Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEducating the Youth
Sarah Isgur and David French, live from the FIRE Student Network Summer Conference, discuss free speech in non-profits and schools before Sarah takes listeners through the history of Citizens United.…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Blockbuster Cases
Sarah Isgur returns to her home state of Texas to join a panel of leading constitutional scholars for a deep dive into the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the term. Alongside experts Jona…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
State Power vs. Parental Rights
Could a parental consent law finally be headed to the Supreme Court? Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas recently declined to take up a case—but their silence may be saying more than a firm “no…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
SCOTUS 2025 Term Debrief
Pardon our legal nerd-out as Sarah Isgur, David French, Amy Howe, David Lat, and Zachary Shemtob—our dream team of SCOTUSBloggers and Advisory Opinions hosts—break down the biggest moments from the S…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Justice Kagan’s Supreme Court
Sarah Isgur and David French break down the biggest takeaways from the Supreme Court’s latest term using SCOTUSblog’s stat pack as their guide. They also explain the outcomes in the Texas explicit co…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
SCOTUS Sides with Trump
Divided Argument hosts Daniel Epps and William Baude join Sarah Isgur to unpack the Supreme Court’s decision (ahem, non-decision) on birthright citizenship. Plus: a little showdown between two justic…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ruling Against Planned Parenthood
Sarah Isgur and David French face the muddiness of a case on moving criminal aliens to South Sudan, the messiness of death penalty cases, and the potential abortion distortion of a plain ol’ statutor…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Hubris in Legal Movements
Sarah Isgur and David French cover two less-exhilarating Supreme Court decisions (faxes, anyone?) and re-visit the Skrmetti decision. It’s four decisions from the district courts, though, that really…
Published on 3 months ago
Skrmetti and Certiorari
Sarah Isgur and David French break down the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to uphold Tennessee’s law that bans transgender medical intervention for minors. It’s about age, not sex.
The Agenda:
—Banning …
Published on 3 months ago
Unprovoked War
Sarah Isgur and David French break down Israel’s latest strikes on Iran and the legal questions surrounding them. Was it a justifiable preemptive move, a murky act of prevention, or simply part of an…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago