The Merits of The Merits
The Trump executive order on birthright citizenship has been banging around the lower federal courts for months now, with court after court opining on its unconstitutionality and issuing injunctions a...
21 Maj 20251h 45min
A Judicious Life, Part One - Special Guests Dean Heather Gerken and Judge Kevin Newsom
With the passing of Justice David Souter, the legal establishment has lost one of its most honored members. In this and our next episode, we pay tribute to the man and his work with the help of an am...
15 Maj 20251h 44min
No School For You - Special Guest Vikram D. Amar
Law firms are threatened with draconian penalties, with scarcely disguised vengeful and politically destructive motive. Universities are dragged on the carpet, with demands that they forfeit their ac...
23 Apr 20251h 22min
Equality, Emergencies, Exception, and Easter
Deportations, the administration’s preferred tactic du jour, appear to many as extreme, inadvisable, and often cruel. Are they unconstitutional? What framework can we use to determine the rights of ...
16 Apr 20251h 35min
Project 2026
Markets are crashing; freedom seems under siege; the international order is threatened. One man’s whim seems to be decisive. Where are the guardrails of our republic? We see some glimmers through t...
9 Apr 20251h 29min
Third Time, No Charm
President Trump likes being president. He doesn’t like the 22nd amendment so much, and has spoken, with increasing seriousness, of his conviction that he could remain president beyond the end of his ...
2 Apr 20251h 16min
Wisdom From Breyer To Pryor - Special Guest Judge William Pryor
We’re a bit late this week, because following our recent conversation with Justice Breyer, we had the opportunity to speak at length with Judge William Pryor, Chief Judge of the United States Court of...
27 Mars 20251h 31min
The Shelter From The Storm - Special Guest Hampton Dellinger
President Trump has been firing various Federal officials, many of whom serve pursuant to statutes that claim to provide protection against firing without cause. One of the most prominent, Hampton De...
19 Mars 20251h 32min
