S2 E11: ‘Carbon Dioxide Warriors’ at the Supreme Court
Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus discusses how environmentalists made history with the U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.
19 Maj 202030min
S2 E10: The President’s Expanding Powers
University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash discusses his new book on how the presidency’s authority has grown and how Congress might check the executive.
30 Apr 202026min
S2 E9: Learning From Pandemics of the Past
As the world battles the novel coronavirus, University of Virginia history professor Christian McMillen discusses what lessons we can learn — and improve upon — from past pandemics.
16 Apr 202033min
S2 E8: Native American Costumes and the Unwritten Constitution
Why did colonists wear Native American costumes at the Boston Tea Party? Professor Farah Peterson investigates the history of mob protests for economic rights on the path to America’s unwritten consti...
31 Mars 202033min
S2 E7: Teaching the Law of Sexual Assault
As women began to enter law school, educators worried about whether the curriculum was fit for female ears, UVA Law professor Anne Coughlin explains. These same issues manifest today in debates over w...
3 Mars 202027min
S2 E6: A Prosecutor’s Path to Criminal Justice Reform
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance ’85 discusses a revolution in how prosecutors are thinking about and pursuing justice.
18 Feb 202024min
S2 E5: The Lowdown on Libel
The Supreme Court took on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in 1964, in part, to protect the civil rights movement. But did justices go too far in making libel hard to prove? UVA Law professor Frederick ...
4 Feb 202026min
S2 E4: When School Financing Hit the Courts
The Supreme Court said the Constitution didn’t guarantee a right to education in the 1973 case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, but litigation aiming for equity continues, as UVA ...
12 Nov 201927min
