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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June 25, 2024 Episode 151: The Fraud of Originalism and a Progressive Alternative
As we approach the end of another Supreme Court term where originalism has dominated opinion after opinion in furtherance of an extremist conservative ideology, a question once again arises - how should progressives interpret the Constitution? Madiba Dennie joins Valerie Nannery to discuss her new book, The Originalism Trap, and how progressives can reclaim what the Constitution means.

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Host: Valerie Nannery, Senior Director of Policy and Program
Guest: Madiba Dennie, Author of "The Originalism Trap"
Link: The Originalism Trap by Madiba Dennie

Link: How Originalism Ate the Law, Slate

Link: Path to the Bench, ACS

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June 11, 2024 Episode 150: What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?
Antitrust has escaped the business section and become a major topic of conversation in households across America. If you plan to attend a summer concert, buy groceries, or even listen to this episode on your phone, antitrust could have a real impact on your day-to-day life. Recent high-profile cases and notable agency actions have garnered commentary from supporters and skeptics alike. Elizabeth Binczik speaks with Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute about the competing views on the FTC’s and DOJ’s recent actions and what this period means for antitrust.

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Host: Elizabeth Binczik, Director of Policy and Program for Economic Justice
Guest: Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director, Open Markets Institute
Link: Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter Delivers Remarks at New York City Bar Association’s Milton Handler Lecture, US Dept. of Justice

Link: Federal Trade Commission

Link: Dara Kerr & Alina Selyukh, DOJ, FTC double down on their antitrust strategy, NPR

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May 28, 2024 Episode 149: The Promise of Title IX
The Biden Administration recently released a new rule that provides critical updates to Title IX. Lindsay Langholz and ACS Law Fellow Claire Comey speak with Anya Marino and Shiwali Patel about this important federal civil rights law, the contours of this new regulation, and the work still to be done to protect students of all gender identities on campus.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz - Senior Director of Policy and Program
Co-Host: Claire Comey
Guest: Anya Marino - Director of LGBTQI Equality, National Women's Law Center

Guest: Shiwali Patel - Director of Safe and Inclusive Schools
Link: Education and Title IX, National Women's Law Center

Link: Hélène Barthélemy, How Men’s Rights Groups Helped Rewrite Regulations on Campus Rape, The Nation

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May 14, 2024 Episode 148: Uncovering the Truth About Discrimination in Jury Selection
Christopher Wright Durocher is joined by Professor Elisabeth Semel to talk about her recently released report, Guess Who’s Coming to Jury Duty? They discuss how too many courts don’t adequately track prospective jurors’ race and ethnicity and how the failure to take a race-conscious approach to jury selection and service results in the perpetuation of implicit, explicit, and institutional racial bias in our criminal legal system.

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Today's Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program
Featured Speaker: Elisabeth Semel, Chancellor’s Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, Berkeley Law
Link: Guess Who's Coming to Jury Duty? Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic

Link: Whitewashing the Jury Box, Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic

Link: Batson v. Kentucky
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April 30, 2024 Episode 147: "Rightfully Complicit"
This week on Broken Law, we revisit two moving speeches from ACS's 2023 National Convention. Oren Nimni and Sherrilyn Ifill explore the complicity of lawyers in maintaining our unjust legal system and the special responsibility we bear in creating a more just future.

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS
Featured Speaker: Oren Nimni, Litigation Director, Rights Behind Bars
Featured Speaker: Sherrilyn Ifill, Former President and Director Counsel, NAACP LDF; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights, Howard University

Link: Register for ACS's 2024 National Convention
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April 16, 2024 Episode 146: Abortion, Courts, Elections, and You
Florida and Arizona state courts recently green lit restrictive abortion bans and the Supreme Court hears two cases that will have significant implications for how doctors and pregnant people navigate the post-Dobbs chaos. Elizabeth Binczik and Lindsay Langholz discuss the latest abortion news and how these developments are interacting with this year's elections.

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Today's Host: Elizabeth Binczik
Guest: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS
Link: Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far by Mead Gruver
Link: Mississippi Keeps the Door Firmly Shut on Ballot Initiatives by Daniel Nichanian

Link: The Shadow Medical Community Behind the Attempt to Ban Medication Abortion by Jordan Smith

Link: After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State
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April 02, 2024 Episode 145: Insurrection on the Docket
The Supreme Court has taken up three cases that arise out of litigants seeking accountability for the violent events of January 6th. This month, the Court will hear arguments on former president Trump's presidential immunity claim and take a look at whether the law used to prosecute many January 6th participants was validly applied in one such prosecution. Lindsay Langholz speaks with Donald Sherman of CREW about what the Court's decision in Trump v. Anderson, the ballot disqualification case, means for this ongoing pursuit of accountability.

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Sr Director of Policy and Program
Guest: Donald Sherman, Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel, CREW
Link: American Historians' Brief
Link: Childrens' Rights Legal Scholars and Advocates Brief

Link: Colorado lawsuit enforcing Donald Trump's unconstitutional disqualification, CREW
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March 19, 2024 Episode 144: Protecting Performers in a New Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to affect how work is performed across industries and, in particular, within media and entertainment. Elizabeth Binczik speaks with Sarah Fowler of SAG-AFTRA to get her thoughts on how AI could impact performers’ work, the current state of the law, and how we might protect performers and people in general from AI’s risks without sacrificing AI’s benefits.

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Today's Host: Elizabeth Binczik, Director of Policy and Program for Economic Justice for ACS
Guest: Sarah Luppen Fowler, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA (affiliation included for identification purposes only)
Link: Human Artistry Campaign
Link: CES Tech Talk: SAG-AFTRA Strike's Impact on AI and Hollywood's Future

Link: "Senators draft policy aimed at deep fakes of Drake, Tom Hanks and noncelebrities" by Brian Contreras
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March 05, 2024 Episode 143: Misogyny and the Law
International Women's Day will be celebrated on March 8th. It is a day to celebrate while also taking stock of women's rights here in the United States and abroad. This year, we see a number of countries making significant strides toward reproductive freedom for women while the United States slides backwards. Lindsay Langholz speaks with Julie Suk, author of "After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It," about how misogyny informs our legal system and our social structures.

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Sr Director of Policy and Program
Guest: Julie Suk, Hon. Deborah A. Batts Distinguished Research Scholar and Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Link: After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It by Julie Suk
Link: "French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first" by Karla Adam

Link: "Ireland kickstarts vote on constitution's wording about women and family" by Rory Carroll
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February 20, 2024 Episode 142: Radical Reparations
Under the banner of "40 acres and a mule," the movement for reparations for slavery and Jim Crow has gained momentum in recent years, with diverse efforts underway from big states like California and New York to smaller communities like Evanston, Illinois and Asheville, North Carolina. Marcus Hunter, author of the recently published "Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation" explains to Taonga Leslie why economic compensation alone will not be sufficient to heal the scar of anti-Black racism and explains the six other forms of compensation that will be necessary to bring about true justice.

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Today's Host: Taonga Leslie
Guest: Marcus Hunter, Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences, UCLA
Link: Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation by Marcus Hunter
Link: The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Link: 40 Acres and a Mule
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