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 Juli 20251h 32min
Imbalance of Power
The US enters a violent part of the world once again, as Iran’s nuclear facilities are bombed. The President orders this without consulting Congress; indeed without asking for, much less receiving a ...
26 Juni 20251h 30min
A Judicious Life, Part Two - Special Guests Justice Stephen Breyer, Professors Nadine Strossen and Kermit Roosevelt
Former Justice Breyer returns to Amarica’s Constitution with reflections on his long-time colleague and, yes, his friend, in a rare opportunity to hear about relationships on the Court. Meanwhile, fo...
19 Juni 20251h 45min
Count to Ten
The Supreme Court left lower courts somewhat in the lurch in its recent Bruen decision; last year, in Rahimi, it attempted to clarify matters. Now an assault weapons case reaches the Court, Snope v. ...
11 Juni 20251h 24min
Competence, Character - or Cannon
Trump says he will no longer take advice from the Federalist Society, and Leonard Leo in particular, for judicial nominations. The criteria he will use instead appear to be cause for great concern, a...
4 Juni 20251h 51min
Possibly Preparing Humphrey's Execution
This past week, the Supreme Court issued stays of injunctions which lower courts had issued, those injunctions blocking the firings of officials on statutorily independent agencies. In doing so, the ...
28 Maj 20251h 50min
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
