27. Why the Court Matters: RBG's Legacy and the Fight She Leaves Behind

In this episode, Kimberlé speaks with six leading scholars about the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court’s largely undersung role in the battle for our democracy, and the profound consequences of the Left’s failure to prioritize the courts over the last several decades.

With:

DEVON CARBADO - Professor of Law, UCLA; Author, Acting White? Rethinking Race in “Post-Racial” America

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY - Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law; Author, We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century

SUZANNE GOLDBERG - Professor of Law, Columbia; Founding Director, Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic at Columbia 

CHERYL HARRIS - Professor of Law, UCLA; Author, “Whiteness as Property”

SHERRILYN IFILL - President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
MELISSA MURRAY - Professor of Law, NYU, Author, “The Equal Rights Amendment: A Century in the Making"

Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/

Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)

Produced by Julia Sharpe-Levine

Edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine and Rebecca Scheckman 

Additional support provided by the African American Policy Forum

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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