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Law touches most aspects of life. Here to help make sense of it is the Stanford Legal podcast, where we look at the cases, questions, conflicts, and legal stories that affect us all every day. Stanford Legal launched in 2017 as a radio show on Sirius XM. We’re now a standalone podcast and we’re back after taking some time away, so don’t forget to subscribe or follow this feed. That way you’ll have... more

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Professor Kim Scheppele has spent much of her career watching democracies rise and fall. She went to Hungary in the early 1990s expecting to study democratic optimism after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead, decades later, she found herself docume... more

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Can the United States arrest a foreign head of state by sending FBI agents—and military troops—into another country? On the latest episode of Stanford Legal,  Professor Pam Karlan sits down with international law expert and Stanford Law lecturer Alle... more

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What are the legal implications of the unprecedented mass pardoning of the January 6th rioters? What does it say about American rule of law? 

President Biden’s DOJ prosecuted nearly 1,600 of the January 6, 2021, rioters—many for acts of shocking vio... more

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A coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit on February 11 asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing millions of Americans’ private, sens... more

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Recent Guests

Kim Scheppele
Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Episode: How Democracies Collapse from Within
Shirin Sinnar
Legal scholar with focus on political violence and civil rights.
Stanford Law School
Episode: Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons
Mila Sohoni
Stanford Law Professor and expert in civil procedure, administrative law, federal courts, legislation
Stanford Law School
Episode: Nationwide Injunctions After CASA
Jonathan Wroblewski
A career lawyer at the Department of Justice with a background in both prosecution and public defense
Stanford Law School
Episode: Crime, Justice, and Trump’s DOJ
Michelle Mello
A professor at both the Law School and Medical School at Stanford.
Stanford University
Episode: Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy
Bernadette Meyler
Karl and Sheila Spath Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research
Stanford University
Episode: National Guard or Political Weapon?
Greg Lukianoff
President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Episode: Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses
Evelyn Douek
Stanford professor, expert on First Amendment issues, teaches related courses at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: The Free Speech Chill
David Freeman Engstrom
LSVF Professor of Law and co-director of the Rhode Center.
Stanford Law School
Episode: Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to LA Courts

Host

Pam Karlan
Co-host and legal expert focusing on civil rights and democratic law, with extensive experience in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 71 ratings
  • Super liberal

    Anti Trump super liberal , bias, not legal news and analysis but a bias complaining podcast , this is a waste of time

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    EZ209-A
    United Statesa month ago
  • Great, I could follow 95%

    I will definitely listen to this show again. I’ve spent today trying to better understand what’s going on with redistricting and gerrymandering and the redrawing democracy episode helped tremendously. I was unable to follow the entire discussion around the Louisiana case in the Supreme Court because I didn’t understand the definitions of the types of districts like majority-minority and when/how mapping entities might create them. Will look those up, read about the case, and listen to the last 1... more

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    1660cougar
    United States6 months ago
  • Just right for me!

    The conversations are though provoking and the topics are oh-so relevant.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Forever_Eagle
    United States9 months ago
  • 3.28.25

    once again a guest is trying to sane wah trump’s reasoning for breaking the law: she says it is either defiance or sloppiness. do any of you understand trump from all the years you have had to watch him. trump is a criminal, if there is a short cut to doing anything and the reward of it lands in his lap he doesn’t care if the act to get him there is legal, a rule, a norm, etc.! where do you think negotiation money would go, back to the gov & trump not getting any slipped into some dark shadow ac... more

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    midwestBlue
    United States10 months ago
  • 1.18.25

    Excellent podcast! I just heard about this pod as I was listening to Amicus. Interesting legal subject matter discussed by people who know it and live it. Love this!

    Apple Podcasts
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    midwestBlue
    United Statesa year ago

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Listeners appreciate the thorough examination of complex legal subjects, finding the discussions both educational and insightful.

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How Democracies Collapse from Within
Q: What lessons can we learn to restore democracy through law?
Leveraging federalism and state constitutional law could provide a pathway to counteract the dismantling efforts at the national level.
How Democracies Collapse from Within
Q: Did you think if I'd asked you that in 2015, you would have said, we're in danger of our checks disappearing?
I've been nervous for quite some time as the institutional loyalties began to fracture along party lines.
How Democracies Collapse from Within
Q: When you started studying Hungary, did you think it was going to have a lot of bearing on the United States?
Initially, I was fascinated with Hungary's potential for democracy, not the decline. I didn't anticipate it would relate to the US.
Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses
Q: What is the goal of the Trump administration's actions against universities?
The goal seems to be undermining federally funded sources of power on the left, as articulated by Chris Ruffo.
Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses
Q: What can you tell us about the ranking of universities regarding free speech?
Harvard finished dead last in the FIRE ranking for a combination of poor polling results and incidents involving academic freedom.

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Focusing on the intersections of law with everyday life, this podcast provides insights into complex legal issues ranging from individual rights to significant Supreme Court rulings. With a strong emphasis on democracy, civil rights, and the evolution of legal precedents, episodes explore current controversies like gerrymandering, public health policy, and the implications of new technology on legal practices. The hosts, both renowned legal scholars, leverage their expertise to demystify complicated legal topics and contextualize current events within the framework of law, aiming to make the intricacies of legislation more accessible to listeners from various backgrounds.

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