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Rights of nature first started making its way into U.S. courtrooms via an unlikely source: Disney. Today it's a huge threat to the fossil fuel industry. So much so that the industry is pushing preemptive bans on rights of nature laws in states across the country. 

Damages is following the hundreds of climate lawsuits currently happening all over the country. First up, in Season 1, a look at rights of nature cases all over the world. In this episode, we start with a case that's making its way through the courts right now, on behalf of wild ... Show More

Right-wing funders don't just work on climate change, or voter suppression, or attacks on public schools, they tackle all of it together. In this episode, expert Lisa Graves talks us through the tangled web of funding and ideology fighting against climate action. 

For nearly two decades the renowned legal historian G. Edward White has been writing a multi-volume history of law in America. In his third and concluding volume, Law in American History, Volume III: 1930-2000 (Oxford University Press, 2019), he surveys the many developments in A ... Show More

Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School, discusses the landmark climate ruling in a case brought by a group of young environmental activists. Eric Ruben, a professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, discusses a circuit court ruling t ... Show More

Kavanaugh On Environmental Law / Beyond The Headlines / Global Warming Is Heating Up / Bringing Back Butternut Trees / Night Moves / BirdNote®: Starlings Say It With Flowers / John Kerry: 'Respect Democracy - By Going Out And Voting' After being confirmed by a narrow margin, Br ... Show More

<p>First Amendment law expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking up a trademark fight over the phrase, “Trump Too Small.”  Labor law expert Kate Andrias, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling against ... Show More

Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term. Constitutional law professor David Super, of Georgetown Law, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’ comments downplaying the importance of precedent. June G ... Show More

Criminal defense attorney Richard Kaplan of Kaplan Marino, discusses the trial of Jennifer Crumbley for the mass school shooting carried out by her son. Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses a judge voiding Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package. J ... Show More

Wendeen Eolis, Chair/CEO of Eolis International Group, discusses why public companies are increasingly looking for lawyers to become corporate directors. Ethics law expert Arthur Hellman, a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses the country’s oldest feder ... Show More

Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender (Routledge, 2023) is a socio-legal study that offers a critique of what it means to self-declare with regard to legal gender. Based on empirical research conducted in Denmark, the book engages in some of the most controversial i ... Show More

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2024, eliminating the decades-long protected right to an abortion. New Abnormal co-host Molly Jong-Fast could not wait until the next episode to address this far-reaching decision, so she recorded an “emergency” episode ... Show More