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Stanford Law Professor Emeritus William Gould IV, a prominent employment law expert and former chair of the National Labor Relations Board, warns that the nation remains unprepared for artificial intelligence's impact on the workforce.
Gould emphasized that AI's breadth and ...depth distinguish this technological shift from previous industrial revolutions. The focus should shift from analyzing which jobs will be affected to preparing adequate safety nets for displaced workers, he said.
Read his full Q&A with The Mercury News:
Without planning and a safety net, division and possibly violence are in America’s future as AI progresses, professor believes.
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How do restrictions on voting access affect eligible voters? Stanford Legal examines this question with Sophia Lin Lakin, JD '11 (MS '04, BA '02), director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, in an episode that examines the legal battles over proof-of-citizenship requirements, ...mail ballots, voter roll purges, and redistricting — all of which determine who can vote and whose ballots count.
Listen to the episode: https://brnw.ch/21x26PN
The Neukom Center for the Rule of Law, will host a panel discussion, "The Trump Presidency and the Rule of Law", on May 7 at 5:00p.m. PDT. Leading constitutional scholars will examine executive power and its relationship to the rule of law in contemporary America, using the Trump ...presidency as a point of reference.
RSVP: https://brnw.ch/21x2542
The conversation will explore how executive authority is defined, exercised and constrained within the constitutional system, including the interaction between the presidency and other institutions such as courts and Congress. Panelists will address constitutional limits, conditions under which executive power expands or contracts, and challenges of maintaining accountability during political polarization.
How did the presidential pardon transform from an act of mercy into one of the most controversial executive powers?
The Stanford Constitutional Law Center will host Professor Saikrishna Prakash of the University of Virginia School of Law on May 5 at 5:00 p.m. PDT for a discussion of his ...new book, "The Presidential Pardon: The Short Clause with the Long, Troubled History."
The event will examine how the pardon power has evolved from a tool of mercy into a heavily politicized, nearly unconstrained instrument for modern presidents to shield allies and reward supporters.
Register today: https://brnw.ch/21x23fG