Katie Gima and Jess Zalph join Ashley Erickson to discuss ACS's Constitution in the Classroom program, including a look at newly released curriculum entitled "Separation of Church and State and the U.S. Constitution" and how to bring this important piece of civic education to a classroom near you.

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Host: Ashley Erickson, Senior Director of Network Advancement

Guest: Katie Gima, Senior Director of Legal Programs & Networking, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Guest: Jess Zalph, Constitutional Litigation Fellow, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Link: Constitution in the Classroom

Link: Elementary School Lesson Plan

Link: Middle School Lesson Plan

Link: High School Lesson Plan

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Kim Lane Scheppele joins Valerie Nannery to discuss how America’s slide into autocracy is similar to and different from autocratic shifts around the world, how far America is on the path to autocracy, and what we can all do to stop the descent.

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Host: Valerie Nannery, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Kim Lane Scheppele, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs & Director of the Program in Law and Normative Thinking at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

Link: Autocratic Legalism, by Kim Lane Scheppele

Link: Trump’s Counter Constitution, by Kim Lane Scheppele

Link: The ‘Big Lie’s’ Autocratic Assault on the Rule of Law: Attorneys Can Stop It, by Jim Saranteas

Link: Become a Poll Worker

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Lindsay Langholz is joined by ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter leaders Kevin Gregg and Emily Howe to discuss immigration cases making their way through federal courts, who gets to decide who is an American, what protection citizenship or legal status provides, and what it is like to be on the front lines of defending American democracy.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Kevin Gregg, Partner, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. and ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter Leader

Guest: Emily Howe, Principal, Law Offices of Emily E. Howe and ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter Leader

Link: The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember, by George Wright

Link: Immigration Review Podcast, hosted by Kevin A. Gregg

Link: ACS National Convention 2026

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The rights protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are essential for the proper functioning of a responsive democracy. As we mark the end of the first year of the Second Trump Administration, Nora Benavidez joins Lindsay Langholz to take stock of the effects of a year-long assault on free speech and discuss her recent report, Chokehold: Donald Trump's War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights, Free Press

Link: Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance

Link: I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found., by Nora Benavidez

Link: Defending Academic Freedom, Episode 175 of Broken Law

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Introducing ACS's New President! Phil Brest joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss his background in judicial nominations, the perspective he brings to his new role, and the political moment we all find ourselves in as he takes the helm at ACS.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Phil Brest, President of ACS

Link: ACS National Convention 2026

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From detaining student protesters to threatening to deport rival politicians, President Trump has weaponized the immigration system to suppress dissent. Professor Alina Das and advocate Ramya Krishnan join Taonga Leslie to discuss how these attacks chill speech across the board, examine the unique challenges of defending free speech in the immigration context, and describe how lawyers can resist efforts to silence non-citizens and citizens alike.

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Host: Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice

Guest: Alina Das, James Weldon Johnson Professor & Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, NYU Law

Guest: Ramya Krishnan, Senior Staff Attorney, Knight First Amendment Institute; Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School

Link: Opinion, AAUP v. Rubio (Judge Young)

Link: The First Amendment in Flux, ACS Program Guide

Link: Rights Under Attack: DHS Violence Against Journalists, Observers, and Protestors

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This fall, the Department of Homeland Security descended on the Greater Chicago area as part of an aggressive immigration enforcement campaign targeting Democratic-run cities. Scott Sakiyama joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss his experiences organizing and engaging in efforts to combat authoritarian tactics used by federal agents, what activists in other cities can learn from Chicago, and the importance of taking action now.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Scott Sakiyama, Oak Park, Ill. Attorney and Activist

Link: Oak Park attorney arrested near school says federal agents pointed gun at him, had ‘Chiraq Team 2’ group chat, by Rebecca Johnson

Link: Order and Opinion, Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (Judge Ellis)

Link: Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How some Charlotte residents are mobilizing amid the immigration crackdown, by Dalla Faheld, Andy Buck, & Dianne Gallagher

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Indigenous communities are often invited to participate in the conversation about access to their sacred sites but rarely do their interests prevail. Time and again, their input is received and yet made subordinate to competing interests from corporate powers, scientific pursuits, and even recreation. Michalyn Steele joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss how the law could be changed to reorder existing values and give greater weight to Indigenous interests in sacred sites.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Michalyn Steele, Marion G. Romney Professor of Law, BYU Law

Link: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act as a Model of Cultural Sovereignty for Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites, by Michalyn Steele

Link: Rethinking Protections For Indigenous Sacred Sites, by Stephanie Hall Barclay and Michalyn Steele

Link: Indigenous Resilience, by Michalyn Steele

Link: Supreme Court spurns Native American religious claim over copper mine on sacred land, by Lawrence Hurley

Link: Native American Rights Fund

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