Since the U.S. Supreme Court largely outlawed affirmative action in higher education earlier this year, there's been discussion about what the decision could mean for the future of DEI practices in employment. Taonga Leslie speaks with Marcus Childress about the chilling effect that SFFA v. Harvard has had and how employers can continue to advance DEI in the wake of the decision.
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Episode Host: Taonga Leslie, ACS Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice
Episode Guest: Marcus Childress, Special Counsel, Jenner & Block
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The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to rein in its disastrous 2nd Amendment decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen this term, or make it that much harder for states to prevent gun violence. Christopher Wright Durocher speaks with Esther Sanchez-Gomez (Giffords Law Center) about takeaways from the Court's oral argument in U.S. v. Rahimi and how the Court could clean up its own mess when it comes to guns.
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Episode Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, ACS Vice President of Policy and Program
Guest: Esther Sanchez-Gomez, Litigation Director, Giffords Law Center
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One year out from the 2024 election, Lindsay Langholz checks in with Jessica Huseman from VoteBeat about the election issues that are consuming her attention and could shape the 2024 election space, including the growing obsession with hand counting ballots and the odd steps certain states are taking to "update" their voter registration lists.
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Episode Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Sr Director of Policy and Program
Episode Guest: Jessica Huseman, Editorial Director, VoteBeat
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As state judicial elections become more and more expensive, it's worth asking whether campaign funding impacts judicial decision making. On this episode, Jeanne Hruska speaks with Michael Kang and Joanna Shepherd about their new book, "Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections." According to Kang and Shepherd, “campaign money profoundly affects how judges do their jobs.”
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Episode Host: Jeanne Hruska, ACS Sr Advisor for Communications and Strategy
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Link: "Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections," by Michael Kang and Joanna Shepherd
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An increasing number of state court judges and justices are being targeted by state officials for not advancing their interests. On this episode, Taonga Leslie speaks with Dawn Blagrove (Emancipate NC) about how Justice Anita Earls, the only Black justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, is being targeted for factual remarks she made about the lack of diversity on the NC judiciary. They discuss why the situation in North Carolina should concern everyone who cares about judicial independence and achieving a judiciary that reflects the diversity of the public it serves.
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Episode Host: Taonga Leslie, ACS Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice
Episode Guest: Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director, Emancipate NC
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Recently, Dish Network became the first company to be fined by the Federal Communications Commission for littering in space. On this episode, Jeanne Hruska speaks with Professor Michelle Hanlon about why the fine was “a very big symbolic moment for debris mitigation,” and the challenges and urgency in regulating the increasing array of human-driven activities in space.
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Episode Host: Jeanne Hruska, ACS Sr Advisor for Communications and Strategy
Episode Guest: Michelle Hanlon, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Center for Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
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