Stanford Legal
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Law touches most aspects of life. Here to help make sense of it is the Stanford Legal podcast, where we look at the cases, questions, conflicts, and legal stories that
affect us all every day.
Pam Karlan studies and teaches a range of constitutional law-related courses with a special focus on what is known as the “law of democracy,”—the law that regulates voting, elections, and the political process. She served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission, an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and (twice) as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also co-directs the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, which represents real clients before the highest court in the country, working on important cases including representing Edith Windsor in the landmark case striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and Donald Zarda in a case where the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT individuals against discrimination in employment. She has argued before the Court ten times.
And Rich Ford’s teaching and writing look at the relationship between law and equality, cities and urban development, popular culture and everyday life. He teaches local government law, employment discrimination, and the often-misunderstood critical race theory. He studied with and advised governments around the world on questions of equality law, lectured at places like the Sorbonne in Paris on the relationship of law and popular culture, served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Housing Commission, and worked with cities on how to manage neighborhood change and volatile real estate markets. He writes about law and popular culture for lawyers, academics, and popular audiences. His latest book is Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, a legal history of the rules and laws that influence what we wear.
Law matters. We hope you’ll listen to new episodes that will drop on Thursdays every two weeks.
To learn more, go to https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-legal-podcast/.
affect us all every day.
Pam Karlan studies and teaches a range of constitutional law-related courses with a special focus on what is known as the “law of democracy,”—the law that regulates voting, elections, and the political process. She served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission, an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and (twice) as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also co-directs the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, which represents real clients before the highest court in the country, working on important cases including representing Edith Windsor in the landmark case striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and Donald Zarda in a case where the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT individuals against discrimination in employment. She has argued before the Court ten times.
And Rich Ford’s teaching and writing look at the relationship between law and equality, cities and urban development, popular culture and everyday life. He teaches local government law, employment discrimination, and the often-misunderstood critical race theory. He studied with and advised governments around the world on questions of equality law, lectured at places like the Sorbonne in Paris on the relationship of law and popular culture, served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Housing Commission, and worked with cities on how to manage neighborhood change and volatile real estate markets. He writes about law and popular culture for lawyers, academics, and popular audiences. His latest book is Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, a legal history of the rules and laws that influence what we wear.
Law matters. We hope you’ll listen to new episodes that will drop on Thursdays every two weeks.
To learn more, go to https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-legal-podcast/.
Episodes
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Feb 18, 2020 • 28min
How We Elect the President with guest Michael McConnell
In the wake of the first wave of primary voting, former judge and Constitutional Law Professor Michael McConnell will discuss how we elect the President in a live taping of the Stanford Legal podcast. What are the caucus, primary, and convention systems? Why do we have an electoral college? Is there a good system for resolving disputed elections?
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Feb 3, 2020 • 28min
Mandating Diversity on Company Boards
Equality for women in the U.S. is still an uphill battle, the wage and leadership gap a challenge 100 years after passage of the19th Amendment. But can gender equality be regulated with law and quotas? California is trying in one narrow area—the boards of public companies—with a new law mandating gender diversity on those boards. Joe Grundfest, a former SEC commissioner and expert on corporate governance, and Gail Harris, who serves as lead director of investment banking advisory firm Evercore Inc., discuss the law, possible challenges to it, and why it matters in this episode of "Stanford Legal."
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Jan 20, 2020 • 28min
The Trump Impeachment with guest David Sklansky
In December, the U.S. House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against the president focusing on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only three U.S. presidents have been formally impeached by the House, including Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and now Donald Trump. So far, not one has been removed from office. In this episode, we are joined by former prosecutor and Stanford Law Professor David Sklansky to look at impeachment through the lens of the prosecutor. Did the House make a good case? What are the legal procedural questions? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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Nov 25, 2019 • 27min
New Study On Gun Carry Laws and Violent Crime with guest John Donohue
Pam and Joe welcome John Donohue, Stanford Law Professor, who talks about his new research looking at concealed carry gun laws and the Assault Weapons Ban.
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Nov 11, 2019 • 28min
The Women Upstarts of Silicon Valley with Julian Guthrie and M.J. Elmore
While women make up 50+ percent of the population, they are still a minority at most tech companies—and even more so at venture capital firms, where most have no women partners. Julian Guthrie, author of Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime, and Stanford GSB alumna M. J. Elmore, a partner at IVP venture capital and a subject of the book, join Stanford Legal co-hosts Pam Karlan and Joe Bankman to discuss VC culture and the challenges M. J. and other women had to overcome to achieve success.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 28min
Cabinet Vacancies, Actings, and Law with guest Anne Joseph O'Connell
Turnover and use of acting officials in the Trump administration is more prevalent than previous administrations, but churn in the White House is not unique to this president. Stanford Law Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell shares her recent research into vacancies in the executive branch and the law.Originally aired on SiriusXM on October 26, 2019. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Oct 14, 2019 • 28min
The Power of the Presidential Pardon with guest Bernadette Meyler
The U.S. president’s power of pardon dates back to the British monarchy and the “godly” rights of kings, but has the pardon stood the test of time? Listen in as Constitutional Law expert Bernadette Meyler and author of the recent book, “Theaters of Pardoning,” discusses modern-day pardons and the evolution of the law.
Originally aired on SiriusXM on October 12, 2019.
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Oct 1, 2019 • 28min
San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley with guest Cary McClelland
Stanford Law School alum Cary McClelland’s book “Silicon City” was mailed to 1,700 incoming Stanford freshmen over the summer as part of the Three Books program, which this year invited students to think about the ways cities shape experiences and social relationships. Listen as McClelland shares what he’s learned interviewing San Francisco residents whose lives have been transformed by Silicon Valley.
Originally aired on SiriusXM on September 28, 2019.
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Sep 16, 2019 • 28min
Wealth, Inequality, and Taxes with Jacob Goldin
Taxes help to pave our roads and even change our behavior. Can they also help to decrease extreme wealth inequality in the U.S.? Listen in as tax law experts Jacob Goldin and Joe Bankman discuss some of the latest taxation plans.
Originally aired on SiriusXM on September 14, 2019.
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Sep 2, 2019 • 28min
Law and Access to Education with Bill Koski
Access to quality education is important to everyone. But what does that mean if you live in the wrong zip code or have a disability? How do we define a quality education? How is the law developing in this area? Listen in as Stanford Law’s Bill Koski discusses this vital right in a live taping of the Stanford Legal podcast.
Originally aired on SiriusXM on August 31, 2019.
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