The Roberts Court has recently used its docket to indulge in growing antidemocratic tendencies, collecting power for itself as it shuts the courthouse doors on those seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights and uphold checks and balances. David Sloss joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss his new book, People v. The Court: The Next Revolution in Constitutional Law, and how power might be rebalanced through a change in judicial review standards.
Host: Lindsay Langholz, Vice President of Policy and Program
Guest: David Sloss, John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Link: People v. The Court: The Next Revolution in Constitutional Law, by David Sloss
Link: The Roberts Court's Assault on Democracy, by Judge Lynn Adelman
Katie Gima and Jess Zalph join Ashley Erickson to discuss ACS's Constitution in the Classroom program, including a look at newly released curriculum entitled "Separation of Church and State and the U.S. Constitution" and how to bring this important piece of civic education to a classroom near you.
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Host: Ashley Erickson, Senior Director of Network Advancement
Guest: Katie Gima, Senior Director of Legal Programs & Networking, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Guest: Jess Zalph, Constitutional Litigation Fellow, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Link: Constitution in the Classroom
Link: Elementary School Lesson Plan
Link: Middle School Lesson Plan
Link: High School Lesson Plan
Lindsay Langholz is joined by ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter leaders Kevin Gregg and Emily Howe to discuss immigration cases making their way through federal courts, who gets to decide who is an American, what protection citizenship or legal status provides, and what it is like to be on the front lines of defending American democracy.
Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program
Guest: Kevin Gregg, Partner, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. and ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter Leader
Guest: Emily Howe, Principal, Law Offices of Emily E. Howe and ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter Leader
Link: The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember, by George Wright
Link: Immigration Review Podcast, hosted by Kevin A. Gregg
Link: ACS National Convention 2026
The rights protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are essential for the proper functioning of a responsive democracy. As we mark the end of the first year of the Second Trump Administration, Nora Benavidez joins Lindsay Langholz to take stock of the effects of a year-long assault on free speech and discuss her recent report, Chokehold: Donald Trump's War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance.
Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program
Guest: Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights, Free Press
Link: Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
Link: I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found., by Nora Benavidez
Link: Defending Academic Freedom, Episode 175 of Broken Law