Broken Law - Episode 150: What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?

Episode 150: What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?

06/11/24 • 39 min

Antitrust has escaped the business section and become a major topic of conversation in households across America. If you plan to attend a summer concert, buy groceries, or even listen to this episode on your phone, antitrust could have a real impact on your day-to-day life. Recent high-profile cases and notable agency actions have garnered commentary from supporters and skeptics alike. Elizabeth Binczik speaks with Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute about the competing views on the FTC’s and DOJ’s recent actions and what this period means for antitrust.
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Host: Elizabeth Binczik, Director of Policy and Program for Economic Justice

Guest: Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director, Open Markets Institute

Link: Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter Delivers Remarks at New York City Bar Association’s Milton Handler Lecture, US Dept. of Justice
Link: Federal Trade Commission
Link: Dara Kerr & Alina Selyukh, DOJ, FTC double down on their antitrust strategy, NPR
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Host: Elizabeth Binczik, Director of Policy and Program for Economic Justice

Guest: Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director, Open Markets Institute

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Episode 149: The Promise of Title IX

The Biden Administration recently released a new rule that provides critical updates to Title IX. Lindsay Langholz and ACS Law Fellow Claire Comey speak with Anya Marino and Shiwali Patel about this important federal civil rights law, the contours of this new regulation, and the work still to be done to protect students of all gender identities on campus.
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Host: Lindsay Langholz - Senior Director of Policy and Program

Co-Host: Claire Comey

Guest: Anya Marino - Director of LGBTQI Equality, National Women's Law Center
Guest: Shiwali Patel - Director of Safe and Inclusive Schools

Link: Education and Title IX, National Women's Law CenterLink: Hélène Barthélemy, How Men’s Rights Groups Helped Rewrite Regulations on Campus Rape, The Nation
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Episode 151: The Fraud of Originalism and a Progressive Alternative

As we approach the end of another Supreme Court term where originalism has dominated opinion after opinion in furtherance of an extremist conservative ideology, a question once again arises - how should progressives interpret the Constitution? Madiba Dennie joins Valerie Nannery to discuss her new book, The Originalism Trap, and how progressives can reclaim what the Constitution means.
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Host: Valerie Nannery, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Madiba Dennie, Author of "The Originalism Trap"

Link: The Originalism Trap by Madiba Dennie
Link: How Originalism Ate the Law, Slate
Link: Path to the Bench, ACS
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