Sarah Isgur and David French chased down a handful of authors over the weekend at the National Constitution Center for hallway interviews about life, liberty, and ... witches.

The Agenda:

—Jeff Rosen teaches us about happiness

—Virtue vs. pleasure

—Salem witch trials!

—Nobody burns, they hang

—What does it mean to be a lawyer?

—Living beyond the billable hour

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David Lat joins Sarah Isgur and David French to analyze what’s behind the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the case agains New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

The Agenda:

—Friends get benefits in the Trump admin

—Attorneys operating under a dual sovereignty

—How good of a narc can you be?

—Listener questions!

—How Rome falls

—Retribution

—Grading the judiciary

Show Notes:

—Will Chamberlain's tweet

—Denise Cheung resigns

—AO's emergency-ish episode on Sassoon

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In an emergency-ish episode, Sarah Isgur and David French go over the timeline of the Thursday Afternoon Massacre and its immediate fallout. What does the past week portend for President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice?

The Agenda:

—Danielle Sassoon’s letter and future

—Worst possible way to do a not-insane thing

—The state of the DOJ

—Trump’s Napoleon tweet

—How much power does Elon Musk actually have?

Show Notes:

-Nick Catoggio on Danielle Sassoon

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Is President Donald Trump breaking the Justice Department or simply reshaping its priorities? As federal prosecutors resign, Sarah Isgur and David French debate whether we’re looking at another Saturday Night Massacre—and whether that’s how the justice system should work.

The Agenda:

—What is (and isn’t) lawless?

—More on the independence on federal agencies

—One magnificent speech away

—Justice Brett Kavanaugh on fiduciary discretion

—“F— cheerleading”

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Sarah Isgur and David French steal away to sunny Stanford University to talk shop with law students and bask in a friendlier climate.

The Agenda:

—Casual antisemitism at Cooper Union?

—How to handle disagreement at elite schools

—Gender identifiers for government employees

—Bad injunction takes

—Rejecting the president’s understanding of the Constitution

—Q&A

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss our two favorite topics: God and guns. Can you sue your church, and do young adults have the right to bear arms? ’Merica!

The Agenda:

—Corrections! On USAID comments.

—It is still illegal to murder FBI agents

—SCOTUS chooses to stay out of religious cases

—You can't sue for your tithes

—Young adults have a right to guns

—Bruhimi

—Civic vs. individual rights

Show Notes:

—Tess Bridgeman's article on firings

—Hosanna-Tabor case

—Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer's article on the power of the executive

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Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Erin Hawley, senior counsel to the appellate team at the Alliance Defending Freedom, to discuss the latest, er, kerfuffle that sent federal employees scrambling. Who is in control of executive agencies?

The Agenda:

—Tariffs, funding freeze, and firings

—Congress has the power to collect

—Trump’s workaround

—Barrett vs. Gorsuchian doctrines

—Elon Musk’s power grab

—Where does the fire-at-will power end for the president?

—The Founders say we’re all untrustworthy

Show Notes:

—Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s 2013 D.C. Circuit decision

—Humphrey’s Excecutor

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With Donald Trump’s second term in full swing, Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the unitary executive theory. Also: We need to discuss law reviews.

The Agenda:

—Unitary executive theory

—President Trump’s sledgehammer

—Congressional oversight no more?

—The Take Care clause

—Interstate tariff prohibitions

—Student-led law reviews: good or bad?

—Expert explains cowrie shells

Show Notes:

—Trump v. United States

—South Dakota v. Wayfair

—Professor Eric Rakowski's profile

—Tuesday's Advisory Opinions episode

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Moment of Threat Doctrine. They predict concurrences all the way down.

The Agenda:

—Are police reasonable in high-stress situations?

—The youngins’ are advocating

—Dicta and slut puppies

—OPM, Oh No

—Justice Jackson’s fashion choices

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the encroaching powers of the executive branch and what it means for the balance of government.

The Agenda:

—Teaching sex in elementary school

—It really is those darn phones!

—WTF David

—Trump takes office

—DOGE violating FACA

—Trump's executive orders

—Vivek’s out of DOGE

—Biden pardons criminals, some really not good ones

—What is the American dream?

Show Notes:

—United States v. Wong Kim Ark

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