The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously decided that Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution. On today's emergency pod, Sarah and David react to the decision's substance and how the timing affects the election.

The Agenda:

—Timing is everything

—Word of the day: estoppel

—Will SCOTUS take the case?

—The opinion’s flaws

—Whatis a president immune from?

—What is an official act?

—The parade of horribles argument

—Why the Colorado disqualification case is relevant

—The New Yorker: Sarah Isgur's Majority Report

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Sarah and David invite District Judge Vince Chhabria on the pod to explain the state of multidistrict litigation and answer the question: Why does he listen to Advisory Opinions?

The Agenda:

—Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence

—Judging vs. personal value judgments

—David’s cringe a cappella group name

—Constitutionality of magistrate judges

—How to fix forum shopping

—MDLs, explained

—The pros and cons of MDLs

—How to become a judge

—Judge Chhabria’s clerk hiring process

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Judge John K. Bush of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals joins Sarah to discuss the method and merits of the "history and tradition test." But first, Sarah and David dive into some Supreme Court gossip.

The Agenda:

—Addressing Justice Sotomayor's comments

—David's gross speculation

—More immigration talk

—The problem with Remain in Mexico

—Why we have hate crimes

—Tiers of scrutiny

—The problems with "history and tradition"

—How to become a clerk for Judge Bush

—How Judge Bush judges judging

Show Notes:

—Judge Bush's profile at the Federalist Society

—Turner v. United States

—R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul

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Sarah and David dive deep into the state of immigration law and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's legal battle with the Biden administration.

The Agenda:

—Amicus briefs for funsies

—The asylum system problem

—How to fix the crisis at the border

—The border deal in the Senate

—Civil War cosplay

—National Guard and Texit detour

—Football vs. politics redux

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Sarah and David discuss ~vibes~ from a recent emergency docket ruling on razor wires along the Texas border plus Judge Newsom's latest concurrence on discrimination and religious advertisements.

The Agenda:

-Judge Kyle Duncan ruling and a SCOTUS reversal

-Judge Kevin Newsom and religious advertisements

-Raising highways in Texas

-No Labels sending a letter to the DOJ

-Fifth circuit divided in free speech case

-Honoring former Solicitor General, law professor Charles Fried

-Is it okay to cry at work?

Show Notes:

-Anti-Trump Lawsuits Are 'Greatly Mistaken': An Interview With David Boies

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Sarah and David brave the tundras of the Vanderbilt campus to discuss left-leaning bias in pro-bono cases before diving into the details of Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ possibly salacious hires.

The Agenda:

-Left-leaning bias academic study

-Trouble in paradise for Fani Willis

-Top 10 tips from an Indiana Law Clerk

-Defining “colorable” and “to cabin”

-Alec Baldwin and new standards for Hollywood sets

-Chevron listener question

-Live Q&A

Show Notes:

-Pierson v. Post

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Sarah and David appease a couple listeners’ requests before getting to the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo oral argument.

The Agenda:

—Words of the day: certiorari and conversion

—Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

—Supreme Court humor

—Congress (and the courts) do your job

—Texas’ READER Act blocked by Fifth Circuit

—Responding to listeners’ comments

Show Notes:

—Kisor v. Wilkie

—Pierson v. Post

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Sarah and David discuss a cert grant relating to homelessness in San Francisco and Massachusetts’s Eighth Amendment. But first, Sarah announces her pending litigation against Fairfax County.

The Agenda:

—Robinson v. California

—The different types of justice

—A no-fly list dispute

—The law of war: Houthis

—How do we beat pirates?

—Anti-straight discrimination

—DeSantis v. Warren

Show Notes:

—Niz-Chavez v. Garland, Attorney General

—Smith v. Arizona

—Sheetz v. County of El Dorado

—Briahna Joy Gray's "nonviolent" tweet

—Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs

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Sarah and David address a few corrections from Tuesday’s episode before turning to the oral argument on Trump’s prosecutorial immunity.

On the Agenda:

—Can presidents order Seal Team Six to assassinate rivals?

—Who is going to win this case?

—Did we just fix qualified immunity? (No.)

—Political advertising at the Ninth Circuit

—Should I go to law school? Pt. 97

Show notes:

—Marbury v. Madison

—Mississippi v. Johnson

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Sarah and David attend to AO housekeeping before diving into some creative 20th Amendment theories. Plus:

—The distinction between law violation and norm violation;

—Trump’s prosecutorial immunity and legal yay's;

—The role of Congress in determining eligibility for office;

—A prosecutor working for both sides of the bench;

—Judge Ho concurs in an employment discrimination case;

—More employment discrimination out of the 11th Circuit; and

—The misguided war on the SAT.

Show notes:

- Lake Beach 

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