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  1. A Seismic Shift in Climate Law

    Deborah Sivas on the EPA’s Rescission of the Endangerment Finding --- The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it was rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding, the legal foundation for federal regulation of greenhouse gases un

  2. Inside the ACLU’s Docket: Anthony Romero on the Front Lines of Civil Rights

    The ACLU’s Anthony Romero unpacks a sweeping docket—from a Supreme Court showdown over birthright citizenship to voting rights and free speech—as the rule of law is tested. --- In a timely conversation about the ACLU’s massive docket of cas

  3. The Importance of Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Today's Polarized World

    Stanford’s Robert MacCoun shows how scientific habits can sharpen judgment and strengthen civil discourse in a polarized society. --- In a world where confidence is rewarded and humility can feel like a liability, Stanford Law professor Rob

  4. How Democracies Collapse from Within

    What happens when the legal tools meant to protect democracy are used to weaken it? Kim Scheppele explains. --- Professor Kim Scheppele has spent much of her career watching democracies rise and fall. She went to Hungary in the early 1990s

  5. Flexing U.S. Power in Venezuela

    Stanford Law’s Allen Weiner explores developments in Venezuela and the role—and limits—of international law --- Can the United States arrest a foreign head of state by sending FBI agents—and military troops—into another country? On the late

  6. Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons

    Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law --- 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,

  7. Best of Stanford Legal: Suing DOGE

    Urgent legal questions about privacy protections of the nation’s largest collection of personal data and unprecedented influence of Silicon Valley in Washington --- A coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina and the Electronic Front

  8. Nationwide Injunctions After CASA

    Mila Sohoni on the New Legal Landscape --- When a single federal judge can freeze a president’s policy nationwide, it raises big questions about checks and balances and democratic accountability. That’s one reason nationwide injunctions hav

  9. Crime, Justice, and Trump’s DOJ

    What happens when long-standing norms begin to erode? Jonathan Wroblewski discusses his decades at the DOJ and the forces shaping federal justice --- Over a 35-year career at the Department of Justice, Jonathan Wroblewski, JD ’86, watched t

  10. Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy

    Stanford Law’s Michelle Mello discusses how sweeping changes in federal health policy are reshaping public health--and leading states to fill the void --- “The amount of chaos that’s been introduced into the federal health policy landscape

  11. National Guard or Political Weapon?

    Legal historian and constitutional law scholar Professor Bernadette Meyler cautions that the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard threatens the “presumption of regularity” that underpins the rule of law --- When the Natio

  12. Political Enemies and the Weaponization of the DOJ

    Pam Karlan and Bob Weisberg unpack the Comey and James indictments, and what they reveal about the rule of law in a politicized justice system --- When politics drives prosecutions, what happens to the rule of law? Are we in uncharted water

  13. President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court

    The biggest separation-of-powers controversy since the steel seizure case in 1952. --- In April, President Trump declared (https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-inc

  14. Guns, Money, and Mass Shootings

    Stanford Law Researchers Discuss How Lobbying Shapes the Political Battlefield --- Frequent mass shootings (https://rockinst.org/gun-violence/mass-shooting-factsheet/) are a distinctly American (https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/statist

  15. U.S. Risking its Scientific Research Edge?

    Stanford Law’s Lisa Ouellette discusses the rollback of federal support for vital academic research, the challenge of defending U.S. research from political interference, and ensuring drug development meets real-world health needs --- In th

  16. Redrawing Democracy

    Stanford's Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily on the redistricting push in Texas, recent signals from the Supreme Court about the Voting Rights Act, and the future of voting and redistricting in America --- At the urging of President Trump

  17. Trump’s Executive Orders, Culture Wars, and Civil Rights

    Stanford's Rick Banks on the Doctrine of Disparate Impact and the Surprising Case for Meritocracy --- Trump-era executive orders, police hiring standards, and college admissions all converge in a decades-long debate over disparate impact, o

  18. Can the Rule of Law Hold?

    Pam Karlan on the Erosion of Norms at the DOJ --- In this episode of Stanford Legal, Professor Pam Karlan talks about the growing politicization of the Department of Justice under the Trump administration. Drawing on her experience in the D

  19. Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses

    How does the Trump administration's tactics impact elite universities and their freedom of speech? --- Amid escalating federal pressure on universities, Stanford Law School alum Greg Lukianoff, JD ’00, joins host Professor Pam Karlan for a

  20. The Free Speech Chill

    Analyzing the impact of government actions on foreign students' First Amendment rights --- In this episode, Stanford Law Professor Evelyn Douek, a First Amendment scholar and permanent U.S. resident, expands on her recent Atlantic essay, “C

  21. Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to LA Courts

    Stanford researchers help bring innovative solutions to high-volume court, enhancing the self-represented litigant experience and its dedication to leading in justice innovation. --- The LA Superior Court is the largest single unifiedtrial

  22. Trump Takes on the Federal Bureaucracy, Putting Administrative Law in the Spotlight

    Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell discusses the legal and normative implications of Trump's Federal Bureaucracy overhaul --- On February 19 of this year, President Donald Trump issued one of his first executive orders, Commencing the Reductio

  23. AI, Liability, and Hallucinations in a Changing Tech and Law Environment

    Stanford Law researchers Professor Dan Ho and Mirac Suzgun explore the risks and potential of AI in law --- Since ChatGPT came on the scene, numerous incidents have surfaced (https://www.lawnext.com/2025/05/ai-hallucinations-strike-again-tw

  24. The Trump Administration and the Rule of Law Under Pressure

    Criminal law expert David Sklansky on DOJ independence, judicial norms, and law firms under attack --- On March 6, President Trump issued the executive (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-c

  25. Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump's Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes

    President Trump's tariffs are upending world trade and causing unprecedented upheaval in the financial and diplomatic sectors, with close allies questioning the reliability of the U.S. The wild stock and bond markets rollercoaster ride cont

  26. Trump’s Forced Deportations to El Salvador Prisons, Detentions, and Fear on College Campuses

    Immigration Law Expert Jennifer Chacón on Trump's Defying Court Orders and Law, College Students, Venezuelans, and Drastic Changes in American Policy --- Do asylum seekers in the U.S. have rights? Can the U.S. government forcibly deport the

  27. Accountability in Government: Glenn Fine on the Crucial Role of Inspectors General, the Government's Watchdogs

    Former IG Glenn Fine joins Pam Karlan to discuss the importance of Inspectors General in government agencies --- How do we prevent or catch mismanagement, corruption, and waste of taxpayers' dollars in federal agencies? On January 24, 2025,

  28. Gaza Conflict: Governance, Rebuilding, and Legal Challenges

    Professor Allen Weiner joins Pam Karlan for a look at the legal challenges and humanitarian concerns of the Israel/Gaza conflict --- International Law expert Allen Weiner joins Pam for a comprehensive overview of the legal challenges and hu

  29. Suing DOGE: Musk, Trump, and an Imperial Presidency

    Urgent legal questions about privacy protections of the nation’s largest collection of personal data and unprecedented influence of Silicon Valley in Washington --- A coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina and the Electronic Front

  30. Trump's Pardons: Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law

    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

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