Populated by i think without exception just amazing people, sophisticated people. And so of long as they continue on that path they will be fine. They will be kind of keeping a steady state. The problem with agencies is always resources. In a Perfect World we would double or triple the budgets we give for these purposes. And i dont think that is likely to happen with either of those two agencies, particularly within the new administration what have we had a period like this before where technology or industry of some type that of some type that we had of law . Guest sure. The rise of antitrust law was a direct result of the robber barons and the railroads. And antitrust law got anything to begin with the regulation of the airlines. The history of law in many senses is the history of trying to respond to the last great technological shift. One thing i talk to my students a lot about though is the internet and digital technology, its faster. I think everyone would agree with that but the
Populated by i think without exception just amazing people, sophisticated people. And so of long as they continue on that path they will be fine. They will be kind of keeping a steady state. The problem with agencies is always resources. In a Perfect World we would double or triple the budgets we give for these purposes. And i dont think that is likely to happen with either of those two agencies, particularly within the new administration what have we had a period like this before where technology or industry of some type that of some type that we had of law . Guest sure. The rise of antitrust law was a direct result of the robber barons and the railroads. And antitrust law got anything to begin with the regulation of the airlines. The history of law in many senses is the history of trying to respond to the last great technological shift. One thing i talk to my students a lot about though is the internet and digital technology, its faster. I think everyone would agree with that but the
Populated by i think without exception just amazing people, sophisticated people. And so of long as they continue on that path they will be fine. They will be kind of keeping a steady state. The problem with agencies is always resources. In a Perfect World we would double or triple the budgets we give for these purposes. And i dont think that is likely to happen with either of those two agencies, particularly within the new administration what have we had a period like this before where technology or industry of some type that of some type that we had of law . Guest sure. The rise of antitrust law was a direct result of the robber barons and the railroads. And antitrust law got anything to begin with the regulation of the airlines. The history of law in many senses is the history of trying to respond to the last great technological shift. One thing i talk to my students a lot about though is the internet and digital technology, its faster. I think everyone would agree with that but the
Communications privacy act . Guest ecpa is, quite simply, in todays world the average american expects that the email they send to their loved one is going to have the same constitutional protections as the love letter they may have put in their desk. But unfortunately, our laws that govern when police can access Digital Content havent been updated since 1986. In the interim, there have been courts that have said police have to get a warrant before they get things like emails or private facebook messages. What this would do is, essentially, put that protection into the law. Thats consistent with the policy adopted by the fbi. Its similar to what google, microsoft and other major providers already require. But what it does is put that requirement into the law, eliminating any ambiguity about the protections that should apply to peoples private, sensitive digital information. Host now, whats the legislative discuss of an update to ecpa right now . Guest you know, right now the house has
One hour. Good evening. Picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you who did not pick up copies, we will have extras after the program. Tonight, we will be discussing not just the electoral process, but the evolving role of the vice presidency. We have the honor of hosting professor joel goldstein, the author of the newly released book, the white house Vice President scy. Dr. Goldstein is a highly respected scholar of the vice presidency, presidency, and constitutional law. Ishas consistent consistently sought out by Media Outlets for commentary and insight, especially during the president ial campaigns. The new article in york times, he was quoted as saying my wife says i am an exotic plant that blooms every four years. [laughter] professor goldstein is best known for his work on the vice presidency. It came out of his doctoral work, his dissertat