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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Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
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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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Production House: Flint Stone Media

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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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Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org

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Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
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Production House: Flint Stone Media

Copyright of American Constitution Society 2025.