, Jarrett Adams was wrongly convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison. It took him ten years to prove his innocence. As shocking as Jarrett's story is, he will be the first to tell you that it is not as unique as you think. Join Meghan Paulas for her conversation with Jarrett, author of Redeeming Justice, about his journey through the broken criminal legal system and why it's all too common to be Black, innocent, and convicted.

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Today's Host: Meghan Paulas, Vice President of Network Advancement at ACS

Guest: Jarrett Adams, Attorney at The Law Offices of Jarrett Adams

Link: Jarrett's Book "Redeeming Justice"

Link: Life After Justice

Link: National Registry of Exonerations

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September 28, 2021 Episode 17: Legal Legacy of 9/11, Part III
The twenty years since 9/11 have seen the growth of the "Surveillance State," with the proliferation of government surveillance following the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act. On this episode, Debra Perlin is joined by Hasan Ali from Microsoft and Greg Nojeim from the Center for Democracy and Technology to discuss how increased surveillance has changed the way Americans think about privacy. They will also take a step back and ask not if we need more surveillance to deal with rising threats of domestic terrorism and public health crises, but if perhaps we already have too much.

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Today's Host: Debra Perlin, Director of Policy and Program at ACS

Guest: Hasan Ali, Assistant General Counsel for Cloud and AI Projects at Microsoft

Guest: Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel and Co-Director of the Security and Surveillance Project

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September 21, 2021 Episode 16: Legal Legacy of 9/11, Part II
In the wake of 9/11, Congress passed the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF). Only one member of Congress voted against it, Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Join Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act, for his interview with Congresswoman Lee about what happened behind the scenes in the lead up to the AUMF and what it is like to be a dissenter in Congress. Together, they discuss the legacy of the AUMF and what Congress should do moving forward to implement the lessons learned from giving the executive branch a "blank check" authorization for military force.

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Today's Host: Russ Feingold, President of ACS

Guest: Congresswoman Barbara Lee of the U.S. House of Representatives

Link: Russ's article, "It's Time to Tear Up the Executive Branch's Blank Check"

Link: Congresswoman Lee's article, "Ending the Post 9/11 Forever Wars"

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September 14, 2021 Episode 15: The Legal Legacy of 9/11, Part I
On Part I of our Legal Legacy of 9/11 series, we focus specifically on domestic extremism and how we can avoid repeating the same post-9/11 mistakes when it comes to confronting this domestic threat. In the weeks and months following 9/11, the U.S. government adopted an aggressive preventative approach to international counterterrorism. This approach was seen through expansive new legislation, sweeping executive branch actions, and even with how the government was reorganized with counterterrorism as the defining priority. The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is an opportunity to examine what lessons we can learn from this post 9/11 approach in an effort to ensure we do not repeat the same mistakes going forward. Join Debra Perlin for her interview with Shirin Sinnar, from Stanford Law School, and Michael German, from the Brennan Center, for this look back at the legal legacy of 9/11.

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Today's Host: Debra Perlin, ACS Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Shirin Sinnar of Stanford Law School

Guest: Michael German of Brennan Center

Link: Shirin's Issue Brief "Rethinking Our Counterterrorism Framework: How to address domestic terrorism twenty years after 9/11"

Link: Michael's article "How to Combat White Supremacist Violence? Avoid Flawed Post 9/11 Tactics"

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September 07, 2021 Episode 14: Can We Save Reproductive Rights?
Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973, reproductive rights have never been more in peril than they are today, due to the make up of our highest court. How did we get here and what can be done to preserve abortion access in this new reality? Join Lindsay Langholz for her conversation with Julie Kay and Kathryn Kolbert, authors of the new book Controlling Women, as they discuss the evolution of abortion rights and break down the real forces at work in restricting access across the country. They answer the question, what can advocates and lawyers do to save reproductive rights?

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Kathryn "Kitty" Kolbert

Guest: Julie F. Kay

Link: Controlling Women

Link: Julie and Kitty's article, "It’s time to brace ourselves for a world without Roe v Wade. Here’s what we must do"

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August 31, 2021 Episode 13: How New Hampshire Abolished the Death Penalty
In 2019, New Hampshire became the 21st state to repeal the death penalty. With growing momentum across the country to abolish the death penalty, are there lessons to be learned from the states that have recently done so? Join Jeanne Hruska for her interview with Renny Cushing, a NH Representative who led the effort to repeal the death penalty in his state, about how this genuinely purple state succeeded in repealing the death penalty after many fits and starts.

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Today's Host: Jeanne Hruska, ACS, Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy

Today's Guest: Renny Cushing, NH House of Representatives

Link: The Death Penalty in America, by ACS

Link: NH's Death Penalty Repeal Legislation

Link: Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights

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