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Summary Judgments

Summary Judgments is a podcast discussing legal news and policy issues relevant to the ACS community. In each episode, we interview a leading figure in the legal community about their career and their efforts to expand a progressive vision of the Constitution. The podcast is directed by a team of Stanford Law students led by Alan Bakowski and Michael Montaño.

You can stream each episode online by clicking on the links below, or you can download the podcast directly to your iPod or other mp3 player. You can download the podcast directly from iTunes by subscribing here, or you can paste this link into your RSS reader.

Podcasts from 2006-2007

Episode Five: April 20, 2007 - Listen Online

In this week's episode, we interview Debo Adegbile, Assoc. Director of Litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, about voting rights and segregation in America today.

Episode Four: March 21, 2007 - Listen Online

In this week's episode, we interview distinguished public interest litigator Alan Morrison about his career suing the government and industry for consumer rights, accountability, and campaign finance reform.

Episode Three: February 4, 2007 - Listen Online

Check out our interview with former Senator and two-time Presidential candidate Gary Hart in which he discusses presidential politics and national security. Also, we discuss the latest news on the government's practice of extraordinary rendition and the tradeoffs inherent in regulating global warming.

Episode Two: November 29, 2006 - Listen Online

In this episode, we discuss the latest data on the government's attempts to regulate pornography on the internet, wetlands protection, and have a chat with David Halperin of Campus Progress.

Episode One: October 27, 2006 - Listen Online

In our inaugural episode, we discuss the latest news in law & policy and interview George Lakoff, U.C. Berkeley Professor of Linguistics.