Strickland v. Washington
In this case, eight Supreme Court justices felt like it was totally fine to let the state kill a man, even though his lawyer prepared exactly NOTHING to present mitigating factors during the sentencin...
22 Mar 202241min
The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 [TEASER]
In this episode, the hosts discuss a series of cases from 1883 about the 13th and 14th Amendments, which ultimately ushered in the Jim Crow era. And what's really fun (fun?), is that these holdings u...
15 Mar 20224min
We Need To Talk About Ginni
In this long-anticipated episode we finally get into The Ginni Problem. New Yorker chief Washington correspondent Jane Mayer joins us to talk cults, insurrection, and other super normal Supreme Court ...
8 Mar 202241min
Merrill v. Milligan
The Supreme Court says there's simply no time before elections that are months away, to redraw racist Congressional district maps, that took all of one week to make initially. If you're a fan of demo...
1 Mar 202249min
The Lochner Era [TEASER]
Do you like reboots? You're gonna love The Lochner Era 2: Return of the Robber Barons! Featuring all of the union-busting, labor-exploiting, children-working-in-a-coal-mine of the original Gilded Age,...
22 Feb 20225min
Ingraham v. Wright
This episode contains references to physical abuse of children. Take care when listening.The standing law on corporal punishment - physically punishing children - in schools, is that it's legal becaus...
15 Feb 202234min
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
Racism equals bad so acknowledging race bad too so reverse racism real so white girl go to preferred school, yes?Follow Peter (@The_Law_Boy), Rhiannon (@AywaRhiannon) and Michael (@_FleerUltra) on Twi...
8 Feb 202253min
The Best Amendment (The Ninth) [TEASER]
This long-lost amendment gives you rights that our founding fathers, even in their wildest dreams, couldn't enumerate. So that's kind of a problem for modern conservatives.The full version of this pre...
1 Feb 20226min
