Episode 39: Michigan's Secretary of State Sounds off on Democracy

03/01/22 • 20 min

Secretaries of State (SoS) play a key role in preserving election security and access to the ballot. Voters will be casting ballots for their state's SoS in 27 states this year. But, just what is involved in being a SoS? And what should be made of the effort underway to pack these offices with proponents of "the Big Lie"? Lindsay Langholz speaks this week with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about the importance of SoS and how listeners can support election integrity in their states. This episode is part of ACS's Run.Vote.Work. initiative, focused on increasing voter education and engagement on down ballot races, including those for Secretary of State.

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Director of Policy and Programs

Guest: Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State

Link: ACS's Run.Vote.Work. Initiative

Link: "If voters don’t stop it, election deniers could kill American democracy," by Secretaries of State Shirley N. Weber and Jocelyn Benson

Link: "Money Pours into State Secretary of State Races," Brennan Center

Link: "State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process," by Jocelyn Benson

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Director of Policy and Programs

Guest: Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State

Link: ACS's Run.Vote.Work. Initiative

Link: "If voters don’t stop it, election deniers could kill American democracy," by Secretaries of State Shirley N. Weber and Jocelyn Benson

Link: "Money Pours into State Secretary of State Races," Brennan Center

Link: "State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process," by Jocelyn Benson

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Episode 38: Climate Change Goes to Court

The Supreme Court is taking up four cases, consolidated under the name West Virginia v. EPA, that could lead to the most consequential decision on the government’s ability to fight climate change in recent history. Although the litigation is nominally over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan – which was repealed by the Trump administration but still exists in a zombie-like legal state – it's really about the executive branch's ability to fight climate change - and to govern more broadly. To help us understand what is at stake in this case, Debra Perlin speaks this week with two friends from Earthjustice, Jill Tauber and Kirti Datla.

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Today's Host: Debra Perlin, ACS Director of Policy and Programs

Guest: Jill Tauber, Vice President of Litigation for Climate and Energy at Earthjustice

Guest: Kirti Datla, Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy at Earthjustice

Link: Earthjustice's Action Center

Link: Equitable & Just National Climate Platform

Link: Climate Law Blog, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Link: Supreme Court Oral arguments

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Episode 40: How the Law Views the Ukraine Crisis

Last month, Russia launched a premeditated, unjustified, and unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine in flagrant violation of international law. In response, the international community has unleashed crippling economic sanctions on Russia, President Biden has vowed that the United States will fulfill its obligations as a member of NATO, and the International Criminal Court has launched a probe into Russian war crimes. Debra Perlin speaks this week with Steve Vladeck about the laws and legal systems governing each of these developments, and about why American diplomatic capital is vital in times of international crisis.

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Today's Host: Debra Perlin, ACS Director of Policy and Programs

Guest: Stephen Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law

Link: "We Must be Unequivocal in Our Defense of Democracy," by Russ Feingold, ACS President

Link: The National Security Law Podcast: Rhyming or Outright Repeating?

Link: UN Charter

Link: NATO Treaty

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