Podcast Episodes

Garcetti v. Ceballos

The Supreme Court tramples upon your most sacred right: the right to complain about your co-workers.

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Published on 20 hours ago

Panic! In The Federal Judiciary [TEASER]

You know things are really bad when federal judges–historically an extremely reticent group–are sounding the alarm about the chaos and confusion the Supreme Court is reaping these days. Never fear, A…

Published on 1 week ago

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza

I think we can all agree that the Constitution guarantees every individual certain unalienable rights–oh wait, sorry, getting a call. Right. Sorry. Okay. Yea. Got it. Hey, so I think we can all agree…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Rhiannon Interviews Mahmoud Khalil

On this episode of Popular Cradle, (Rhiannon’s other podcast!), she interviews Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE for more than 100 days earlier this year. You can find Pop…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Feels like we should be able to collectively wrestle with the problems of a system by which 14 million people will die in the next five years because one man can decide to withhold a bunch of money t…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Free Speech, Chilled to Perfection [TEASER]

Do you ever feel…like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? That’s understandable because battles over free speech and the First Amendment are raging right now, whether on…

Published on 4 weeks ago

2025-2026 Supreme Court Term Preview

You are getting very sleepy…you are getting very sleepy…HEY! Wake up. It may look like the slate of cases for this Supreme Court term doesn't have many fundamental constitutional rights hanging in th…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo

Papers, please. The hallmark of fascist states of eras past and your favorite movie about authoritarianism is now also the official policy of the United States, with the Supreme Court’s blessing. But…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Introducing FIASCO: BENGHAZI, hosted by Leon Neyfakh

SELF-PROMOTION ALERT FROM LEON! Check out my six-part series on the origins and consequences of the Benghazi scandal.

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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Welcome to Law School 2025

Kudos to everyone who is starting law school in this economy and during an authoritarian regime. In this annual episode, Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael share their wisdom on how to survive law school. …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago