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S2 E14 The Bathroom Battles Apr 15, 2019

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Drew Adams is, by every definition, a young man, yet the county school board where he lives wants him to use the gender-neutral or girls’ facilities at his high school. The Florida high school senior’s case has made it to the U.S. Court of Appeals with the support of 21 attorneys general. Constitutional expert Charlton Copeland unlocks the historical and contextual debate. Recorded on April 9, 2019.

S2 E13 Isis Brides' Legal Limbo Apr 08, 2019

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More than 60 Americans traveled to Syria to join ISIS. Capture fighters have been returned to the U.S. to face justice but the brides of the caliphate are being held in legal limbo. Immigration law and historian Kunal Parker unboxes the bride brouhaha.

S2 E12 Gerrymandering: Carving Up the Districts Apr 01, 2019

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On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court waded into the fray during arguments over the partisan manipulation of congressional districts, or gerrymandering. Miami Law's Frances Hill’s scholarship often focuses on the intersection of tax law, federal election law, and the constitution. She is a highly-sought after commentator, has authored an amicus brief and has been a signer on other briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court over campaign finance issues. Recorded on March 28, 2019.

S2 E11 Officer-Involved Shootings in a #BlackLivesMatter World Mar 25, 2019

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Last week, a Florida jury deadlocked on attempted manslaughter charges against a white policeman in the shooting of a Black mental health therapist. The officer testified that he was aiming at an autistic man who he thought was holding the therapist hostage when he fired three bullets. Seven years ago, a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer gunned down a black teenager walking back from a convenience store. From the shooter’s acquittal by a Florida jury grew the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Criminal and constitutional law expert Donald Jones looks at how the landscape has changed through the lens of the movement. Recorded on March 20, 2019.

S2 E10 Artifacts on the Move Mar 18, 2019

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that they are returning the Gilded Coffin of the Priest Nedjemankh after evidence was unearthed that it was looted during the Arab Spring in 2011. The FBI has asked for governments’ assistance in returning from more than 40,000 cultural artifacts from everywhere from the Indo-Pacific region to the bones of 500 Arikara Native Americans that were illegally amassed by an Indiana collector. Art and museum law expert and lifetime member of the Archaeological Institute of America Stephen Urice digs in on the context and significance of these events. Recorded on March 8, 2019.

S2 E9 A Netflix Star’s Appeal Mar 11, 2019

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“Making a Murderer” docu-series star Steven Avery served 18 years for a sexual assault and attempted murder he did not commit. Soon after release, the same county arrested and convicted him of murder. Twelve years into his current sentence, he has won the right to an appeal. Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino walks us through the case. Recorded on March 8, 2019.

S2 E8 Abortion Takes Center Stage Mar 04, 2019

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With states positioning to act if the landmark Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, the woman’s right to choose is more at risk today than at any other time since its passing in 1974. Constitutional law expert Caroline Mala Corbin makes sense of the flurry of legislative activity. Recorded on February 22, 2019.

S2 E7 Concussions and the Future of Football Feb 25, 2019

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As dozens of lawsuits were filed at the end of January in Indiana, home of the NCAA, the future of football is under fire. Sports law expert and director of Miami Law’s Sports Law Track tackles the gridiron of the legislation. Recorded February 14, 2019.

S2 E6 Jeff Bezos’ Red Line Feb 18, 2019

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Amazon and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezo’s salvo aimed dead on at American Media Publisher David Pecker’s threat to publish salacious images. Miami Law cyber civil rights expert Mary Anne Franks answers the question: journalism or extortion? Recorded February 12, 2019.

S2 E5 Truth v. Lies in the Trump Era Feb 11, 2019

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Verifiable information and truth have been replaced with hyperbole and alternate facts in some sectors of the American consciousness in the topsy-turvy time of Trump. Communications law expert Lili Levi untangles the media morass.

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