Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Podcast
By The Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
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Podcast Description
A discussion of the most important current events in law and legal scholarship produced by the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), the nation’s leading progressive law journal. CR-CL was founded in 1966 as an instrument to advance personal freedoms and human dignities, and seeks to catalyze progressive thought and dialogue through the promotion of innovative legal perspectives.
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 12 – Summer Interviews – Ben Sachs and Emily Bazelon | This episode is the first in CR-CL's summer interview podcast series. This week, Noah interviews Professor Ben Sachs about the disparity between the political speech rights of labor unions and corporations. Noah interviews Emily Bazelon about President Obama's recent announcement expressing his personal support for marriage equality, and what that announcement will mean legally and symbolically moving forward. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 11 – Identity-Affirming School Speech and the Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparity | Noah interviews Professor Ari Ezra Waldman about students' right to speak affirmingly about sexual orientation, same-sex marriage, and gay identity in schools. Noah and Matt discuss the retroactivity of the Fair Sentencing Act, passed to address the disparity between federal sentences for crack and powder cocaine possession, how that disparity came about, and whether even the lessened disparity is justified. | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 10 – Cigarette Warning Labels, the First Amendment, and Competing Federal Budgets | Matt follows up on a post he wrote for HarvardCRCL.org looking at the First Amendment implications of requiring cigarette companies to include new graphic warning labels on their packages. Noah and Matt discuss the competing budget plans presented by the Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 9 – Jail Strip Searches, Online Privacy, and the Right to Be Forgotten | Noah and Matt are joined in the studio this week by HarvardCRCL.org Technology and Privacy blogger Andrew Mamo. Matt fills us in on the recent Supreme Court decision in Florence v. Board of Freeholders and the potential impact of a blanket rule allowing strip searches for jail intake even for minor offenses. Andrew discusses the recent concern over Google's unified privacy policy, the Consumer Online Privacy Bill of Rights, and efforts in Europe to establish a right to be forgotten. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 8 – The Individual Mandate and Juvenile Constitutional Rights | Noah and Matt jump on the media bandwagon and provide their take on the week's arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, particularly the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Next, they take a look at the issues discussed in CR-CL's latest colloquium, Roper, Graham, and J.D.B.: Re-Defining Juvenile's Constitutional Rights. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 7 – Stand Your Ground and Hate Crimes Law | CR-CL's Executive Editors for Online Content Noah Kaplan and Matt Giffin discuss the two big criminal law developments in the last week. First, Matt breaks down the Florida Stand Your Ground self-defense law at the heart of the tragic case of Trayvon Martin. Next, Noah explains the history and doctrine behind hate crimes statutes, and Noah and Matt discuss the guilty verdict against Dharun Ravi for spying on his gay roommate. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 6 – Experts Discuss Preventing Intellectual Property Theft | Daniel Mandil, Associate General Counsel for Viacom, and Fred von Lohmann, Senior Copyright Counsel for Google, provide two perspectives on how to best balance internet freedom and protection of intellectual property. Mr. Mandil, now at Viacom, was formerly an attorney for the Motion Picture Association of America, and Mr. von Lohmann worked previously at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Their different perspectives provide a sensible discussion on how to move forward and ensure that both intellectual property and intellectual freedom are protected in the digital age. | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 5 – The Occupy Movement | CR-CL's Executive Editors for Online Content Noah Kaplan and Matt Giffin are joined by Ariel Oshinky and Stephen Squibb, members of the Occupy Boston Communications Committee. Ariel and Stephen discuss the motivating ideology of the Occupy Movement, the relationship between Occupy Boston, the city, the police, and the courts, and the future of Occupy as a movement. Will Occupy suffer the fate of the Tea Party and be coopted by mainstream politics? What has Occupy already accomplished? What can it accomplish in the upcoming election; in a year; in five years? | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 4 – United States v. Alvarez, First Amendment Protection for Lying, and Limbaugh on Contraception | CR-CL's Executive Editors for Online Content Noah Kaplan and Matt Giffin discuss the oral argument in United States v. Alvarez and whether the First Amendment protects lying. They follow-up on last week's discussion of the contraceptive mandate by looking at Rush Limbaugh's insulting comments to law student Sandra Fluke who spoke out about the importance of the mandate to students. | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CR-CL Podcast – Episode 3 – Fisher v. University of Texas, Affirmative Action, and Unpaid Internships | CR-CL's Executive Editors for Online Content Noah Kaplan and Matt Giffin are joined by HarvardCRCL.org employment law blogger Minal Caron. We discuss the recent grant of certiorari in Fisher v. University of Texas and the future of affirmative action. MInal discusses his recent post looking at the legality and the implications of unpaid internships in the for-profit and government sectors. | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
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