About this episode

The episode discusses a federal court case on super PAC contributions and the testimony of Supreme Court Justices regarding security funding.

Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the federal court case he is leading to uphold Maine’s law limiting contributions to super PACs. And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court’s request for increased funding to beef up security amid increasing threats against the justices. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: June Grasso

Guests: Lawrence Lessig, Louis Michael Seidman

Topics covered

• super PACs
• campaign finance
• Supreme Court
• judicial security
• constitutional law

Keywords

• Maine law
• super PACs
• Supreme Court Justices
• funding
• security threats

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Organizations: Harvard Law School, Georgetown Law, Bloomberg

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