Wherein we are joined by Rachel Castignoli for our first episode of season 2 to discuss student rights and first amendment protections for political speech and expression, particularly as it relates to the planned school walkouts organized in effort to protest the complete inaction of lawmakers to pass meaningful gun control legislation. We also explain the administrative process for requesting and representing a student in a school disciplinary hearing.

Rachel Castignoli: https://twitter.com/rofold

DSA Legal Working Group: https://twitter.com/DSA_law

ACLU's March 1st training signup sheet: http://bit.ly/2FaTof3

Goss v. Lopez: http://bit.ly/2BSy0c5

Tinker v. Des Moines: http://bit.ly/2F5u6ie

Bethel v. Fraser: http://bit.ly/2EXpS94

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: http://bit.ly/2HNXGax

Morse v. Frederick: http://bit.ly/2CoUXoA

Doninger v. Niehoff: http://bit.ly/2F9EIg3

Wherein we are joined by John Friend, class action and civil rights attorney in Lousiville, KY to discuss updates to the Texas redistricting case and the Muslim travel ban order pending before the Supreme Court. We also look back at the career of the retiring Judge Posner out of the 7th Circuit and dive into a few of his cases and his project advocating for pro se plaintiffs and defendants in his post-judicial life.

John Friend: https://twitter.com/K_NoiseWaterMD

TX Redistricting Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr3_4g15.pdf

Travel Ban Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr_h3ci.pdf

Baskin v Bogan: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/baskin-v-bogan-7th-circuit-decision

Fuller v Lynch: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15310008229826581922&q=Fuller+v.+Lynch,+833+F.3d+866&hl=en&as_sdt=6,44

Davis v Maroney: http://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/16-2471/16-2471-2017-05-22.pdf?ts=1495488652

Wherein we are joined by attorneys Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon to discuss Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio and the legal questions concerning the limitations of said power, the possibilities of litigation arising from disputes within private organizations related to Danny Fetonte and the Democratic Socialists of America NPC. Special shoutout to @OfficerComrade on Twitter.

Sam Natale: https://twitter.com/PubicDefender

Ramsin Canon: https://twitter.com/ramsincanon

"Do the Process" http://bit.ly/2iCqWIT

"The Tyranny of Structurelessness" http://struggle.ws/pdfs/tyranny.pdf

Wherein we are joined by Joe Dunman, formerly the attorney for the Kentucky plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case. We discussed the constitutionality of the Irsael Anti-Boycott Act, BDS, the Heightened Scrutiny podcast episode on Marsh v Chambers, representations of the devil in jurisprudence, funeral doom music, Joe's experience on the Obergefell case, and the Trump's statement that transgender persons will be banned from serving in the military.

Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeDunman

Heightened Scrutiny Podcast: https://scrutinypod.com/

Joe's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scrutinypod

Blind Imitation—The Revolting Persistence of Bowers v. Hardwick: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2845905

Wherein we are joined by our good friend @VoxProletarii, a scholar on feudal jurisprudence, to discuss the origins of law in feudalism, Marx's concept of base and superstructure, the codification of law, the vacuousness of originalism, medieval crime and punishment, and I think we even mentioned Game of Thrones at some point.

Chris: https://twitter.com/VoxProletarii

"The Two Souls of Feudalism": http://bit.ly/2tAb4GT

Michael Tigar's "Original Understanding and the Constitution": http://bit.ly/2u49twF

"Law and the Rise of Capitalism": http://amzn.to/2vwnW2d

Wherein Steven joins the DSA for a talk on sanctuary cities, immigration law, and movement lawyering. We have a brief episode this week, which gives you extra time to check out our new and rather bare-bones Patreon. We're still working out how best to utilize the thing, but we wanted to give folks an opportunity to contribute as their conscience dictates. https://www.patreon.com/supremeleapforward

Wherein we are joined by Emma Caterine, 2L at CUNY School of Law, to discuss bankruptcy and gender discrimination in her article "A Fresh Start for a Women's Economy," as well as Kurt Eichenwald's hentai collection, and more on the experience of navigating law school while Marxist.

https://twitter.com/EmmaCaterine

https://habeasquaestus.com/2016/04/30/for-trans-women-considering-law-school/

https://emmacaterine.com

Wherein we are joined by professor Alexander Reid Ross from Portland State University and author of "Against the Fascist Creep", to discuss the murders and protests in Portland, OR, free speech jurisprudence, Eugene Debs, and Samuel Farber's article "A Socialist Approach to Free Speech" for Jacobin.

Against the Fascist Creep: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-fascist-creep.html

A Socialist Approach to Free Speech: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/

How Charlie Became Le Pen: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/how-charlie-became-le-pen/

Wherein we are joined by Jesús Joslin to discuss his article (linked below) on Shelby County and the Voting Rights Act, impeaching Trump, treason, Texas SB5 and voter ID laws, the recent Supreme Court decision in Cooper v. Harris on racial/partisan gerrymandering, and the ways Clarence Thomas can still surprise you.

"Navigating the Post-Shelby Landscape" by Jesús Joslin —

http://bit.ly/2qlg6WQ

Wherein we are accompanied by CUNY law student and immigrant rights activist My Le to discuss sanctuary cities, the particulars of immigration law and deportation actions under Trump, the DREAM Act, DACA, this Admin's complete inability to draft a constitutional executive order, the utter incompetence of our enemies, and Kevin's ongoing recording issues