It's Complicated Creators & Guests

Christopher Geidner is a journalist and blogger. Currently, he is the publisher and author of the Law Dork newsletter and a columnist at MSNBC.Geidner's began his career in journalism as a copy editor and editorial writer at the Tribune Chronicle in Warren OH. After passing the bar in Ohio, he practiced law and worked as Ohio's principal assistant attorney general. In 2009, he began writing the blog "Law Dork." He then became senior political writer at Metro Weekly, then senior political reporter at BuzzFeed, where he covered national LGBT political and legal issues. In 2019, he left BuzzFeed News and joined The Justice Collaborative, and then was Deputy Editor for Legal Affairs at Grid News.Geidner received his B.A. in Political Science from Youngstown State University and his J.D. from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio State Law Journal.

Kate Shaw is a Professor of Law and the Co-Director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at Yeshiva University.Before joining the Cardozo School of Law, Shaw worked in the White House Counsel’s Office as a Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President. She clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.Shaw's work has appeared in the Northwestern University Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Texas Law Review, and the Georgetown Law Journal. Her popular writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and the Take Care blog. She recently edited the book "Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories," with Reva Siegel and Melissa Murray. She also serves as a contributor with ABC News and co-hosts the Supreme Court podcast "Strict Scrutiny." Shaw received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. and Order of the Coif from Northwestern University, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review.

Garrett Graff is a journalist and author.