In less than two months, ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, has gained over 100 million users – outpacing TikTok in its rate of growth. In addition to their novelty, ChatGPT and AI tools like it raise numerous concerns about data privacy, intellectual property, ethics, and more. Jeanne Hruska speaks with Professor James Grimmelmann about these challenges and whether lawmakers are prepared to address them.
Episode Host: Jeanne Hruska, ACS Sr. Advisor for Communications and Strategy
Episode Guest: James Grimmelmann, Tessler Family Professor of Digital and Information Law, Cornell Law School
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On our 100th episode, Russ Feingold speaks with Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst, about her new book, “Nine Black Robes,” which details how the Supreme Court came to be dominated by the conservative supermajority that it is today, with a close examination of the Trump administration’s handling of judicial vacancies.
Episode Host: Russ Feingold, ACS President
Episode Guest: Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst
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In the past couple of weeks, there has been a flurry of judicial activity over Mifepristone, one of the two drugs most often used in medication abortion and that was approved by the FDA over 20 years ago. On this episode, Jenny Ma returns to Broken Law to speak with Lindsay Langholz about the absurdity of the argument being made against Mifepristone, how it has played out in the courts thus far, and what may happen next.
Episode Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Sr Director of Policy and Program
Episode Guest: Jenny Ma, Senior Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights
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Recent media reporting has uncovered just how widespread the use of child labor is in the United States. Rather than rush in to strengthen child labor laws and enforcement, some states are actually moving to make it easier for employers to hire children. Beth Binczik speaks with Terri Gerstein about why child labor is on the rise and what needs to happen to protect minors and workers' rights.
Episode Host: Elizabeth Binczik, ACS Director of Policy and Program for Economic Justice
Episode Guest: Terri Gerstein, Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project, Harvard Law School
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The Florida state government has enacted multiple laws in recent years that censor what can and cannot be taught and discussed in the classroom. Taonga Leslie speaks with Kenneth Nunn about the experience of teaching about race in Florida. They discuss the consequences for teachers, students, and society when critical discussions of race are censored, strategies for countering such censorship, and some of the silver linings from what is happening right now.
Episode Host: Taonga Leslie, ACS Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice
Episode Guest: Kenneth Nunn, Professor of Law Emeritus, UF Law
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This year alone, hundreds of bills have been introduced in state legislatures aimed at erasing trans people from public life. Christopher Wright Durocher speaks with Alejandra Caraballo and Mary Kelly Persyn about this "legislative terror campaign," the devastating consequences of it, and how the legal community can fight in solidarity with the trans community in support of trans rights, dignity, and safety.
Episode Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, ACS VP of Policy and Program
Episode Guest: Alejandra Caraballo, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School
Episode Guest: Mary Kelly Persyn, Founder and Principal, Persyn Law & Policy
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