University of Miami School of Law: Explainer

Voting rights are in the spotlight, propelled by former President Trump’s “Big Lie.” Now that federal measures to overturn many Republican efforts to limit voting have failed, elections expert Frances Hill looks at what’s next. Recorded on January 26, 2022.

Last month, Miami Law's Mary Anne Franks opined in The Boston Globe that the 1st and 2nd amendments could do with an update. The piece garnered widespread attention on the left and the right. On today's show, the author of "The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to GUns and Free Speech" makes the case. Recorded January 12, 2022.

Last month, Miami Law's Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino and his students secured the release of a wrongfully convicted client, who served eight years of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery. Trocino peels back the long road to exoneration. Recorded on November 18, 2021.

As the supply chain issues have rocked global trade, has ethical sourcing taken a hit? And do consumers care? Marcia Nadine Weldon, faculty coordinator for the Business Compliance and Sustainability Concentration at Miami Law talks chains and sourcing on today's show. Recorded on November 10, 2021.

Big changes have come to college sports as state laws and NCAA rule changes offer some new protections and financial opportunities for players. Greg Levy, Miami Law's director of the entertainment, arts, and sports law post-graduate program and executive producer of "The Leadership Gameplan" with former NFL coach Marc Trestman, keeps score. Recorded on October 8, 2021.

A federal judge recently ruled in the antitrust case brought by Fortnite game maker Epic against financial rules with the Apple apps store. Antitrust expert and former attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division John Newman picks up the controller. Recorded October 8, 2021.

Climate change amplifies the divide between the haves and have not and nowhere more in the U.S. than Miami. Join Miami Law's Practitioner-in-Residence at the Mysun Foundation Environmental Justice Clinic Abigail Fleming and clinic intern Kate Dremluk to drill into the core of the issues. Recorded September 30, 2021.

Florida’s Department of Children and Families’ mismanagement impacts tens of thousands of children under its supervision. Kele Stewart and Robert Latham of the Children and Youth Law Clinic shine the light. Recorded on September 14, 2021.

Despite raging infection rates in jails and prisons, Miami Law Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino and his students continue the work of exonerating the wrongfully accused. Recorded on August 30, 2021.

Problems with access to healthcare abound throughout the United States and have been brought into sharper focus by the pandemic. Miami Law's Health Disparities Project Fredman Family Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence Dr. Timothy Loftus, and two of his students – Kristen Dagher and Lauren Jones – examine the roadblocks and the solutions to equal access to all. Recorded on August 18, 2021.

As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin awaits sentencing for the murder of George Floyd, Miami Law’s criminal law expert and former special assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Sundby explains the process. Recorded on April 23, 2021.

The Biden Administration's $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan promises to prioritize longstanding and persistent racial injustices by transitioning to a more democratic energy system, including electrical grid and public transit. Miami Law's Fredman Foundation Practitioner in Residence at the Environmental Justice Clinic Abigail Fleming walks us around the biggest obstacles to energy justice. Recor...

Cancel culture is rapid-fire ostracization in the time of social media mob mentality. Stories of people drummed out of their organizations over positions taken sometimes decades earlier fill the headlines and chyrons of cable news. Compliance expert Marcia Narine Weldon explains the good, the bad, and the ugly of today's phenomenon. Recorded on March 31, 2021.

Not unexpectedly, federal and state courts are awash in suits versus former President Trump and his minions. Litigation and dispute resolution expert Sergio Campos guides us through the waves. Recorded on March 25, 2021.

South Carolina recently introduced a bill to allow death by firing squad, while Virginia passed legislation to abolish the death penalty. Thirteen of the 17 federal executions carried out in the last 60 years were under the Trump presidency. Death penalty expert Scott Sundby tracks where we've been and where we are going. Recorded on March 11, 2021.

President Biden has cut off U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen and related arms sales to Saudi Arabia, making good on a campaign promise. But relations in the region are complicated, at best. Miami Law international and comparative constitutional law expert Pablo Rueda-Saiz explains the moves. Recorded on March 1, 2021.

No other company in the world ramped up as exponentially as Amazon in the face of the pandemic, adding more than 400,000 workers globally between January and October 2020. With the explosive growth came a wave of efforts to organize by employees. Labor expert and former New York Attorney General Section Chief Andrew Elmore clocks in to unpack the union box. Recorded on March 8, 2021.

Tragically, 2020 saw another year of killings of Black people by police and wannabes, including the murders of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, father of five George Floyd in Minneapolis, and 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. The deaths prompted nationwide outrage and a national conversation about the crisis in our criminal justice system. Donald Jones, author of three books...

Democrats want to ax the filibuster to max accomplishments in the Biden era; Republicans need to save it to block the new administration's agenda. Constitutional expert Charlton Copeland brings us Filibuster 101. Recorded on February 22, 2021.

In the opening days of the new administration, President Biden took his first big swing at criminal justice reform with an executive order aimed at ending private prison contracts. Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino takes a wide look at the prospects. Recorded February 18, 2021.

Based on a single charge of incitement of insurrection against the U.S. government and lawless action at the capitol, the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is underway. Constitutional scholar Caroline Mala Corbin leads us through the maelstrom. Recorded February 11, 2021.

Retail traders took on Wall Street, kneecapping behemoth hedge funds, driving up the value of several low-performing stocks. International tax expert and longtime marker watcher Stanley Langbein reads the ticker. Recorded on February 4, 2021.

Amazon's hosting server kicked Parler off following the January 6 attack on the capitol. Parler suffered another setback when it failed to convince a federal judge to force Amazon to reinstate the site. Antitrust expert John Mark Newman untangles the argument. Recorded on January 29, 2021.

Fallout from the attack on the capitol reverberated throughout the world, including swift reaction from corporate America in the form of political contributions. Frances Hill, a campaign finance reform expert weighs in on the consequences. Recorded on January 21, 2021.

COVID-19 has exposed the depth of this country’s rental housing crisis. Miami Law’s Tenants’ Rights Clinic Director Jeffrey Hearne joins us to talk about the quandary and the solutions. Recorded on November 12, 2020.