Supreme Leap Forward

Wherein we discuss the hazards of flying United and American, Alex Jones and the tyranny of family court, our new favorite lawsuit, and the link between Deray's Doritos and blue lives matter.

Wherein we discuss Syria, Gorsuch's confirmation and the death of the Supreme Court filibuster, Benadryl, Hively v. Ivy Tech, Title VII, Judge Richard Posner, and more on Originalism. Apologies for any audio weirdness — we had some dumb tech issues at the outset that we scrambled to remedy.

Wherein the two lawyers are on their own for this episode, discussing Kurt Eichenwald and his medical inability to sit through a very specific episode of Pokemon and whether you can be charged criminally for sending that episode to him, as well as Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, more on Gorsuch's legal philosophy, and a bit on Marxist legal naturalism.

Prof. Taiwo's book: https://www.amazon.com/Legal-Naturalism-Marxist-Theory-Law/dp/0801428513/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490986026&sr=8-4&keywords=olufemi+taiwo

Kelleher's surprising good Vox explainer on Gorsuch and Natural Law: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/3/20/14976926/gorsuch-natural-law-supreme-court-hearings

Wherein we discuss our grim future under Trump's second term, the updated executive order on the Muslim ban (in effect 3/16), Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm, Title IX, the Equal Protection Clause, the intellectual dishonesty of conservatism, transphobia, as well as recurrent discriminatory legislation and all your favorite bathroom warriors.

Wherein we discuss legal forms and the leftist imagination, Tom Perez's weird facial hair, David French for some reason, Trump's Muslim Ban, and the 9th Circuit's response to said ban. Here are the sources we discussed:

https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/24/the-left-cant-litigate-trump-into-submission

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2017/02/06/17-35105%20Reply%20In%20Support%20of%20Emergency%20Motion%20for%20Stay.pdf

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf

Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.

The inaugural episode of something each of us will deny having participated.

Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.