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American Democracy MinuteHow Adding a Citizenship Question in the Next U.S. Census Could Change the Make-Up of CongressThe American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 10, 2025How Adding a Citizenship Question in the Next U.S. Census Could Change the Make-Up of CongressYou may have filled out a U.S. Census questionnaire which promised to keep your individual data private. There’s concern the Trump administration or Congress may add a question about your citizenship in the 2030 Census. Would you answer it?Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://American...2025-06-0901 min
Law & DemocracyThe Alignment Theory of Election Law: An Interview with Nick Stephanopoulos of Harvard Law School
Is American election law fundamentally misaligned with the will of the people? Nick Stephanopoulos, author of “Aligning Election Law,” joins Law & Democracy to discuss his groundbreaking theory. Discover how alignment can be measured, why it matters for democracy, and what can be done to fix the gaps between what people want and what the government does.About Nicholas StephanopoulosNicholas Stephanopoulos’s research and teaching interests include election law, constitutional law, administrative law, legislation, and comparative law. His work is particularly focused on the intersection of democratic theory, empirical political science, and the American electoral system...2025-02-2034 min
ABA Law Student PodcastA Legal View of the 2024 Election: Insights from Harvard’s Election Law ExpertHarvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a leading authority on gerrymandering and election law, explores the pivotal role that legal professionals play in safeguarding our democratic processes. Professor Stephanopoulos shares his insights on the current state of election law, the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions, and the ongoing challenges in campaign finance. By the end of the episode, you’ll understand why every election is crucial and how the legal community can uphold the integrity of our democracy.We're looking for our next team of student hosts. If you're a rising 2L or 3L, have a l...2024-10-2138 min
The Ross Kaminsky Show7-22-24 *INTERVIEW* Nicholas Stephanopoulos Harvard Law Professor on Election Law2024-07-2220 min
The Blunt Bolshevik ShowWe Don’t Know For Sure If He’s Pooped HimselfOn today’s episode: the Lancet publishes a report with a conservative death toll in Gaza of over 180,000, Biden says the ‘Lord Almighty’ would need to get him out of this race, Whoopi Goldberg steps in some poop, and Democratic Party donors want Biden to step aside.Links* Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential - The Lancet* POLITICO on X: "ABC's George Stephanopoulos: “If you can be convinced that you cannot defeat Donald Trump, will you stand down?” President Biden: “Well, it depends. If the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that, I m...2024-07-1041 min
Mash Up | 93.1 WIBCWIBC Mash Up: Episode 103 - 7/8/24Start your week off right with our WIBC hosts! Katz talks about Biden’s disastrous interview with George Stephanopoulos. Kendall and Casey discuss how Caitlyn Clark makes history as she secures the WNBA’s first ever Triple/Double. Hammer and Nigel talk to Colts Legend Dwight Freeney. Plus, Tony Kinnett is joined by Daniel DiMartino to discuss how horrible economic policy in an election year scares voters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-07-0941 min
Instant TriviaEpisode 1082 - French first names - The golden age of radio - Born in the '60s - Russian to judgment - Boys townWelcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1082, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: French First Names
1: Magritte andDescartes.
René.
2: Monet andDebussy.
Claude.
3: Cocteau andLafitte.
Jean.
4: Cardin andBoulle.
Pierre.
5: Escoffier andRodin.
Auguste.
Round 2. Category: The Golden Age Of Radio
1: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions".
Wheaties.
2: He's the answer to the question posed in the following:"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?".
the Shadow.
3: "Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product.
S...2024-01-2708 min
The Law School LoungeEp. 24 - Tokaji & Stephanopoulos: Election Law: Voting Rights, Gerrymandering, Campaign Finances, and MoreThe Law School Lounge is back this week with an insightful and current discussion about Election Law. Special Guests Dean Daniel Tokaji of the University of Wisconsin School of Law and Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos of Harvard Law School bring their expertise to our listeners. They share insights on concepts of pluralism and factions, gerrymandering and districting, campaign finances, the right to vote, and so much more. As leading scholars in the area they answer questions like: "What can be done about gerrymandering?" and "How might campaign financing impact the 2024 presidential election?"If you want to read...2024-01-231h 02
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastAfter Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent CeasefireThe Friends Committee on National Legislation Legislative Director Hassan El-Tayyab: After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent CeasefireHarvard University Kirkland & Ellis professor of law Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US DemocracyCanadian Indian residential school system survivor Harriet Prince: Canadian Indian School Survivor Shares Her Story at Annual ‘National Day of Mourning’ RallyBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryU.S. is expanding its military presence in Gree...2023-11-2929 min
WPKN Community RadioBetween The Lines - 11/29/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.* After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire; Hassan El-Tayyab, leg. dir. Middle East Policy, Advocacy Organizer w Friends Committee on National Legislation; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US Democracy; Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Kirkland & Ellis professor of Law at Harvard University; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Canadian Indian School Survivor Shares her story at Annual ‘National Day of Mourning’ Rally; Harriet Prince, a survivor of the Canadian Indian residential school system; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.2023-11-2929 min
Supreme MythsProfessor Nicholas StephanopoulosHarvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his forthcoming book “Alignment: A Theory of the Law of Democracy,” as well as wide array of difficult, controversial, and timely election law issues.2023-09-0254 min
Ask a Harvard ProfessorNicholas Stephanopoulos: Why Does Gerrymandering Matter So Much?Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a political scientist and legal scholar whose research focuses on gerrymandering, explains its effect on American democracy and how it might be stopped. Topics include recent state laws that limit voting, the voting-rights bills being debated in Congress, and the current state of “alignment” between voters’ wishes and government actions.A note to our listeners: This episode was recorded on September 30, 2021. For more information about Harvard Magazine and this podcast, visit www.harvardmagazine.com/podcast and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.For a transcript of this episode, go to https...2021-11-2227 min
The Yale Law Journal PodcastNew Fronts in the Battle for Voting RightsWhile we often consider questions of who is eligible to vote and how votes are counted, the question of where votes are counted is just as important. In this episode, Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos joins us to discuss the impact a race-blind baseline would have in racial vote-dilution case. Next, Alaa Chaker and Justin Farmer speak to us about prison malapportionment and their involvement in a federal court case challenging this practice, NAACP v. Merrill.
To learn more about this topic, take a look at The Race-Blind Future of Voting Rights, by Professors Jowei Chen and Nicholas Stephanopoulos...2021-04-0540 min
Tony Katz | Popcorn MomentPopcorn Moment: Rand Paul Stands By Voter Fraud for 2020 ElectionRand Paul spars with ABC host, George Stephanopoulos over the integrity of the election. Paul puts him to shame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-01-2504 min
Lawyer 2 LawyerThe 2020 Census Citizenship Question and GerrymanderingNicholas Stephanopoulos and Dale Ho take an in-depth look at two controversial SCOTUS rulings on gerrymandering and the 2020 census citizenship question.2019-07-1232 min
The latest episodes from More PerfectWho’s Gerry and Why Is He So Bad at Drawing Maps?“It is an invidious, undemocratic, and unconstitutional practice,” Justice John Paul Stevens said of gerrymandering in Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004). Politicians have been manipulating district lines to favor one party over another since the founding of our nation. But with a case starting today, Gill v. Whitford, the Supreme Court may be in a position to crack this historical nut once and for all.
Up until this point, the court didn’t have a standard measure or test for how much one side had unfairly drawn district lines. But “the efficiency gap” could be it. The mathematical formula measures ho...2017-10-0321 min
Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical DomainRe District
Mathematics has been showing up in the news a lot more than usual lately. It has shown up in Slate, The New York Times, and The New Yorker and each time it has been accompanied by one other word, gerrymandering. While Relatively Prime has covered gerrymandering once before in the season 2 episode Mathematistan(a story we just rereleased as an encore presentation in the feed so y’all can get a refresher on the mathematics of gerrymandering) so many important new things have been happening recently it seemed very important to talk about it again.
Th...2017-08-3144 min
ACMEScienceRe DistrictMathematics has been showing up in the news a lot more than usual lately. It has shown up in Slate, The New York Times, and The New Yorker and each time]it has been accompanied by one other word, gerrymandering. While Relatively Prime has covered gerrymandering once before in the season 2 episode Mathematistan(a story we just rereleased as an encore presentation in the feed so y'all can get a refresher on the mathematics of gerrymandering) so much important new things have been happening recently it seemed very important to talk about it again.
The first interview in this episode...2017-08-3144 min
We the PeopleIs this the end of partisan gerrymandering?Nicholas Stephanopoulos of the University of Chicago and Michael Morley of Barry University discuss a big Wisconsin case that could reach the Supreme Court.Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter.We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org.Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full r...2016-12-0844 min
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastIs this the end of partisan gerrymandering?Nicholas Stephanopoulos of the University of Chicago and Michael Morley of Barry University discuss a big Wisconsin case that could reach the Supreme Court. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the Na...2016-12-0839 min
We the PeopleIs this the end of partisan gerrymandering?Nicholas Stephanopoulos of the University of Chicago and Michael Morley of Barry University discuss a big Wisconsin case that could reach the Supreme Court.Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter.We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org.Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full r...2016-12-0844 min
UChicagoLawOctober Term 2016: Highlights & PerspectivesIn this First Monday event, Law School faculty discuss their insight and opinions on upcoming United States Supreme Court cases and the issues currently facing the Court.
Featuring:
Anthony J. Casey, '02, Professor of Law and Mark Claster Mamolen Teaching Scholar
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor of Law
David Strauss, the Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law.
Moderated by Sarah M. Konsky, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic.
Introduced by Dean Thomas J. Miles.2016-10-041h 24
The University of Chicago Law School Faculty PodcastOctober Term 2016: Highlights & PerspectivesIn this First Monday event, Law School faculty discuss their insight and opinions on upcoming United States Supreme Court cases and the issues currently facing the Court.
Featuring:
Anthony J. Casey, '02, Professor of Law and Mark Claster Mamolen Teaching Scholar
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor of Law
David Strauss, the Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law.
Moderated by Sarah M. Konsky, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic.
Introduced by Dean Thomas J. Miles.2016-10-041h 24UChicagoLawPanel: Theory Meets Practice: Dynamic Changes in the Election Law LandscapePanelists:
- Don Harmon, JD’95, Illinois State Senator
- Dan Johnson, JD’00, Progressive Public Affairs
- Blake Sercye, JD'11, Associate, Jenner & Block
- Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor of Law
Hosted by the University of Chicago Law School’s Regional Alumni Committee at Skadden Arps in Chicago. Recorded October 13, 2015.2015-11-101h 02The University of Chicago Law School Faculty PodcastPanel: Theory Meets Practice: Dynamic Changes in the Election Law LandscapePanelists:
- Don Harmon, JD’95, Illinois State Senator
- Dan Johnson, JD’00, Progressive Public Affairs
- Blake Sercye, JD'11, Associate, Jenner & Block
- Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor of Law
Hosted by the University of Chicago Law School’s Regional Alumni Committee at Skadden Arps in Chicago. Recorded October 13, 2015.2015-11-101h 02UChicagoLawNicholas Stephanopoulos, "The South After Shelby County"In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which had barred southern jurisdictions from changing their election laws unless they first received federal approval. The burning question now is what will happen to minority representation in the South in the absence of Section 5. In this talk, Prof. Stephanopoulos explores the differences between the defunct Section 5 and Section 2 of the VRA, which continues to apply nationwide. His sobering conclusion is that Section 2 provides substantially less protection with respect to both redistricting and franchise restrictions. The demise of Section 5 is...2014-02-2052 minThe University of Chicago Law School Faculty PodcastNicholas Stephanopoulos, "The South After Shelby County"In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which had barred southern jurisdictions from changing their election laws unless they first received federal approval. The burning question now is what will happen to minority representation in the South in the absence of Section 5. In this talk, Prof. Stephanopoulos explores the differences between the defunct Section 5 and Section 2 of the VRA, which continues to apply nationwide. His sobering conclusion is that Section 2 provides substantially less protection with respect to both redistricting and franchise restrictions. The demise of Section 5 is...2014-02-2052 min