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Law & DemocracyEpisode 15 – Inside Judicial Nominations with Professor Lori A. Ringhand
In this episode of Law & Democracy, we are thrilled to welcome Lori Ringhand, a distinguished professor of law at the University of Georgia. Professor Ringhand is an expert on judicial confirmations and has authored several books on the topic, including Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings and Constitutional Change and Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings. Join us as we dive into the complexities of the judicial confirmation process, explore its impact on democracy, and discuss how race and gender influence these critical proceedings. Professor Ringhand shares valuable insights based on years of research and...2025-01-2343 min
How to Be Awesome at Your Job988: How to Elevate Your Status and Command Respect at Work with Alison FragaleAlison Fragale reveals the keys to improving others’ perceptions of you. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The critical missing piece for your advancement 2) Why your response to “How are you?” matters more than you think 3) The quickest way to get others to promote you Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep988 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ALISON — Alison Fragale is the author of LIKEABLE BADASS: How Women Get the Success They Deserve and the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School. As a research psychologist, award-win...2024-08-1946 min
How to Be Awesome at Your Job988: How to Elevate Your Status and Command Respect at Work with Alison FragaleAlison Fragale reveals the keys to improving others’ perceptions of you. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The critical missing piece for your advancement 2) Why your response to “How are you?” matters more than you think 3) The quickest way to get others to promote you Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep988 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ALISON — Alison Fragale is the author of LIKEABLE BADASS: How Women Get the Success They Deserve and the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished...2024-08-1944 min
New Books in American PoliticsPostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
New Books in LawPostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
New Books in Public PolicyPostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsPostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
New Books in Political SciencePostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
New Books in American StudiesPostscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supreme CourtPostscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term, three political scientists and one law professor joined Susan to talk about the power of the Federalist Society in shaping the courts (and how lawyers might strategically use political science research to get more progressive outcomes), how race, ethnicity, and gender issues have affected the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court over time, and a very lively discussion of this term’s Supreme Court decisions – and also actions outside the Court like Chief Justice Roberts refusing to a...2023-06-2359 min
FedSoc EventsPanel III: Unique Aspects of American Democracy: Structural Bugs or Features?Many aspects of the United States governing structure have been criticized as inconsistent with democracy or at least with majority rule. Elections for the House of Representatives and state legislatures are subject to gerrymandering. The Senate represents large and small states equally and thus unequally weights the voters across the nation. The Electoral College, too, provides electoral advantages to some states over others. And the institutions themselves sometimes depart from majority rule, most notably in the United States Senate with its filibuster. Can these arrangements be justified, or should they be reformed?Featuring:Moderator: Hon. Patrick J...2023-04-051h 43
Supreme MythsProfessor Lori RinghandProfessor Lori Ringhand stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the Supreme Court’s confirmation process. She is quite simply the leading national expert on the subject.2023-03-1358 min
Political RewindPolitical Rewind: Cases on serving same-sex couples, independent legislatures before Supreme CourtFriday on Political Rewind: The Supreme Court heard arguments in two important cases this past week. The court will decide if a Colorado woman has a right to refuse web design services to a same-sex couple planning a wedding. It will also decide how much power state legislatures hold in federal elections.
The panel
Anthony Michael Kreis, @AnthonyMKreis, professor of law, Georgia State University
Fred Smith, @fredosmithjr, professor of law, Emory University
Jim Galloway, @JimJournalist, former political columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lori Ringhand, professor of law, University of Georgia
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0:00 - Introductions
3:00 - The 11th Circuit's decision
7:00 - Respect for marriage act...2022-12-0951 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Cases on serving same-sex couples, independent legislatures before Supreme CourtFriday on Political Rewind: The Supreme Court heard arguments in two important cases this past week. The court will decide if a Colorado woman has a right to refuse web design services to a same-sex couple planning a wedding. It will also decide how much power state legislatures hold in federal elections.
The panel
Anthony Michael Kreis, @AnthonyMKreis, professor of law, Georgia State University
Fred Smith, @fredosmithjr, professor of law, Emory University
Jim Galloway, @JimJournalist, former political columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lori Ringhand, professor of law, University of Georgia
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introductions
3:00 - The 11th Circuit's decision
7:00 - Respect for marriage act...2022-12-0951 min
Gresham College LecturesPolitical Spending on the InternetFULBRIGHT LECTUREGovernment officials in the UK and the USA have struggled to find effective ways to regulate political spending on the internet. The question of appropriate regulation is challenging - both in practice and principle. Professor Ringhand discusses how officials in the United Kingdom and the United States have approached the problem, and how they have faced surprisingly similar challenges despite the different underlying approaches to political campaign financing taken by each nation.A lecture by Lori Ringhand, University of Georgia and University of Aberdeen 2 April 2019The transcript and downloadable versions...2019-04-0242 min
We the PeopleThe History of Supreme Court Confirmation HearingsIn the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, we explore the history of Supreme Court confirmation hearings and consider their constitutional implications. How did the Framers envision the Senate’s role in providing “advice and consent,” and how has it evolved over time?Guests: Lori Ringhand – professor at the University of Georgia School of Law and Adam J. White – research fellow at the Hoover Institution.This is the first episode in a two-part series covering the confirmation process. Join us next week for a post-hearing wrap-up.2018-09-061h 01
We the PeopleThe History of Supreme Court Confirmation HearingsIn the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, we explore the history of Supreme Court confirmation hearings and consider their constitutional implications. How did the Framers envision the Senate’s role in providing “advice and consent,” and how has it evolved over time?Guests: Lori Ringhand – professor at the University of Georgia School of Law and Adam J. White – research fellow at the Hoover Institution.This is the first episode in a two-part series covering the confirmation process. Join us next week for a post-hearing wrap-up.2018-09-061h 01
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastThe History of Supreme Court Confirmation HearingsIn the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, we explore the history of Supreme Court confirmation hearings and consider their constitutional implications. How did the Framers envision the Senate’s role in providing “advice and consent,” and how has it evolved over time? Guests: Lori Ringhand – professor at the University of Georgia School of Law and Adam J. White – research fellow at the Hoover Institution. This is the first episode in a two-part series covering the confirmation process. Join us next week for a post-hearing wrap-up.2018-09-0657 min
The GistCourting PoliticsOn The Gist, let’s face it: A.I. and robots are going to take jobs from us humans.
Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination has restarted the debate on how we vet candidates and whether the Supreme Court is too easy to game. Lori Ringhand, a professor of law at the University of Georgia and an expert on the Supreme Court, explains how much the court has actually changed, or not, in our lifetime.
In the Spiel, three theories on how this whole Mueller investigation thing is going to end.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...2018-08-0127 min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsWhen Prosecutors Keep MumIn 1985, eight men were convicted of the grisly murder of a Washington D.C. woman. After spending decades in prison, they learned from an article in the Washington Post that prosecutors had withheld evidence from trial that could have exculpated them. This week, the Supreme Court delved back into the details of the 30-plus year old murder case and considered whether the case should be reopened. Former defense lawyer Thomas Dybdahl is writing a book about the murder and its aftermath, and joins us to discuss Turner v. USand Overton v. US. We also speak with legal...2017-04-0154 min
Oral ArgumentEpisode 120: UnboundIn our remote recording location and with returning election-law expert Lori Ringhand, we talk about the election. The electoral college, the moral and legal roles of electors, disputed elections in the House, crises, civil wars. Oh my. (Back in OA World Headquarters for next week’s show.)
This show’s links:
Lori Ringhand’s faculty profile and writing
The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (including a link to some superseding language of the Twentieth Amendment)
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 68
Rick Hasen’s link to California’s brief against unbinding California’s Electors
Geoffrey Stone, Electors Aga...2016-12-161h 24Oral ArgumentEpisode 78: Listener FullerFeedback on “the Cyberloquium,” theme music, affirmative action, oral arguments, podcast apps, Scalia’s opinion announcement in Glossip, the parliamentary system and complexity, postal banking, killer robots, villains and angels in history, and whether philosophy matters much in law.
This show’s links:
Oral Argument 0: Who Is Your Hero?
Amicus podcast: 2015 Term Preview
SCOTUSblog’s page for Fisher v. UT Austin
Oral Argument 27: My Favorite Case
The Oyez page for Glossip v. Gross, containing Breyer’s announcement and Scalia’s response (linked at Part 4)
Overcast
Oral Argument 56: Cracking and Packing (guest Lori Ringhand)
Mehrsa Baradaran, How the Other Half...2015-10-121h 09Oral ArgumentEpisode 73: Looking for the SplinesWe open the burgeoning mailbag. And oh what a bounty! Side A: 1. Georgia’s assertion of copyright over its annotated statutes. 2. Law school application, rankings, and preparation. 3. The utility for law of having a Ph.D. 4. Substantive due process and Lochner. 5. Would law school be better without the study of the Supreme Court or constitutional law? Side B: 6. Voting rights and proportional representation. 7. Whether we’ve had a fair discussion of the death penalty. 8. What makes legal writing good or bad? 9. Other podcasts. 10. Race and the law. 11. The utilitarian case for manual override of driverless cars. 12. Facebook’s ability to cre...2015-09-041h 29Oral ArgumentEpisode 65: We Can Call It AwesomeBig week. Let’s just call this one our second annual Supreme Court round-up, where, naturally, we focus on only two cases: gay marriage and Obamacare II. It’s made awesome by our special guest, Steve Vladeck.
This show’s links:
Steve Vladeck’s faculty profile and writing
Oral Argument 22: Nine Brains in a Vat (guest Dahlia Lithwick)
Obergefell v. Hodges
Oral Argument 40: The Split Has Occurred (about Judge Sutton’s gay marriage opinion) and Oral Argument 32: Go Figure (guest Lori Ringhand) (about Judge Posner’s gay marriage opinion), both episodes containing ample links concerning the issue
San An...2015-06-271h 29Oral ArgumentEpisode 56: Cracking and PackingWhen you have election law and constitutional law scholar Lori Ringhand on your show, you start, of course, by talking about the problem with email, the uses of texting, and apps like Periscope. Lori thinks Christian should read more novels. Fueled by listener Bunny’s small-batch, home-roasted, fine coffee, we move on to the much easier topics of race, voting, and gerrymandering. What do you do when the Supreme Court’s color-blindness understanding of the Equal Protection Clause collides with the Voting Rights Act? And why do geographic voting districts with single winners make sense anyway? Voting’s hard to mak...2015-04-101h 37Oral ArgumentEpisode 32: Go FigureWe’re back with knees and gay marriage. And constitutional scholar Lori Ringhand. In the battle between recliners and knee defenders, Joe tells us the real enemy is the airline who has sold the same space twice. Somehow nose-punching, rapid window shade flipping, and the high arctic figure into the discussion. Turning to Judge Posner’s smackdown of midwestern marriage bans, we start with style: is there such a thing as too much smack? Then we turn to the really interesting bit, Posner’s reimagining of judicial scrutiny of discrimination. Also: speed traps.
This show’s links:
Lori...2014-09-131h 29
Discover Community MediaSchool Vouchers are coming to WisconsinTune in for interviews with Janesville School Board Commissioners Karl Dommershausen and Cathy Myers who separately share their views of school vouchers and their impact on Janesville School District.
Next, conversation with State Assembly Representative Janis Ringhand about Scott Walker's budget and why the Democrats in the Assembly chose to not offer any of more than 200 amendements that were originally drafted.
Finally, for dessert, conversation with Lori Anna Hollingsworth, owner and operator of Lorianna's Sweetlife Bakery in Janesville, Wisconsin.
These and your phone calls on the next Discover Janesville!2013-06-241h 26