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  • If you are doing some last minute holiday shopping or resolving to read more books in 2025, we have got you covered. Lindsay Langholz and Christopher Wright Durocher share what books are on their wishlist this holiday season, and Valerie Nannery speaks with Joshua Perry about his novel, Seraphim.

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    Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

    Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program, ACS

    Host: Valerie Nannery, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS

    Guest: Joshua Perry, Author and Former Connecticut Solicitor General

    Link: After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It, by Julie Suk

    Link: Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, by Kate Manne

    Link: Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue, edited by Julian E. Zelizer and Karen J. Greenberg

    Link: Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development, by Anthony Michael Kreis

    Link: The Court v. The Voters, by Joshua Douglas

    Link: Seraphim, by Joshua Perry

    Link: Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, by Hon. David Tatel

    Link: Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration, by Rachel Barkow

    Link: Who Am I to Judge?: Judicial Craft versus Constitutional Theory, by Mark Tushnet

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  • Bethany Davis Noll, Executive Director of The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, joins Valerie Nannery to talk about how a second Trump Administration will move to roll back federal regulations, how he harnessed previously low-profile tools to roll back regulations during his first term in office, and how this changed the way the Biden Administration approached regulatory changes.

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    Host: Valerie Nannery

    Guest: Bethany Davis Noll, Executive Director, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, NYU School of Law

    Link: Regulation in Transition, by Bethany Davis Noll and Richard L. Revesz

    Link: Presidential Transitions: The New Rules, by Bethany Davis Noll and Richard L. Revesz

    Link: Tired of Winning: Judicial Review of Regulatory Policy in the Trump Era, by Bethany Davis Noll

    Link: Special Solicitude" or "Special Hostility?": Where State Standing in Environmental Litigation Stands 17 Years After Massachusetts V. EPA, by Michael J. Myers and Turner Smith

    Link: ACS’s Notice & Comment Project

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  • How might a Trump administration effectively ban abortion without actually signing a national abortion ban into law? Abortion advocates are sounding the alarm over a 1873 law known as the Comstock Act. Lindsay Langholz joins Christopher Wright Durocher to take a critical look at this zombie law - why it was passed, how it has historically been used, and how an incoming Trump administration might take advantage of this dusty section of the United States Code.

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    Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program

    Guest: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS

    Link: Trump Allies Plan New Sweeping Abortion Restrictions, by Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias

    Link: Ten Actions Dems Can Take to Protect Abortion Before Trump Takes Office, by Jessica Valenti

    Link: Comstockery: How Government Censorship Gave Birth to the Law of Sexual and Reproductive Freedom, and May Again Threaten It, by Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler

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  • The 2024 presidential election is behind us. Now, the second Trump administration looks poised to pick up where the first left off in its effort to reshape the federal judiciary in the conservative legal movement’s image. ACS President and former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold joins Christopher Wright Durocher to discuss prospects for the current Senate to confirm President Biden’s remaining judicial nominees to mitigate the damage of more Trump-appointed judges and to discuss what progressives can do about the courts right now and over the next four years.

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    Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program

    Guest: Russ Feingold, ACS President

    Link: Judicial Nominations, ACS

    Link: On the Bench: Tracking President Biden's Judicial Nominations, ACS

    Link: ACS Pledges to Continue Fight for Rule of Law and Progressive Community

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  • In the days after Election Day 2020, mis- and disinformation over how votes are counted, verified, and results certified fueled political violence and the birth of the Big Lie. Ahead of Election Day 2024, Jonathan Diaz joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss what election law experts are actually focused on once the polls close and what is just noise.

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    Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

    Guest: Jonathan Diaz, Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships, Campaign Legal Center

    Link: Find Your Polling Place, Vote.org

    Link: Everything You Need to Vote, Vote.org

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  • From the January 6th attack on the Capitol to recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, political violence and intimidation pose a growing threat to our democracy. Taonga Leslie brings an excerpt from a recent ACS program co-hosted by Giffords Law Center and March for Our Lives featuring a discussion among advocates and legal scholars on the causes of rising political violence, the stakes of the 2024 election, and how progressives can support positive change.

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    Host: Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice

    Guest: Joseph Blocher, Lanty L. Smith ’67 Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

    Guest: Makennan McBryde, Legal Project Manager, Giffords Law Center

    Guest: Mary McCord, Executive Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center

    Guest: Yvin Shin, Legal Associate, March for Our Lives

    Link: "Guided By History: Protecting the Public Sphere From Weapons Threats Under Bruen," by Joseph Blocher and Reva Siegel

    Link: Become a Poll Worker

    Link: Election Protection Sign-Up

    Link: Election Official Legal Defense Network Sign-Up

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  • In this supersized episode, Christopher Wright Durocher joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss what to expect from the imminent start to the 2024-2025 Supreme Court Term. Then, Sylvia Albert and Eyricka Geneus of Common Cause join Ashley Erickson to dig in on volunteer opportunities in this final stretch of the 2024 election cycle.

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    Guest: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program at ACS

    Guest: Ashley Erickson, Senior Director of Network Advancement at ACS

    Guest: Sylvia Albert, Director of Voting and Elections at Common Cause

    Guest: Eyricka Geneus, Election Protection Field Coordinator at Common Cause

    Link: ACS National Supreme Court Preview 2024-2025

    Link: The Shadow Docket by Stephen Vladeck

    Link: ProtectTheVote

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  • The Roberts Court has spent years ignoring precedent, norms, and judicial restraint in pursuit of concentrated power. Chris Kang joins Taonga Leslie to discuss the problems this power grab has caused and many of the reform proposals currently on the table.

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    Host: Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice

    Guest: Chris Kang, Co-Founder and Former Chief Counsel, Demand Justice

    Link: "To Save Democracy, We Must Expand the Court," by Christopher Kang

    Link: "Supreme Court Term Limits," Brennan Center for Justice

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  • This Labor Day Weekend marks the unofficial end to an historically hot summer. Terri Gerstein returns to Broken Law to talk with Valerie Nannery about legal protections for workers -- including from record heats but also from non-compete provisions, child labor exploitation, and more -- and the people who enforce those laws.

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    Host: Valerie Nannery, Senior Director of Policy and Program at American Constitution Society

    Guest: Terri Gerstein, Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

    Link: How Noncompete Agreements Stifle Workers, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business

    Link: Broken Law Episode 98: Unpacking the Child Labor Crisis

    Link: NYU Wagner Labor Initiative

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  • Two recent Supreme Court decisions have dramatically eroded the separation of church and state when it comes to our public schools. As students head back for another school year, Elizabeth Cavell joins Lindsay Langholz to look at the impact the Court's decisions have had on public school classrooms and how Christian nationalists are attempting to push the boundary even further.

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    Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

    Guest: Elizabeth Cavell, Deputy Legal Director, Freedom from Religion Foundation

    Link: Christian nationalism on the march by Russell Contreras, Axios

    Link: Praying coach's actions do not alter the Constitution by Elizabeth Cavell, Seattle Times

    Link: We Dissent Podcast

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  • In less than four years, President Biden has gone from a skeptic to proponent of significant reforms to the Supreme Court. Christopher Wright Durocher joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss how the Court’s recent decisions have played into the growing calls for reform and what proposals may be gaining traction. We also bring you excerpts of ACS’s 2023-2024 Supreme Court Review to better understand just how aggressive the Court has become in delivering wins for the conservative legal movement and accumulating power for itself.

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    Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

    Guest: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program, ACS

    Link: Full Video: ACS National Supreme Court Review (2023-2024)

    Link: My Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law by Joe Biden, Washington Post

    Link: Judicial Nominations, ACS

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  • In less than 100 days, voters all over the country will start heading to the polls as early voting begins in most states. Lindsay Langholz is joined by ACS’s Ashley Erickson and Power the Poll’s Marta Hanson to cut through the noise of the presidential race and talk about one concrete thing that can be done to help protect democracy this year and help restore faith in our election system long-term.

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    Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

    Guest: Marta Hanson, National Program Manager, Power the Polls

    Guest: Ashley Erickson, Senior Director of Network Advancement, ACS

    Link: Become A Poll Worker

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  • Artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene at a fragile time for our democracy, leading to many questions about how such a powerful tool can be harnessed to empower voters and election administrators while exposing vulnerabilities in our democratic structures. Taonga Leslie speaks with Spencer Overton about the potential racial harms and upsides of AI on our democracy.

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    Host: Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice

    Guest: Spencer Overton, The Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Multiracial Democracy Project, George Washington University

    Link: Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from Artificial Intelligence by Spencer Overton

    Link: Multiracial Democracy Project, George Washington University

    Link: A political consultant faces charges and fines for Biden deepfake robocalls by Shannon Bond, NPR

    Link: Trump supporters target Black voters with faked AI images by Marianna Spring, BBC

    Link: AI and Elections, Brennan Center for Justice

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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