Barbara Babcock was a pioneering attorney who was instrumental in the establishment of today’s Public Defender Service before becoming the first woman to serve on the faculty at Stanford Law School.
Stanford Law Professor David Sklansky discusses the firings of two Inspectors General with important oversight roles: One was assigned to oversee the massive $2 trillion COVID-19 aid package; the other determined last year that the whistleblower complaint in the Ukraine scandal was “credible” and should be forwarded to Congress.
Legal historian and constitutional law scholar Bernadette Meyers discusses the powers of the president and state governors to address the lack of critical medicines and diagnostic and medical supplies such as ventilators and N95 masks.
Labor law expert Professor William Gould discusses the challenges facing workers during this time of national crisis – and the gaps in America’s safety net leaving many vulnerable.
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A task force chaired by Douglas Owens, director of Stanford’s Center for Health Policy, recommends screening all adults 18 to 79 for the hepatitis C virus.
Stanford law Professor Rabia Belt, a legal historian whose scholarship focuses on disability and citizenship, explains the caucus system of voting and challenges to democracy.
Monday, Jan. 27, marks the three-year anniversary of the travel ban. Law Professor Shirin Sinnar, an expert in national security and civil rights, discusses the current version of the order, challenges to it, and the administration’s potential plans to expand it.
