https://simplecast.com Democracy's Future? Is democracy falling apart in the United States and around the world? Are law and legal institutions the problem or solution to the crises that are threatening democracies everywhere? This season, the Fordham Law Podcast digs deep into the big questions facing democracy and its uncertain future. en Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:44:01 +0000 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:44:11 +0000 https://democracys-future.simplecast.com Democracy's Future? https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f6dd638e-7013-40a4-96a6-35fe31ac2313/f3cb7c32-a8ea-413f-a44e-7c11802679da/3000x3000/democracys-future-podcast-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://democracys-future.simplecast.com episodic Is democracy falling apart in the United States and around the world? Are law and legal institutions the problem or solution to the crises that are threatening democracies everywhere? This season, the Fordham Law Podcast digs deep into the big questions facing democracy and its uncertain future. Julie Suk false https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZTq2nhcv congress, constitution, democracy, judiciary, law, legislatures, supreme court Julie Suk FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com 974466d0-30e1-49f7-a13b-43ebfcf63783 Dangers of Constitutional Veneration Read Aziz Rana's book The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize A Document That Fails Them (2024) 

Read Aziz Rana's recent New York Times op-ed, The Constitution Won't Save Us from Trump.

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:44:01 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Aziz Rana, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/dangers-of-constitutional-veneration-VBUlq13p Read Aziz Rana's book The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize A Document That Fails Them (2024) 

Read Aziz Rana's recent New York Times op-ed, The Constitution Won't Save Us from Trump.

]]> Dangers of Constitutional Veneration Aziz Rana, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 01:05:02 Aziz Rana, author of the much-anticipated book, The Constitutional Bind, joins Julie and Zephyr to talk about the origins and history of constitutional veneration, and why this constitutional creed threatens the future of our democracy. Aziz Rana, author of the much-anticipated book, The Constitutional Bind, joins Julie and Zephyr to talk about the origins and history of constitutional veneration, and why this constitutional creed threatens the future of our democracy. imperialism, supreme court, veneration, constitution, creedal constitutionalism, democracy false full 12 344553db-d5ca-417d-84b1-b5de2c4ab411 What is Social Media's Role in Our Democracy? Sandeep Vaheesan, The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech, The New Republic, Feb. 24, 2024.

Amicus Brief of the Open Markets Institute in Netchoice v. Paxton

Zephyr Teachout, Texas's Social-Media Law is Dangerous. Striking it Down Could Be Worse. The Atlantic, Feb. 20, 2024.

]]> Tue, 28 May 2024 06:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Sandeep Vaheesan, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/what-is-social-medias-role-in-our-democracy-Px0KreRm Sandeep Vaheesan, The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech, The New Republic, Feb. 24, 2024.

Amicus Brief of the Open Markets Institute in Netchoice v. Paxton

Zephyr Teachout, Texas's Social-Media Law is Dangerous. Striking it Down Could Be Worse. The Atlantic, Feb. 20, 2024.

]]> What is Social Media's Role in Our Democracy? Sandeep Vaheesan, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:42:20 Are social media companies newspapers in the eyes of the Supreme Court? Should government be allowed to treat them like public utilities? What role does social media play in our current democratic crises, and what role should the First Amendment play in our legislative responses to those crises? This episode is a fascinating conversation that features the expertise of Democracy's Future co-host Zephyr Teachout, who has been a leading commentator on this issue, with our guest Sandeep Vaheesan, antimonopoly expert and legal director at the Open Markets Institute to discuss Netchoice v. Paxton and Moody v. Netchoice, two high stakes cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide very soon. Are social media companies newspapers in the eyes of the Supreme Court? Should government be allowed to treat them like public utilities? What role does social media play in our current democratic crises, and what role should the First Amendment play in our legislative responses to those crises? This episode is a fascinating conversation that features the expertise of Democracy's Future co-host Zephyr Teachout, who has been a leading commentator on this issue, with our guest Sandeep Vaheesan, antimonopoly expert and legal director at the Open Markets Institute to discuss Netchoice v. Paxton and Moody v. Netchoice, two high stakes cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide very soon. freedom of the press, supreme court, first amendment, newspapers, public utilities, free speech, social media, antimonopoly false full 11 bf55acb2-0652-4f74-afbb-d3ead8403d9c Ireland's Referendum on Women's Role in the Home Check out the Irish Electoral Commission's information website for voters about the referendum.

Read Professor Cahillane's op-ed, "The ‘women in the home’ provision is hardly a suitable sentiment for a modern Constitution."

Irish Citizens' Assembly Report on Gender Equality 2021

Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Committee Report on Gender Equality 2022

]]> Tue, 5 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Laura Cahillane, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/irelands-referendum-on-womens-role-in-the-home-M45xs711 Check out the Irish Electoral Commission's information website for voters about the referendum.

Read Professor Cahillane's op-ed, "The ‘women in the home’ provision is hardly a suitable sentiment for a modern Constitution."

Irish Citizens' Assembly Report on Gender Equality 2021

Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Committee Report on Gender Equality 2022

]]> Ireland's Referendum on Women's Role in the Home Laura Cahillane, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout 00:52:26 On International Women's Day (March 8), Irish voters will decide whether to amend their constitution to delete a provision that recognizes women's "life within the home." Adopted in 1937, the "woman in the home" clause has been criticized for entrenching traditional gender stereotypes. Will voters choose to replace it with a gender-neutral clause that values care within the family instead? And what difference does the constitution's language about women, care, and families make to law and public policy? Professor Laura Cahillane joins Democracy's Future from Ireland to discuss. On International Women's Day (March 8), Irish voters will decide whether to amend their constitution to delete a provision that recognizes women's "life within the home." Adopted in 1937, the "woman in the home" clause has been criticized for entrenching traditional gender stereotypes. Will voters choose to replace it with a gender-neutral clause that values care within the family instead? And what difference does the constitution's language about women, care, and families make to law and public policy? Professor Laura Cahillane joins Democracy's Future from Ireland to discuss. ireland, gender equality, mothers, article 41.2, referendum, "woman in the home", citizens' assembly, constitutional amendment, family, care false full 10 6fee506d-00ab-4312-9c0f-c95fbaa05028 Will the French Constitution Enshrine the Right to Abortion? Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez is Professor of Public Law at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France.  She is an internationally renowned expert on human rights, comparative public law, bioethics, reproductive rights, national security, religious freedom, and feminism.  In recent years, she has held visiting fellowships at NYU, Princeton, Fordham, and other American universities, as well as at the European University Institute in Florence, LUISS-Guido Carli in Rome, and several other institutions of research and higher education around the world.  Her most recent book is L'Ecole et la République (The School and the Republic) (2023).  She is a frequent commentator in the French media on constitutional issues, and has provided expert testimony and advice on the proposals to amend the French constitution to enshrine abortion rights. 

Read Stéphanie's article, Why and how to constituitonalize the right to abortion?  (in French)

Read The New York Times' coverage of  the proposal to constitutionalize abortion in France.

]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 01:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/will-the-french-constitution-enshrine-the-right-to-abortion-OcbdyNoK Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez is Professor of Public Law at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France.  She is an internationally renowned expert on human rights, comparative public law, bioethics, reproductive rights, national security, religious freedom, and feminism.  In recent years, she has held visiting fellowships at NYU, Princeton, Fordham, and other American universities, as well as at the European University Institute in Florence, LUISS-Guido Carli in Rome, and several other institutions of research and higher education around the world.  Her most recent book is L'Ecole et la République (The School and the Republic) (2023).  She is a frequent commentator in the French media on constitutional issues, and has provided expert testimony and advice on the proposals to amend the French constitution to enshrine abortion rights. 

Read Stéphanie's article, Why and how to constituitonalize the right to abortion?  (in French)

Read The New York Times' coverage of  the proposal to constitutionalize abortion in France.

]]> Will the French Constitution Enshrine the Right to Abortion? Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout 00:38:16 The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, but it triggered a serious push to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right in France. Next week, the French Senate will debate and vote on a constitutional amendment that would recognize the woman’s freedom to choose abortion. With an overwhelming majority of the National Assembly already in favor of it, France could be the first country in the world to enshrine an abortion right in its constitution this year. Will the amendment, if passed, actually strengthen access to abortion in France? And is the proposal igniting a new polarization that undermines the future of constitutional abortion rights, in France and around the world? Professor Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez takes a break from testifying and advising lawmakers on the amendment to joinJulie and Zephyr on Democracy’s Future to discuss. The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, but it triggered a serious push to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right in France. Next week, the French Senate will debate and vote on a constitutional amendment that would recognize the woman’s freedom to choose abortion. With an overwhelming majority of the National Assembly already in favor of it, France could be the first country in the world to enshrine an abortion right in its constitution this year. Will the amendment, if passed, actually strengthen access to abortion in France? And is the proposal igniting a new polarization that undermines the future of constitutional abortion rights, in France and around the world? Professor Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez takes a break from testifying and advising lawmakers on the amendment to joinJulie and Zephyr on Democracy’s Future to discuss. consensus, france, constitutional amendment, abortion, comparative constitutional law, dobbs v. jackson women's health false full 9 f41e2254-1e54-4d76-a91d-59dfa54b6eb2 Disqualifying Political Candidates Who Threaten Democracy: Global Perspectives Read Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Z. Huq, and David Landau, Democracy's Other Boundary Problem:  The Law of Disqualification in California Law Review (2023).

Tom Ginsburg is Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law  and Political Science at the University of Chicago, He is the author Democracies and International Law (2021), How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (2018), and Judicial Review in New Democracies (2003).

David Landau is Mason Ladd Professor of Law at Florida State University, and also director of International Programs. He is the co-author of the book, Abusive Constitutional Borrowing (2021, with Rosalind Dixon) and a case book on Colombian Constitutional Law (2017, with Manuel Cepeda-Espinosa).

 

]]> Wed, 7 Feb 2024 18:58:22 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/disqualifying-political-candidates-who-threaten-democracy-global-perspectives-iUbQw4LI Read Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Z. Huq, and David Landau, Democracy's Other Boundary Problem:  The Law of Disqualification in California Law Review (2023).

Tom Ginsburg is Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law  and Political Science at the University of Chicago, He is the author Democracies and International Law (2021), How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (2018), and Judicial Review in New Democracies (2003).

David Landau is Mason Ladd Professor of Law at Florida State University, and also director of International Programs. He is the co-author of the book, Abusive Constitutional Borrowing (2021, with Rosalind Dixon) and a case book on Colombian Constitutional Law (2017, with Manuel Cepeda-Espinosa).

 

]]> Disqualifying Political Candidates Who Threaten Democracy: Global Perspectives Julie Suk 00:42:58 When should a political candidate deemed a threat to democracy be disqualified from running for office? As the Supreme Court takes up the constitutional questions that could end Trump's bid for the Presidency, Democracy's Future hosts a conversation with Tom Ginsburg and David Landau, scholarly experts on the law of disqualification in democracies around the world. When should a political candidate deemed a threat to democracy be disqualified from running for office? As the Supreme Court takes up the constitutional questions that could end Trump's bid for the Presidency, Democracy's Future hosts a conversation with Tom Ginsburg and David Landau, scholarly experts on the law of disqualification in democracies around the world. false full 8 aa4f150e-0a16-4a55-b4dc-781f6ed4df49 War and the Future of Democracy in Israel On January 1, the Supreme Court of Israeli issued a long-anticipated decision, striking down the Government’s efforts to limit the Supreme Court’s power.  The case was argued a few weeks before Hamas attacked Israel, and decided in the midst of ongoing war.  In this episode, two leaders of Law Professors for Democracy in Israel join Democracy’s Future to break down the landmark Supreme Court decision, situating it in the recent history of democratic backsliding and social movement protest before October 7, and assessing the future of Israeli democracy in the context of war.

Read an English abstract of the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision here.

Read about Israeli Law Professors’ Forum for Democracy in Israel here.

Gila Stopler is the former dean, and a professor of Law at the College of Law & Business in Ramat-Gan, Israel.  She’s the editor-in-chief of the journal Law & Ethics of Human Rights (LEHR) and has published many articles in her areas of research, including constitutional law, human rights, and democratic erosion in Israel and globally. In fall 2024, Professor Stopler was an Emile Noel fellow at NYU Law School, where she has also been a Tikvah Fellow and Hauser Research Scholar in past years. She has been president of the Israeli Chapter of the International Society of Public Law, and Chair of the Board of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). 

Meital Pinto is a senior lecturer at the Zefat Academic College, School of Law, and the Ono Academic College, Faculty of Law in Israel, and a teaching fellow at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Early in her career, she was a law clerk on the Israeli Supreme Court to Justice Asher Grunis. She has been an Israel Institute visiting fellow at the University of Chicago, where she taught three courses about modern Israel. Pinto’s research focuses on the issues of discrimination, and minority rights within multicultural societies (especially language rights and religious freedom), including the rights of women as minorities within minorities.

]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Gila Stopler, Meital Pinto, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/war-and-the-future-of-democracy-in-israel-inKFQpUn On January 1, the Supreme Court of Israeli issued a long-anticipated decision, striking down the Government’s efforts to limit the Supreme Court’s power.  The case was argued a few weeks before Hamas attacked Israel, and decided in the midst of ongoing war.  In this episode, two leaders of Law Professors for Democracy in Israel join Democracy’s Future to break down the landmark Supreme Court decision, situating it in the recent history of democratic backsliding and social movement protest before October 7, and assessing the future of Israeli democracy in the context of war.

Read an English abstract of the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision here.

Read about Israeli Law Professors’ Forum for Democracy in Israel here.

Gila Stopler is the former dean, and a professor of Law at the College of Law & Business in Ramat-Gan, Israel.  She’s the editor-in-chief of the journal Law & Ethics of Human Rights (LEHR) and has published many articles in her areas of research, including constitutional law, human rights, and democratic erosion in Israel and globally. In fall 2024, Professor Stopler was an Emile Noel fellow at NYU Law School, where she has also been a Tikvah Fellow and Hauser Research Scholar in past years. She has been president of the Israeli Chapter of the International Society of Public Law, and Chair of the Board of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). 

Meital Pinto is a senior lecturer at the Zefat Academic College, School of Law, and the Ono Academic College, Faculty of Law in Israel, and a teaching fellow at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Early in her career, she was a law clerk on the Israeli Supreme Court to Justice Asher Grunis. She has been an Israel Institute visiting fellow at the University of Chicago, where she taught three courses about modern Israel. Pinto’s research focuses on the issues of discrimination, and minority rights within multicultural societies (especially language rights and religious freedom), including the rights of women as minorities within minorities.

]]> War and the Future of Democracy in Israel Gila Stopler, Meital Pinto, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:51:02 In this episode, Professors Gila Stopler and Meital Pinto from Israeli Law Professors' Forum for Democracy join us to discuss the landmark decision of the Israeli Supreme Court of January 1st and what it means for the future of democracy in Israel. In this episode, Professors Gila Stopler and Meital Pinto from Israeli Law Professors' Forum for Democracy join us to discuss the landmark decision of the Israeli Supreme Court of January 1st and what it means for the future of democracy in Israel. democratic backsliding, israel-hamas war, israeli supreme court, knesset, israel, separation of powers, judicial review, basic law, judicial reform, autocracy false full 7 17c532d5-10ab-4071-b5f2-96d90c6a5edf The Polarizing Struggle for a New Constitution: Chile's Upcoming Referendum Veronica Undurraga was the President of the Expert Commission created in December 2022 to draft a new constitution for Chile.  She is a professor of Law at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and author of many scholarly articles on Chile's constitutional process, including Engendering a constitutional moment: The quest for parity in the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2020) in ICON.

For background on the first proposed constitution that failed in 2022, listen to the Fordham Law Podcast Constitutional Crisis Hotline Episode, A Constitutional Cautionary Tale: Why the New Constitution Failed in Chile (September 2022, with Julie Suk and Jed Shugerman Samuel Isaaacharoff, Sergio Verdugo, Camila Vergara)

]]> Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:46:06 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Veronica Undurraga, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/the-polarizing-struggle-for-a-new-constitution-chiles-upcoming-referendum-4bZSlgCd Veronica Undurraga was the President of the Expert Commission created in December 2022 to draft a new constitution for Chile.  She is a professor of Law at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and author of many scholarly articles on Chile's constitutional process, including Engendering a constitutional moment: The quest for parity in the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2020) in ICON.

For background on the first proposed constitution that failed in 2022, listen to the Fordham Law Podcast Constitutional Crisis Hotline Episode, A Constitutional Cautionary Tale: Why the New Constitution Failed in Chile (September 2022, with Julie Suk and Jed Shugerman Samuel Isaaacharoff, Sergio Verdugo, Camila Vergara)

]]> The Polarizing Struggle for a New Constitution: Chile's Upcoming Referendum Veronica Undurraga, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:51:12 On Sunday, December 17, Chilean voters are required to vote to accept or reject a proposed new constitution for Chile. Sunday's referendum will shape democracy in Chile for the foreseeable future: can a constitution that served Pinochet's military dictatorship work for democracy? After Chilean voters rejected a progressive constitution in September 2022, will they embrace the right-leaning one now? Democracy's Future is joined by Professor Veronica Undurraga, who was the President of an ideologically balanced Expert Commission that drafted the constitution, which was then redrafted by an elected Constitutional Council dominated by the Right. On Sunday, December 17, Chilean voters are required to vote to accept or reject a proposed new constitution for Chile. Sunday's referendum will shape democracy in Chile for the foreseeable future: can a constitution that served Pinochet's military dictatorship work for democracy? After Chilean voters rejected a progressive constitution in September 2022, will they embrace the right-leaning one now? Democracy's Future is joined by Professor Veronica Undurraga, who was the President of an ideologically balanced Expert Commission that drafted the constitution, which was then redrafted by an elected Constitutional Council dominated by the Right. false full 6 f3b408c9-81ce-4635-a360-09ab28ae8ab5 From Tyranny, Inc. to "Win-Enough" Democracy Sohrab Ahmari is the author of How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do about It.  He also founded the online magazine The Compact, and was formerly the op-ed editor of the New York Post.  He was also a columnist and editor for the Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Spectator, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Literary Supplement, Commentary, Dissent, and The American Conservative. 

 

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:48:51 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (sohrab ahmari, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/from-tyranny-inc-to-win-enough-democracy-r8cPiXGy Sohrab Ahmari is the author of How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do about It.  He also founded the online magazine The Compact, and was formerly the op-ed editor of the New York Post.  He was also a columnist and editor for the Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Spectator, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Literary Supplement, Commentary, Dissent, and The American Conservative. 

 

]]> From Tyranny, Inc. to "Win-Enough" Democracy sohrab ahmari, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:50:51 Sohrab Ahmari joins this episode of Democracy’s Future to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc, explaining why conservatives should support the rights of workers. For Ahmari, democracy should mean the Left and the Right find ways to “win enough” of their agendas, in order to defend citizens’ freedom against the concentrated power of employers and corporations. Sohrab Ahmari joins this episode of Democracy’s Future to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc, explaining why conservatives should support the rights of workers. For Ahmari, democracy should mean the Left and the Right find ways to “win enough” of their agendas, in order to defend citizens’ freedom against the concentrated power of employers and corporations. tyranny, employers, economic democracy, workers, lochner, big business, liberty, concentrated power, corporations false full 5 76521723-9539-4111-82ae-b6da2b7589e7 Artificial Democracy? How to Regulate the Threat of AI Sarah Kreps is the John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell School of Public Policy's Tech Policy Institute.  She has presented her research to PCAST (the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology) and authored five books, including, most recently, Social Media and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Other books include Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy (2018), Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know (2016), Drone Warfare (2014) and Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions after the Cold War (Oxford 2011).

Read Sarah' Kreps latest: 

How to Systematically Think About AI  Regulation (with Adi Rao, Brookings, Nov. 6, 2023).

How AI Threatens Democracy (with Doug Kriner, Journal of Democracy, Oct. 2023).

]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Sarah Kreps, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/artificial-democracy-how-to-regulate-the-threat-of-ai-6EK4zDD4 Sarah Kreps is the John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell School of Public Policy's Tech Policy Institute.  She has presented her research to PCAST (the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology) and authored five books, including, most recently, Social Media and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Other books include Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy (2018), Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know (2016), Drone Warfare (2014) and Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions after the Cold War (Oxford 2011).

Read Sarah' Kreps latest: 

How to Systematically Think About AI  Regulation (with Adi Rao, Brookings, Nov. 6, 2023).

How AI Threatens Democracy (with Doug Kriner, Journal of Democracy, Oct. 2023).

]]> Artificial Democracy? How to Regulate the Threat of AI Sarah Kreps, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:49:24 Can law and policy make AI safe, secure, and trustworthy in our democracy? On the heels of an Executive Order from the Biden Administration attempting just that, AI expert Sarah Kreps, a political science professor at Cornell, joins Julie and Zephyr to break down the perils and promise of AI for democracy and how policymakers should think about regulating it. Can law and policy make AI safe, secure, and trustworthy in our democracy? On the heels of an Executive Order from the Biden Administration attempting just that, AI expert Sarah Kreps, a political science professor at Cornell, joins Julie and Zephyr to break down the perils and promise of AI for democracy and how policymakers should think about regulating it. generative ai, trust, disinformation, big tech, social media, artificial intelligence, deep fakes, democracy, corporate power, executive order on ai, chat gpt false full 4 181ea479-2417-4b02-907d-46b93c2ce878 Digital Empires Read Digital Empires and Professor Bradford's earlier acclaimed book, The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. 

]]> Mon, 6 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Anu Bradford, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/digital-empires-HwwIG3Wp Read Digital Empires and Professor Bradford's earlier acclaimed book, The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. 

]]> Digital Empires Anu Bradford, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk 00:51:08 Big tech companies, disinformation, privacy violations, and election interference. Should technology be regulated to protect freedom, the state, or democracy? In this episode, Anu Bradford joins Democracy's Future to discuss her new book, Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology, comparing the American, Chinese, and European models. Big tech companies, disinformation, privacy violations, and election interference. Should technology be regulated to protect freedom, the state, or democracy? In this episode, Anu Bradford joins Democracy's Future to discuss her new book, Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology, comparing the American, Chinese, and European models. first amendment, privacy, censorship, technology, antitrust, brexit, free speech, content moderation, democracy, european union, dignity, china false full 3 0d423ef0-df40-437d-a9bf-11d09ec49ecb Saving Democracy, One State at a Time To learn more about threats to democracy in Ohio, read David Pepper's 2021 book, Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines .

 

Read David Pepper's latest book, Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American, and find more practical tools here.

]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (David Pepper, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/saving-democracy-one-state-at-a-time-uXkCq5qS To learn more about threats to democracy in Ohio, read David Pepper's 2021 book, Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines .

 

Read David Pepper's latest book, Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American, and find more practical tools here.

]]> Saving Democracy, One State at a Time David Pepper, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout 00:54:53 Next week, Ohio voters will decide whether to add reproductive rights to their Constitution, after their gerrymandered legislature banned abortion and tried to make it harder for the people to amend the Constitution. David Pepper, the former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and author of Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American, joins Julie and Zephyr to assess what's at stake in the upcoming abortion referendum in Ohio. With intense gerrymandering, corruption, and citizen mobilization, can Ohio be a bellwether for the battle between the forces of autocracy and the forces of democracy at the state level throughout America? Next week, Ohio voters will decide whether to add reproductive rights to their Constitution, after their gerrymandered legislature banned abortion and tried to make it harder for the people to amend the Constitution. David Pepper, the former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and author of Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American, joins Julie and Zephyr to assess what's at stake in the upcoming abortion referendum in Ohio. With intense gerrymandering, corruption, and citizen mobilization, can Ohio be a bellwether for the battle between the forces of autocracy and the forces of democracy at the state level throughout America? republican party, referendum, state constitutions, state legislatures, abortion, democratic party, ballot initiative, gerrymandering, reproductive freedom, autocracy false full 2 ff83ebde-6303-43b2-bf1c-98b975c5468a Is American Democracy Dying? Read Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt's new book, The Tyranny of the Minority.

Their 2017 bestseller, How Democracies Die, is a must-read, too.

]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Steven Levitsky, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/is-american-democracy-dying-fqfPLXZa Read Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt's new book, The Tyranny of the Minority.

Their 2017 bestseller, How Democracies Die, is a must-read, too.

]]> Is American Democracy Dying? Steven Levitsky, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout 00:52:46 Will constitutional hardball and entrenched minority power doom the future of American democracy? Launching the new season, Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout talk with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky about his new book, The Tyranny of the Minority (with Daniel Ziblatt) about why American democracy is sliding backwards, and how we can reimagine a more democratic future. Will constitutional hardball and entrenched minority power doom the future of American democracy? Launching the new season, Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout talk with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky about his new book, The Tyranny of the Minority (with Daniel Ziblatt) about why American democracy is sliding backwards, and how we can reimagine a more democratic future. republican party, democratic backsliding, senate, united states, constitution, democracy false full 1 5b386cae-25e4-4e5f-ae92-9a07b5b547a2 Introducing: Democracy's Future? Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 FordhamDemocracyPod@gmail.com (Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout) https://democracys-future.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-democracys-future-76pbkCJP Introducing: Democracy's Future? Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout 00:02:03 Will democracy survive backsliding, polarization, power grabs, gerrymandering, and challenges to the legitimacy of courts? Join the hosts, Fordham Law professors Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout, in an exploration of threats to democracy in the United States and around the world. Will democracy survive backsliding, polarization, power grabs, gerrymandering, and challenges to the legitimacy of courts? Join the hosts, Fordham Law professors Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout, in an exploration of threats to democracy in the United States and around the world. power, democracy, constitutions false trailer