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Taylor Swift and the Magna Carta

Episode Date: February 22, 2024

Judges Jennifer Elrod and Charles Eskridge join Sarah and David to explain the “inns” and outs of a special networking group for attorneys. The Agenda...

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Alabama Against IVF

Episode Date: February 20, 2024

Sarah and David dive into an Alabama Supreme Court case designating embryos as minors and explain how this might affect abortion policy at large. The...

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Guns and the Aloha State

Episode Date: February 15, 2024

Do people have a right to gun ownership even if it conflicts the “spirit of Aloha”? Sarah and David dig into a 53-page opinion from the Supreme Court...

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Do Your Job ... SCOTUS

Episode Date: February 9, 2024

Sarah and David cover the oral argument at the Supreme Court regarding the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to block Trump from the ballot in the sta...

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Indictment Watch: No Immunity

Episode Date: February 7, 2024

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously decided that Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution. On today's emergency pod, Sarah and David...

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Reading the Founders’ Minds

Episode Date: February 1, 2024

Judge John K. Bush of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals joins Sarah to discuss the method and merits of the "history and tradition test." But first, ...

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Why Our Border Is Broken

Episode Date: January 30, 2024

Sarah and David dive deep into the state of immigration law and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's legal battle with the Biden administration. The Agenda: —Amic...

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What Is Religion?

Episode Date: January 25, 2024

Sarah and David discuss ~vibes~ from a recent emergency docket ruling on razor wires along the Texas border plus Judge Newsom's latest concurrence on...

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Bad Facts for Chevron

Episode Date: January 19, 2024

Sarah and David appease a couple listeners’ requests before getting to the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo oral argument. The Agenda: —Words of t...

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Dumb But Constitutional

Episode Date: January 16, 2024

Sarah and David discuss a cert grant relating to homelessness in San Francisco and Massachusetts’s Eighth Amendment. But first, Sarah announces her pe...

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En Bonkers Opinion

Episode Date: January 9, 2024

Sarah and David attend to AO housekeeping before diving into some creative 20th Amendment theories. Plus: —The distinction between law violation and n...

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Getting Things Back In Order

Episode Date: January 4, 2024

David and Sarah are back from a hearty break and catch up on cases from last year and various legal topics, including judicial salaries and the death...

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Another Dobbs Leak!

Episode Date: December 19, 2023

Sarah and David respond to listener comments about last week’s Texas abortion case. Then the two discuss: -Why to bet on the side of Jack Smith’s dela...