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In this episode, Wesley Hottot , a Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses the pending Supreme Court case Timbs v. Indiana , in which he represented the petitioner, Tyson Timbs. Hottot describes the background of the case and explains the constitutional issue at stake: Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the states. He discusses the process...

In 1960, Professor  Fred Rodell  of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each o...

In this episode, Anthony Michael Kreis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses his new article, "Anxious Masculinity: American Homophobia and the Third Sex." Kreis describes the "confusion" at the heart of the law of sexuality, and ties it to the history of the concept of gender. He describes the evolution of the policing of gender norms through American h...

In 1960, Professor  Fred Rodell  of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each o...

In this episode, David J.S. Ziff , Director of the Legal Writing Program and Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law, discusses his article " Book Review of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation—The Worst System of Citation Except for All the Others ," which was published in the Journal of Legal Education. Ziff provides a brief history of the Bluebook, the ubiquitous...

In this episode, John Culhane , Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Family Health Law & Policy Institute at Widener University Delaware Law School, discusses his article " The Right to Say, But Not to Do: Balancing First Amendment Freedom of Expression with the Anti-Discrimination Imperative ," which was published in the Widener Law Review. Culhane reflects on the inherent tension between...

In 1960, Professor  Fred Rodell  of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each o...

In this episode, Amanda Levendowski , a Clinical Teaching Fellow with the Technology Law & Policy Clinic at NYU Law, discusses her article " How Copyright Law Can Fix Artificial Intelligence's Implicit Bias Problem ," which was published in the Washington Law Review. Levendowski explains that "artificial intelligence" algorithms use "machine learning" to create heuristics for solving problems,...

In this episode, Zvi S. Rosen, Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University School of Law, discusses his article "An Empirical Study of 225 Years of Copyright Registrations," which he co-authored with Richard Schwinn, Research Economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. Rosen and Schwinn's article "presents the first complete record...

In this episode, Jill Wieber Lens , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville, discusses her article " Tort Law's Devaluation of Stillbirth ." Lens describes the death of her son Caleb in stillbirth and the pain caused by her loss. She explains that stillbirth is far more common than people realize, and that many stillbirths are preventable and tortious. However, the to...

In 1960, Professor  Fred Rodell  of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each o...

In this episode, Carissa Byrne Hessick , Ransdell Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project at the University of North Carolina School of Law, discusses her article " The Myth of Common Law Crimes ," which will appear in the Virginia Law Review . Hessick argues that there are two myths about "common law crimes" - first, that they no longer exist, and secon...

In 1960, Professor Fred Rodell of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each of these case...

In this episode, Orin Kerr, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, discusses his article, " Implementing Carpenter ," which is part of his forthcoming book The Digital Fourth Amendment . Kerr describes what happened in the paradigm-shifting Supreme Court case Carpenter v. United States (2018), and why it was such a...

In 1960, Professor Fred Rodell of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each of these case...

In this episode, Christopher R. Terry , Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics at the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, discusses his article "Localism as a Solution to Market Failure: Helping the FCC Comply with the Telecommunications Act," which will appear in the Federal Communication Law Journal. Terry discusses the history of telecommunications...

In 1960, Professor Fred Rodell of Yale Law School, "bad boy of American legal academia," asked his students to write scripts describing important Supreme Court cases. The scripts were directed by David Allen, performed by David Allen, Paul Sparer, and Jack Curtis, and released on LP by Educational Audio Visual, Inc. According to the record sleeve: The arguments of the lawyers in each of these case...

In the late 60s and early 70s Scholastic Magazines Inc.'s Enrichment Materials Inc. label released the "American Document" series of records, which dramatized historical documents for educational purposes. Record No. 18 presented the Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The records were produced by Martha Huddleston, directed by Bob Bell, and script...

In the late 60s and early 70s Scholastic Magazines Inc.'s Enrichment Materials Inc. label released the "American Document" series of records, which dramatized historical documents for educational purposes. Record No. 18 presented the Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The records were produced by Martha Huddleston, directed by Bob Bell, and script...

In 1968, Hollywood-based attorney Walter E. Hurst released the "Law, You and..." series of records, intended to educate the public about various legal topics, as well as serving as an advertisement for the law practice of "$40 an hour Hollywood Attorney Walter E. Hurst." The records consisted of a simulated consultation between Hurst and a "client," offering instruction on the law in a particular...

In this episode, Charbel J. Barakat , Chief Counsel for the Florida region for D.R. Horton, Inc. and recent Jeopardy! champion discusses "the law of Jeopardy!" Among other things, Barakat describes the process of becoming a Jeopardy! contestant, and how he prepared to compete. He also describes the legal history of American game shows, how scandals in the 1960s led to federal regulation of game sh...

In 1985, the New York attorney Aaron Richard Golub wrote the lyrics for a dance/rap song titled "He Is My Lawyer," during a " 20-minute fit of inspiration ." It was a response to Jackson Browne's song " Lawyers in Love " (1983), which Golub felt unfairly maligned the members of the bar as "exploitative and shallow." Golub formed a band, which he named "Power of Attorney," and recorded 3 versions o...

In August 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. recorded a speech titled "The Right of the People to Rule" for the Edison Recording Company. Roosevelt had recently lost the Republican nomination for President to William Howard Taft, and founded the Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party to run as its nominee. He ultimately split the Republican vote and caused the election of Woodrow Wilson. In...

On August 6, 1920, in New York City, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio recorded a speech titled "Liberty Under the Law" for the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company's "Nation's Forum" label. This is take 1, which was released by Nation's Forum. In his speech, Harding objects to Communism as a threat to freedom and the Constitution, and argues that the risk justifies crushing sedition. This r...

On January 16, 1918, in New York City, American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers recorded a speech titled "Labor's Service to Freedom" for the Columbia Graphophone Company's "Nation's Forum" label. Gompers recorded at least 2 takes. This is the second take, which was published by Nation's Forum. In the speech, Gompers expresses the AFL's support for the United States war effort, and ex...