The Legacy of the Harvard Case - Special Guest Jeffrey Brenzel
We return to the affirmative action case, and again former Yale Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Jeffrey Brenzel, joins us with his peerless expertise. The fallout of the opinion is enormous ,and we...
2 Aug 20231h 43min
Amara Culpa, Amara Bene
What’s in a name? This week, it’s “Amar was wrong - Amar was right.” Two weeks ago it was “bigots” and many made much of that. So we take the feedback seriously and revisit it - you can judge the r...
26 Jul 20231h 22min
Scrutinizing Affirmative Action - Special Guest Jeffrey Brenzel
It’s time to discuss the Affirmative Action cases from Harvard and the University of North Carolina, and we have brought in an expert on college admissions - Jeff Brenzel, the former Dean of Undergrad...
20 Jul 20231h 41min
The Rights of Bigots
A Colorado website designer refuses to create sites for gay couples’ weddings, going afoul of Colorado’s public accommodations law. Can she be compelled to author such a site? The Court has ruled, a...
12 Jul 20231h 37min
No Moore ISL
The Supreme Court has ruled in the Independent State Legislature case, Moore v. Harper. As we have from the beginning, we look at the case from the point of view of the precedents, of the history, th...
5 Jul 20231h 47min
Four Clauses, Two Juries
It’s Supreme Court opinion season, and just before this week’s upload came the happy news of the Moore v. Harper decision. We’ll be back with details on that soon enough, of course. Prior to that, h...
28 Jun 20231h 23min
Whose Welfare?
The Supreme Court upheld various provisions of the controversial Indian Child Welfare Act last week. The facts of Haaland v. Brackeen, and some provisions of the Act, raise dramatic questions about q...
21 Jun 20231h 32min
The Judgment of History
All eyes are on Miami, where Donald Trump faces justice. But should it be Miami? Should it be this judge, who has such a checkered history in this case? What does the Constitution say about these a...
14 Jun 20231h 14min
