The Good of the Country
President Trump has taken to social media, as usual. This time he asserts an authority to control elections through executive order. He claims that he is empowered to do this as the sole representat...
21 Aug 202558min
We the Who? - Special Guest Jill Hasday
With all our recent discussion on Skrmetti, and questions of scrutiny as applied to gender dysphoric individuals, the question of where women’s rights stand in this morass deserves new attention. Pro...
13 Aug 20251h 24min
Skrmetti Skirmish
We continue our discussion of the deep issues raised in the case of US v. Skrmetti. Last time we observed the Court wrestling with questions of whether the Tennessee law banning gender dysphoria trea...
6 Aug 20251h 30min
Geduldigging Your Grave at Oral Argument - Special Guest Vikram D. Amar
The Supreme Court’s term is long since complete, but we turn back the clock and take a deep dive into one of the major cases of the term, United States v. Skrmetti. This case addressed questions of g...
30 Jul 20251h 45min
Fallon's Doctrine - Special Guest Michael Dorf
We pay tribute this week to a titan in the field whom you may not have heard of. Professor Richard Fallon, the Joseph Story Professor of Law at Harvard, passed away last week. As you will hear from ...
23 Jul 20251h 22min
Firing Line, Then and Now - Special Guests US Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Author Sam Tanenhaus
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD 8) was the House manager of the second Trump impeachment in the Senate; is an outstanding constitutional scholar; a long-time law professor; a renowned author; a driv...
16 Jul 20251h 43min
Speaking the Law
The Birthright Citizenship case reached the Supreme Court - sort of. The Court ruled on the executive branch’s request for a stay in response to nationwide injunctions issued by three different circu...
9 Jul 20251h 26min
Children, Indoctrination, and Ideas
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, o...
2 Jul 20251h 32min
