Stanford scholars reflect on the sweeping number of executive actions President Biden ordered on his first day in office, including pledges to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration, the climate crisis and racial injustice.
After the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, questions have been raised about guns, militias and hate groups. Here, Stanford Law Professor John Donohue discusses gun laws in the U.S. and the potential for armed insurrection.
In a Q&A, Michael McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law, discusses the 25th Amendment and impeachment as potential vehicles for removing the president from office.
Stanford Law Professor David Sklansky discusses the Breonna Taylor case and the use of no-knock warrants – and reforms that might prevent unnecessary death and injury in the future.
Maria Azhunova, winner of the 2020 Bright Award, supports the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge and biocultural approaches to nature conservation through her work at the Baikal Buryat Center for Indigenous Cultures.
