Sarah and David catch up on the latest case in Second Amendment jurisprudence before talking with Matt Martens about his new book, Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal.

\The Agenda:

—Matt’s faith

—The prosecutor-to-defense-attorney pipeline

—The plea bargaining system

—The issues with eye-witness testimony

—Brady violations

—Should prosecutors have absolute immunity?

—Racial discrimination in the justice system

—Defending people we don’t like

Show Notes:

—United States v. Williams

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David Lat joins Sarah and David to break down recent Supreme Court trends and discuss Lat’s legal fiction novel, Supreme Ambitions.

The Agenda:

—Is the shadow docket problem solved?

—Supreme Court approval rating

—Stabilizing the Supreme Court

—Lat’s pick for most interesting justice

—Who will win the text, history, and tradition fight?

—Advice for law students

—Lat’s book, Supreme Ambitions

—Stranger than legal fiction

—Male authors writing female protagonists

—Lat’s favorite legal writing

—The return of crime procedurals

Show Notes:

—Shadow docket on Biden Title IX regulations

—Advisory Opinions on Presumed Innocent

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Writing with quill pens, quartering Secret Service agents, and shooting 18th-century guns. A.J. Jacobs joins Sarah and David to discuss his book, It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family, and his experience living by the Constitution. But first, this podcast can’t escape a little bit of legal news, including a shocking decision by the Supreme Court.The Agenda:

—SCOTUS blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule

—Focusing on culture war, not politics

—“Curtilage” and a 9th Circuit ruling

—Living by the Bible and then the Constitution

—Stoning adulterers

—Exploring the powers of private citizens

—Criteria for quartering soldiers

—How elastic should the words of the Constitution be?

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Former White House counsel Bob Bauer joins Sarah Isgur and David French to talk about his new book, The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics Without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis. They also discuss the role of a presidential attorney, whether Special Counsel Robert Hur crossed a line by reporting on President Joe Biden's cognitive decline, and what it was like to prep the president for his fateful debate.

The Agenda:

—The impact of undergraduate majors on job prospects after law school

—Geofencing raising Fourth Amendment concerns

—Do universities have legal obligations to protect students from discrimination, including religious discrimination?

—The unraveling of democratic norms and institutions

—The role of the Supreme Court in democracy

—Should we have term limits?

—Examining sue and settle policies and third-party settlements

—The role of the leader class and the American people

—Advice for aspiring political lawyers

—Working with the Biden campaign

—Bob Bauer on Face the Nation and Robert Hur criticism

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In this three-guest special episode (wait, does David count as one? Are we still doing that?), Noah Phillips, former Federal Trade Commission commissioner and co-chair of the antitrust practice at Cravath, joins Sarah and David to discuss the reality of antitrust law. Then, John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis, joins to discuss his book Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect.

The Agenda:

—The religious discrimination case against Dave Ramsey 

—Texas can keep floating barrier to defend border

—6th Circuit rejects challenges to school pronoun policy

—Judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against MIT, Harvard's can move ahead

—Minority coalitions “do not comport” with Section Two of the Voting Rights Act, federal appeals court rules

—Antitrust’s loooooong history

—Size and power of Big Tech companies

—Learning how to disagree

—Mental health as a priority in student culture

—Artificial intelligence in education

Show Notes:

—Noah Phillips’ appearance on The Remnant

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Our August-themed legal book discussion is postponed for one episode, but don’t fret: There’s more than enough legal news to fill a show, thanks to gun rights and antitrust cases.

The Agenda:

—Maryland’s assault weapons ban is constitutional

—Text, history, and tradition as … rational basis review? Or something.

—Original jurisdiction and Missouri’s attempt to put forth a stupid case

—Is Google the best search engine?

—Boycotts vs. price fixing

Show Notes:

—Learning to Disagree by John Inazu

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Sarah and David kick off the Advisory Opinions August book series and invite Professor Keith Whittington on the pod to discuss his new book You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms. But first the two dig into David’s conversation with Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The Agenda:

—Justice Gorsuch: Go to law school.

—Defining originalism

—The Supreme Court children’s book

—The history of academic freedom

—The government speech doctrine

—Balancing academic freedom with job responsibilities

—Private vs. public universities

—The constitutionality of the Stop WOKE Act

Show Notes:

—Justice Gorsuch’s Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law

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Justice Kagan makes remarks to the 9th Circuit and President Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms. The usual slow-moving summer legal news drag is disrupted by a number interesting cases and eye-raising comments.

On the docket:

—To stand or not to stand at a desk

—Justice Kagan says Supreme Court reforms are "fair"

—The Supreme Court’s caseload

—Are justices friendly?

—President Biden’s proposed reforms

—Leonard Leo says "Dems are destroying a court they don't agree with"

—Removing Chevron deference

—Title IX cases launch across the U.S.

—Taxes on our phone bills

—PETA wins one for the gatos

—Boneless chicken wings: dangerous or harmless wordplay?

Show Notes:

—Man makes a passionate speech on boneless chicken wings

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Sarah and David welcome special guest Anthony Sanders, director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice, to eviscerate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Plus: David’s rant on Presumed Innocent.

The Agenda:

—Judicial engagement

—Social Darwinism and “putting to death the inadequate”

—Progressive forgiveness for progressives

—First Amendment

—Civil rights and judicial abdications

—Holmes’ defense of sterilization

—The difference between judicial progressives, liberals, and libertarians

—Spoiler alerts for Presumed Innocent

Show Notes:

—Kelo v. New London

—Institute of Justice’s Bound by Oath podcast series

—Oliver Wendell Holmes’ The Common Law

—Moore v. Dempsey

—Buck v. Bell

—Albert Alschuler’s Law Without Values

—Giles v. Harris

—Bailey v. Alabama

—Buchanan v. Warley

—Skinner v. Oklahoma

—Lochner v. New York

—Minersville School District v. Gobitis

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Sarah and David are joined by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, who teaches “Presidential Nominations in a Time of Uncertainty,” to discuss the legality of swapping out (presumptive) party nominees, the potential consequences of doing so, and the complexity of state election laws at-large.

The Agenda:

—Can Kamala Harris inherit Joe Biden’s PAC money?

—Will Republicans successfully keep Kamala off the ballot?

—What’s up with Ohio?

—Could Donald Trump replace J.D. Vance?

—What does “natural-born citizen” mean?

—Should political parties be state associations for primaries?

—Should faithless electors be bound?

—Campaign finance: restrictions, or no restrictions?

Show Notes:

—LaRouche v. FEC

—Charles Spies’ “Biden Has 100 Million Reasons to Stay In”

—Chiafolo et al. v. Washington

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