The Supreme Court decided an important case, decided to take on another important case and Justice Neil Gorsuch weighed in for the first time since he took his seat on the court. Since Jay and Neal know nothing about the law, let alone constitutional law, so they asked an expert to join the show. Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett was on to talk all of these issues including how originalism has gone mainstream in the judiciary. Randy breaks things down very well so even if you’re not an attorney, you’ll get a lot out of it.

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There’s been a lot of talk about anonymous sources in journalism in the first four months of the Trump administration. The problem is, not a lot of people know precisely how they’re used and why journalists use them. Reporter Glenn Thrush of the NY Times joined Jay and Neal to talk about the subject. They ask Glenn about anonymous sources, why they’re used, the process behind cultivating them and how to deal with the pressure to reveal them.

It’s a very informative episode and some of what Glenn says will surprise you!

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Where are you on the Trump spectrum? Are you a Trump supporter, with him from the start? Are you a Trump skeptic, willing to give him credit when it is due and not afraid to criticize? Or are you pro-Trump and more bound to defend him when criticized? Jay and Neal welcome Noah Rothman of Commentary Magazine to discuss these factions and also his current piece, How to Be a Conservative in the Age of Trump. The guys discuss all of that as well as the critical question of whether Seinfeld is overrated or not.

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