Advisory Opinions The Dispatch

In a special live recording from San Francisco in late May, Sarah interviewed former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his judicial philosophy, the future of the court, and accepting dissent in America.
The Agenda:
— How snails explain the Supreme Court
— To recuse or to not recuse?
— The Court’s public approval and its response to public approval
— Rule of law
— Unenumerated rights
— Humor in the Court
— Audience questions
Show Notes:
— Stephen Breyer’s Reading the Constitution
— The Education of Henry Adams
— Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
— Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House
— Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.: The “Angry cheerleader” SCOTUS case
— Brown v. Board of Education & The Little Rock School Integration Crisis
— District of Columbia v. Heller
— Poe v. Ullman
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The Supreme Court has decided 8-1 in favor of the government in United States v. Rahimi. Sarah and David break down the decision before getting to a few sleeper cases from the day.The Agenda:
—“Y’all misunderstood Bruen”
—History is instructive, not binding
—18th-century policy vs. 21st-century problems
—The future of gun control
—“Bad man stays in jail” doctrine
—Trump’s SCOTUS nominees in a second term
—“SCOTUS should have never taken Rahimi”
—Sleeper cases
Show Notes:
—Sarah’s “bad man stays in jail” tweet
—Chris Hayes’ tweet
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Awaiting a week full of emergency pods, Sarah and David discuss latest round of SCOTUS opinions and take a look at a religious expression case.
The Agenda:
—Your foreign earnings are taxable
—Malicious prosecutions, do they fall under the charge-specific rule or any-crime rule?
—The Fifth Circuit was wrong
—Defining expert testimony
—Louisiana's Ten Commandment's law
Show Notes:
—Georgia Tech sued over speech code
—History of the Lemon test
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Sarah and David discuss how the media’s focus on outcomes ignores the Supreme Court’s complexity and restraint. Plus: tips for the lawyer ready to quit.
The Agenda:
—Bump stocks and executive overreach
—Upcoming SCOTUS cases
—Who’s the least powerful justice?
—Hidden ideological diversity in SCOTUS
—DOJ’s enforcement of the FACE Act
—How to quit your law firm: tips on professional risk management
Show Notes:
—Vidal v. Elster
—Empirical SCOTUS’ Power Index
—Mifepristone case
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David Lat takes over the guest chair and joins Sarah to discuss recent SCOTUS decisions.
The Agenda:
—SCOTUS bumps bump stock case to Congress
—Lily Ledbetter and the last time Congress did their job
—Mifepristone decision
—Trump too small? Maybe, but you can’t trademark it
—Justice Gorsuch and Justice Jackson’s playful relationship
—NLRB and defending the administrative state
—Justice Alito is secretly recorded
—Young Thug’s messy court trial
—Predicting SCOTUS decisions
—Sentencing and appeals in the Hunter Biden saga
Show Notes:
—Peggy Noonan’s response to Alito-gate
—David Lat and "underneath their robes"
—The Mo News Podcast

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Sarah and David discuss the laws of war in response to Israel’s successful hostage rescue operation in Gaza before turning to the latest First Amendment drama from the 1st Circuit.
The Agenda:
—Laws of war and the Israeli hostage rescue operation
—Materially disruptive speech and t-shirts
—Health check on the Constitution
—Far-right says freedoms are under attack
Show Notes:
—David’s critique of Israel in the NYT
—Angry cheerleader case
—Justice Brennan opinion in 1970s book banning case
—Tinker v. Des Moines
—The Mo News Podcast

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