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The Federalist Society, part 2: The Debate Club

First you get the money, then you get the power. But FIRST first you get the law students. This week we're exploring the tentacles of the Federalist …

2 years, 3 months ago

The Federalist Society, part 1: Immodest Origins

There's a powerfully connected right-wing organization operating at every elite law school in the nation. It built itself by leveraging the conservat…

2 years, 3 months ago

The 5-4 Giving Guide 2023

Every year we like to shout out organizations that inspire us or have deeply embarrassing kompromat on us. Good luck guessing which is which!

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2 years, 4 months ago

How to Lose Your Job by Supporting Palestine [UNLOCKED]

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Ryna Workman and Ji…

2 years, 4 months ago

How to Lose Your Job by Supporting Palestine [TEASER]

Ryna Workman and Jinan Chehade were both knocked off the Big Law course they thought they were on, after expressing solidarity with Palestine. Now th…

2 years, 4 months ago

Epic Fail! Constitutional Amendments That Didn't Make the Grade [TEASER]

It's basically impossible to amend our crummy Constitution, as demonstrated by the litany of proposed amendments that have face planted directly into…

2 years, 4 months ago

Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Our nation has laws, procedures, and courts for settling labor disputes. But what if you're a concrete company and you don't wannnnnnnnnnnnnna go thr…

2 years, 5 months ago

Abe Fortas: The Justice Who Walked So Clarence Thomas Could Run [TEASER]

Get a load of this - this guy accepted a SALARY for TEACHING at a SCHOOL. Simply not Supreme Court justice material.  Get the guy who sold a house to…

2 years, 5 months ago

Richardson v. Ramirez

We want to dedicate this episode to Vermont and Maine, the only two states in this whole goddamn country that let everyone exercise their Constitutio…

2 years, 5 months ago

Schenck v. United States

War! Huh! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely suppressing speech!

Read "The Anti-Surveillance Coalition's Highest-Stakes Gamble" by Spencer Ackerman…

2 years, 5 months ago