Naturalized citizens have served as federal judges, including as Justices of our Supreme Court, for more than two centuries, many with great distinction. Recently Representative Nancy Mace introduced a joint resolution calling for an amendment to our Constitution that would require that federal judges, alongside members of Congress, be born in the United Sta ... Show More
Jul 31
RFK Jr. and Public Health: Vaccine Policy, Outbreaks, and Funding Cuts
Since the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), public health has been surrounded by controversy. To start, billions of dollars in public health funding were slashed by the Trump administration. With Kennedy at the helm, an ... Show More
33m 54s
Jul 17
Lawyers: Defending the Constitution & Fighting for our Democracy
Lawyers. Defenders of our Constitution, but in our current political climate, they are fighting more than ever. On this Lawyer 2 Lawyer episode, Craig welcomes Lauren Stiller Rikleen, executive director of Lawyers Defending American Democracy. Craig & Lauren spotlight the legal c ... Show More
32m 15s
Nov 2021
Everybody Wants to Be Scalia
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by leading environmental lawyer and Harvard professor Richard Lazarus , author of The Rule of Five: Climate History at the Supreme Court, to discuss cases currently flying under many court-watchers’ radar, which could have a huge impact on our ability to ... Show More
57m 17s
Apr 2024
Weekend Law: Trump Trifecta of Losses & Bridge Collapse
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses three judges ruling against Donald Trump in criminal cases this week. Maritime law expert Martin Davies, the director of Tulane University’s Maritime Law Center, discusses who will pay for the Balt ... Show More
37m 42s
May 2023
Biden Administration's New Border Rules
<p>Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the situation at the border and in sanctuary cities since the end of Title 42. Election law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School discusses the Supreme Court taking a case t ... Show More
32m 42s