Podcasts

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.

Latest Episode: May 15, 2008 - Listen Online

Former U.S. Attorney John McKay talks about how he and several other U.S. Attorneys were mysteriously fired en masse by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Sixth Episode: May 5, 2008 - Listen Online

Social Psychologist Philip Zimbardo explains how good people turn evil.

Fifth Episode: Feb. 29, 2008 - Listen Online

MALDEF President and General Counsel John Trasviña talks about immigration in America.

Fourth Episode: Nov. 21, 2007 - Listen Online

As we approach Thanksgiving, we disuss the state of poverty in America and how to fight it with Georgetown Law professor Peter Edelman.

Third Episode: Nov. 1, 2007 - Listen Online

In our third podcast of the 2007-08 season, former Navy Judge Advocate General and current Dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center John Hutson discusses military commissions and the war on terror.

Second Episode: Oct. 17, 2007 - Listen Online

In our second podcast of the 2007-08 season, former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick discusses the recent turmoil at the Justice Department, her time on the 9/11 commission, and her experience as General Counsel at the Defense Department when "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was implemented.

First Episode: Oct. 1, 2007 - Listen Online

In our first podcast of the 2007-08 season, Ninth Circuit Judge Raymond Fisher shares his insights about the current problems at the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court's reversal of his opinion ruling that the Seattle school district could consider students' race when assigning them to schools.


To listen to our earlier podcasts from 2006-07, click here.