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Season 5 Episode 233
The end of the term arrives, and the Court is busy. We begin our dive into the cases with Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case involving inclusive books in a school, parental guidance of religious education, …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Imbalance of Power
Season 5 Episode 232
The US enters a violent part of the world once again, as Iran’s nuclear facilities are bombed. The President orders this without consulting Congress; indeed without asking for, much less receiving a…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A Judicious Life, Part Two - Special Guests Justice Stephen Breyer, Professors Nadine Strossen and Kermit Roosevelt
Season 5 Episode 231
Former Justice Breyer returns to Amarica’s Constitution with reflections on his long-time colleague and, yes, his friend, in a rare opportunity to hear about relationships on the Court. Meanwhile, f…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Count to Ten
Season 5 Episode 230
The Supreme Court left lower courts somewhat in the lurch in its recent Bruen decision; last year, in Rahimi, it attempted to clarify matters. Now an assault weapons case reaches the Court, Snope v.…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Competence, Character - or Cannon
Season 5 Episode 229
Trump says he will no longer take advice from the Federalist Society, and Leonard Leo in particular, for judicial nominations. The criteria he will use instead appear to be cause for great concern, …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Possibly Preparing Humphrey's Execution
Season 5 Episode 228
This past week, the Supreme Court issued stays of injunctions which lower courts had issued, those injunctions blocking the firings of officials on statutorily independent agencies. In doing so, the…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Merits of The Merits
Season 5 Episode 227
The Trump executive order on birthright citizenship has been banging around the lower federal courts for months now, with court after court opining on its unconstitutionality and issuing injunctions …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
A Judicious Life, Part One - Special Guests Dean Heather Gerken and Judge Kevin Newsom
Season 5 Episode 226
With the passing of Justice David Souter, the legal establishment has lost one of its most honored members. In this and our next episode, we pay tribute to the man and his work with the help of an a…
Published on 6 months ago
No School For You - Special Guest Vikram D. Amar
Season 5 Episode 225
Law firms are threatened with draconian penalties, with scarcely disguised vengeful and politically destructive motive. Universities are dragged on the carpet, with demands that they forfeit their a…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Equality, Emergencies, Exception, and Easter
Season 5 Episode 224
Deportations, the administration’s preferred tactic du jour, appear to many as extreme, inadvisable, and often cruel. Are they unconstitutional? What framework can we use to determine the rights of…
Published on 7 months ago