In a special live Advisory Opinions x SCOTUSblog crossover event, Sarah Isgur was joined by David French, David Lat, Zachary Shemtob, and Amy Howe (live from the Supreme Court), to react to the oral argument in Trump v. CASA, Inc.

The question: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court’s nationwide preliminary injunction on the Trump administration’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

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Sarah Isgur and David French are coming to you from Gettsyburg with two free speech cases. Is posting aborted fetuses a religious practice?

The Agenda:
—Join us May 15th for a special live Advisory Opinions
—Substantial disruption and school dress codes
—Free speech, employment rights, and religious discrimination
—Do we need a third founding?

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David French returns from his other job to discuss President Trump’s transgender military policy with Sarah Isgur. Does the Supreme Court hate transgender people? (Hint: No.)

The Agenda:
—Transgender military policy reflects ongoing debates about authority and judicial deference
—Demonstrating animus
—Making David blush
—You can't be an erotic dancer if you're under 21 in Florida
—Weak and strong originalism and the role of precedent

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The Advisory Opinions extended universe kicks off as SCOTUSblog's Amy Howe and David Lat join Sarah Isgur to discuss the St. Isidore of Seville religious charter school case and the debate over school choice.

The Agenda:
—A ‘public’ public school or a ‘private’ public school?
—Justice Amy Coney Barrett's recusal
—Will Chief Justice John Roberts be the swing vote?
—Will birthright citizenship end?
—May 15: Mark it on your calendar

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Sarah Isgur and David French explain the upcoming Supreme Court decision regarding the public chartering of religious schools and how it might implicate the establishment clause.

The Agenda:
—Justice Gorsuch is the new Justice Kennedy
—More on SCOTUS lie-gate
—Magic and Larry Bird (Lisa Blatt and Roman Martinez)
—Lisa Blatt’s apology
—FBI knocks down the wrong door
—Chartering religious schools
—What is a charter school?
—The establishment clause question

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Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Amy Howe and David Lat, of The Dispatch’s extended legal universe, to debate whether the Supreme Court should be more transparent.

Sarah and David then separate  fact from the fiction in the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan. (Also: should there be cameras in the Supreme Court?)

The Agenda:
—Cameras at SCOTUS?
—SCOTUS oral argument goes off the rails
—Calling other lawyers the “L” word
—The arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan
—Immunity doctrine is a mess
—Louis Vuitton and criminal contempt
—Old Whig No. 5
—Trump admin and disparate impact
—Harvard Law Review’s DEI

Show Notes:
—Apply to work at SCOTUSblog!
—Judge helps criminal escape in 2018

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Amy Howe, the voice of SCOTUSblog, joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the news of The Dispatch’s acquisition of SCOTUSblog.

Also: What's the equity in equity dockets?

The Agenda:

—SCOTUSblog joins The Dispatch

—Puppies (and pride?)

—Harvard fights back

—Equity dockets, revisited 

Show Notes:

—Read more on the acquisition

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Sarah Isgur and David French react to Donald Trump’s latest legal battles and talk to friend of the pod Judge Amul Thapar about his new wellness Substack.

\The Agenda:

—Birthright citizenship oral argument

—Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act blocked

—The FAFO bucket

—Criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration

—'An opinion for the ages'

—Judges Thapar’s wellness advice

Show Notes:

—Justice Alito's dissent on Alien Enemies Act

—William Baude on the birthright citizenship oral argument

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the ongoing saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s illegal deportation and what’s next for the man currently in a notorious El Salvadoran prison.

The Agenda:

—SCOTUS order: effectuate vs. facilitate

—Emergency docket scorecard

—Turnover at the solicitor general's office

—MAGA's legal strategies backfiring

—Tariff lawsuit in California challenges executive power

—Papa Musk

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Sarah Isgur and David French examine detainees’ rights and habeas corpus before reacting to the Season 3 finale of White Lotus.

The Agenda:

—Gitmo: Hamdi and Rasul

—Legal status of El Salvador detainees

—Courts and human rights

—The Associated Press' fight for free speech

—White Lotus and evolutionary psychology

—Friend groups should have even numbers

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