David takes the first ten minutes to respond to Twitter trolls over his latest New York Times article before he and Sarah revisit their arguments over the Supreme Court’s per curium ruling on the Trump-Colorado case.

The Agenda:

—Defending the Supreme Court

—Erasing the Constitution

—Confusion over the Trump ruling

—Consequentialism vs. originalism

—Judicial restraint and originalism

—Erasing Chevron

—SCOTUS hears bump stock case

—Explaining the string cheese factors

Show Notes:

-Kevin Williamson: Slate Publishes Gun-Control Fiction

-Advisory Opinions Episode with Professor Amanda Tyler

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The Supreme Court issued an unanimous decision on Monday dismissing efforts to block Trump from the Colorado ballot. Sarah and David review the ruling and then go on to  disagree about pretty much everything. Stay tuned for a feisty debate.

The Agenda:

-Colorado cannot remove Donald Trump from its ballot

-SCOTUS not touching the "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection or aiding the enemies of the United States?" question

-Also not touching, "Is Trump an officer?"

-5-4 ruling on who can enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

Show Notes:

-Electoral Count Reform Act

-Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

-Colorado Supreme Court's Majority Opinion

-Maine Secretary of State's original decision on removing Trump

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Sarah and David have some legal catch-up to do but first on the docket is some rank punditry on Donald Trump's endless legal saga.

The Agenda:

—Why is there a delay on Trump’s cases?

—David explains NetChoice v. Paxton

—McElrath v. Georgia update

—No Labels considers Nikki Haley

—Dr. Phil’s our guy

—Home Depot and free speech

—NCAA name, image, likeness rules

—AO dating app update

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Former U.S. Assistant Attorneys General Stephen Boyd and Jody Hunt, as well as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama Prim Escalona join Sarah Isgur for a live recording of Advisory Opinions at the University of Alabama.

The Agenda:

—An update on the Alabama IVF ruling

—To go to law school or not to go?

—Private practice vs public service

—Relationship and mom advice in high-stressed jobs

—Audience QA

Show Notes:

—Chevron Deference discussed on Advisory Opinions.

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Judges Jennifer Elrod and Charles Eskridge join Sarah and David to explain the “inns” and outs of a special networking group for attorneys.

The Agenda:

—SCOTUS declines to hear TJ High School case[should we spell out?]

—Harvard, antisemitic cartoons, and free speech

—Biden’s authority to shut the border

—The Inn of Court explained

—Taylor Swift-themed parodies

—Sarah sings for a second

Show Notes:

-Contact [email protected] for more information on the Houston showing

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Sarah and David dive into an Alabama Supreme Court case designating embryos as minors and explain how this might affect abortion policy at large.

The Agenda:

—Has Alabama banned in vitro fertilization (IVF)?

—Sarah’s experience with IVF

—The post-Roe world

—Climate scientist wins $1 million defamation case

—Fani Willis and Nathan Wade take the stand

—Donald Trump’s corporate death penalty

—AO advice column: marrying a lawyer

Show Notes:

—David Lat's Original Jurisdiction

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Do people have a right to gun ownership even if it conflicts the “spirit of Aloha”? Sarah and David dig into a 53-page opinion from the Supreme Court of Hawaii that teeters on the edge of defiance.

The Agenda:

—Clarifying public accommodation and the anti-Zionist bookstore

—Carrying a gun without a permit v. the Second Amendment

—The Law of the Splintered Paddle

—Bruen makes an appearance

—Trump's briefs (to the Supreme Court)

Show Notes:

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Memory issues, ghost writers, and presidential prosecutions. Media outlets are cherry picking bits and pieces from the Hur Report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, but Sarah and David spend a full episode analyzing its legal standards and implications.

The Agenda:

—Disclosing biases

—Standards of evidence

—Biden’s too old

—Can we get the full recordings?

—No security clearance for the ghost writer

—Partisan brains reading the report

—“No Zionists Allowed” in a bookstore

Show Notes:

—The Hur report

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Sarah and David cover the oral argument at the Supreme Court regarding the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to block Trump from the ballot in the state.

The Agenda:

—David’s unpleasant déjà vu

—All the ways Colorado will lose

—The textualist approach

—What process is due?

—Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel

—David responds to Justice Kagan

—Griffin’s case

—U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton

—The advocates

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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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