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@law.rutgers.edu professor Lee Carpenter talked to @sidebarcns.bsky.social co-host Kirk McDaniel about the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision and the connected fates of various minority groups.

Full episode on before and after Obergefell: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

San Francisco State professor Marc Stein talked to Kirk McDaniel about how the AIDS epidemic impacted the LGBTQ community's quest for equal protections.

Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social on before and after Obergefell: open.spotify.com/episode/54xM...

In the 4/1 episode of Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social, @americanprogress.bsky.social senior fellow @michaelsozan.bsky.social talked to @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about Trump's second term, Project 2025 and the unitary executive theory. open.spotify.com/episode/09bB...

Obergefell: 10 Years Later Sidebar by Courthouse News · Episode

In the latest episode of @sidebarcns.bsky.social, Kirk McDaniel and @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social examine the lead up to the Supreme Court's landmark Obergefell ruling in 2015 and the slate of LGBTQ issues before the current conservative supermajority. open.spotify.com/episode/54xM...

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@law.rutgers.edu professor @leecarpenter.bsky.social talked to Kirk McDaniel about the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision and the connected fates of various minority groups.

Full Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on Obergefell, a decade later: open.spotify.com/episode/54xM...

@law.rutgers.edu professor @leecarpenter.bsky.social talked to Sidebar co-host Kirk McDaniel about the limitations of the Supreme Court's landmark Obergefell decision.

@sidebarcns.bsky.social on Obergefell, a decade later: open.spotify.com/episode/54xM...

For the 10-year anniversary of Obergefell, Sidebar co-hosts Kirk McDaniel and @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social look back at the road to the landmark Supreme Court decision, and examine a fresh set of LGBTQ-related matters before the current justices.

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/54xM...

Attorney Chris Ardalan told Hillel Aron LA typically does not settle injury suits early, which led to the city paying over $19 million in fiscal year 2024 to people who tripped and fell on broken sidewalks or intersections.

Full Sidebar episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5Is7...

City of Cracks Sidebar by Courthouse News · Episode

Nearly half of all sidewalks in LA are crumbled, cracked or have giant tree roots pushing them up. That’s a big problem for a city that’s too broke to fix them and too broke to pay large injury settlements.

More via Sidebar co-host Hillel Aron:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Is7...

DABUS creator Dr. Stephen Thaler told Amanda Pampuro that the potential for future laws to curb certain ideas from artificial neural networks scares him.

@sidebarcns.bsky.social on AI: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

@law.ucla.edu's Scott Cummings talked to @jrussjruss.bsky.social about President Trump's executive orders targeting top law firms, which led to them committing over $300M in pro bono legal work for conservative causes.

Full Sidebar episode: open.spotify.com/episode/14FJ...

@sjquinney.bsky.social law professor @mtokson.bsky.social talked to Sidebar co-host Amanda Pampuro about the challenges associated with regulating AI during its infancy.

Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on AI: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Electric Sheep Podcast Episode · Sidebar by Courthouse News · 05/13/2025 · 40m

I appeared on the Sidebar podcast (at the 18 minute mark) to talk about frontier AI and the law, along with a bunch of tech folks, professors, and ChatGPT itself. Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

DABUS creator Dr. Stephen Thaler told Sidebar co-host Amanda Pampuro that the potential for future laws to curb certain ideas from artificial neural networks scares him.

Full Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on AI:
open.spotify.com/episode/62qn...

Professor Matthew Tokson

Professor @mtokson.bsky.social, an artificial intelligence law expert, was interviewed by the @sidebarcns.bsky.social podcast about how humans bring AI more and more to life.

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@themidasproject.bsky.social founder Tyler Johnston talked to Amanda Pampuro about the potential for bad actors to misuse AI, particularly as it gets more advanced.

Full Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on companies bringing AI more and more to life: open.spotify.com/episode/62qn...

@law.ucla.edu's Scott Cummings talked to @jrussjruss.bsky.social about President Trump's executive orders targeting top law firms, which led to them committing over $300M in pro bono legal work for conservative causes.

Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@courthousenews.bsky.social reporter @ryanknappy.bsky.social talked to @jrussjruss.bsky.social about the legal challenges by three law firms resisting President Trump's efforts to get them to provide pro bono work for conservative causes.

Full Sidebar episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@penncareylaw.bsky.social's Claire Finkelstein pointed to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Steel Seizure Case of 1952 as precedent against President Trump's strong-arming of Big Law.

@jrussjruss.bsky.social covers this and more for Sidebar: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

As President Trump continues to spar with judges, less attention has been paid to the administration's efforts to get Big Law firms to do pro bono work for conservative causes.

@jrussjruss.bsky.social examines these deals in the latest episode of Sidebar:
open.spotify.com/episode/14FJ...

@law.ucla.edu's Scott Cummings talked to @jrussjruss.bsky.social about President Trump's executive orders targeting top law firms, which led to them committing over $300 million worth of pro bono legal work for conservative causes.

Sidebar on Trump and Big Law: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social team examined the school choice movement in Nov. 2023: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Trump's Cannibalization of Big Law Sidebar by Courthouse News · Episode

As President Trump continues to spar with judges, less attention has been paid to the administration's efforts to get Big Law firms to do pro bono work for conservative causes.

@jrussjruss.bsky.social examines these deals for Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/14FJ...

@americanprogress.bsky.social's @michaelsozan.bsky.social talked to @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about Trump's second term, Project 2025 and the unitary executive theory.

Full @sidebarcns.bsky.social episode on the imperial presidency: open.spotify.com/episode/09bB...

@bulaw.bsky.social professor @jedshug.bsky.social talked to @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about the buildup of executive power, the Founding Fathers and the administrative state.

The full Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on Trump's second term: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@americanprogress.bsky.social's @michaelsozan.bsky.social told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social presidential immunity removes the remaining limits preventing presidents from seizing broad power.

Full Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on Trump's second term: open.spotify.com/episode/09bB...

U.S. District Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case with prejudice on April 2. In his 78-page ruling, Ho characterized the Justice Department's request to dismiss the case without prejudice as "possibly a quid pro quo arrangement."

More via @uebey.bsky.social: www.courthousenews.com/judge-perman...

@americanprogress.bsky.social's Ben Olinsky talked to @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about NYC Mayor Eric Adams' bribery case and President Donald Trump grabbing power from other branches of government.

Full Sidebar episode on the imperial presidency: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Is Congress in timeout?