Higher Callings Podcast
1) Today's Supreme Court and the Separation of Powers, with Suffolk University Law Professor Renee Landers
The act of governing is an exercise of power. Part of the genius of the United States Constitution is that it does not place all the power in a single ruler, but distributes it across three branches –...Show More
2) "Your Lovable Lawyer": Danny Karon's Higher Calling
When you hear the word “lawyer,” what adjectives come to mind? Obnoxious? Over-priced? Untrustworthy? Or maybe skillful? Smart? Respectable? How often when you think of lawyers do you think “loveable?...Show More
3) Portrait of a Jurist: Retired Bankruptcy Judge and Active Public Interest Lawyer Frank J. Bailey
In some courts, when a judge retires, their law clerks or others get together and pay an artist to paint the judge's official portrait. When the portrait is ready, there is a ceremony at the courthous...Show More
4) Defending Democracy and the Rule of Law: A Conversation with former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger
When a person becomes a lawyer, they take an oath. The oath is often administered in a formal bar admission ceremony. Each year in Massachusetts, many such ceremonies take place at historic Faneuil Ha...Show More
5) Democracy and the Rule of Law Part 6: Lawyers Defending American Democracy
It’s been almost four years since the last Presidential election and the battle for the future of our democracy is still raging. Much of it is in the spotlight, through national news media, popular po...Show More
6) Democracy and the Rule of Law Part 5: Chaos at the Airport
What you are about to hear is one of my favorite clips from one of my favorite interviews. It provides a glimpse into events that rapidly unfolded during the evening of Saturday, January 28, 2017, whe...Show More
7) Democracy and the Rule of Law Part 4: Retired Massachusetts Justice Robert Cordy on Defending the Pillars of Democracy
Welcome to the fourth installment of our series on democracy and the rule of law. In our last installment, retired Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Robert Cordy described his work advising judges i...Show More
8) Democracy and the Rule of Law Part 3: "Two Autocrats Taking Control"
Welcome to our third special replay episode of Higher Callings. In our first two episodes in this series on Democracy and the Rule of Law, we heard from Elizabeth Andersen and Karen Green of the Worl...Show More
9) The Rule of Law Index and the Disturbing Trend it Reveals: Part 2 of Our Democracy and Rule of Law Replay Series
Because we're now entering election season, we've decided to republish excerpts from some of the past episodes of Higher Callings that listeners may find relevant to their voting decisions. Several of...Show More
10) Understanding the Rule of Law: Part 1 of a Special Replay Series About Democracy and the Rule of Law
Because we're now entering election season, we've decided to republish excerpts from some of the past episodes that listeners may find relevant to their voting decisions. Several of our interviews hav...Show More