Unpublished Opinions

Institute for Justice

What do Institute for Justice attorneys think about the law? Listen into their roundtable conversations where they give their unrehearsed and “unpublished” opinions on matters beyond the federal courts of appeals. From the latest Supreme Court cases to legal history to trial tactics, IJ attorneys have much to share and (politely, but spiritedly) disagree with each other about.

  1. 23/06

    Unpublished Opinions 25 | Pulling Up the Ladder

    With guest host Patrick Jaicomo, he and IJ’s Anya Bidwell and Diana Simpson conspire on how best to keep the competition out of their guild. Or, rather, they contemplate how their guild—the legal profession—unfairly keeps the competition out and what recent changes to accreditation policies in Texas and Florida tell us about the value of the bar exam, law school, the American Bar Association, and other related institutions. Then the crew turn to the value of liberalism in these heady days. Story on Texas dropping the ABA Story on Florida dropping the ABA

    43 min

  2. 30/04

    Unpublished Opinions 24 | What If It’s Not Peyote?

    John Wrench is joined by Sam Gedge and Kirby West for a session of hot takes, hard questions, and changed minds. The trio challenge received wisdom about notorious doctrines and cases, debate how much of public interest litigation is about permanent resolution versus holding the line, and provide positions they’ve revised over the course of their careers.  Docket in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy Employment Division v. Smith

    44 min

  3. 24/03

    Unpublished Opinions 23 | The Afroman Effect

    John Wrench is joined by Diana Simpson and Patrick Jaicomo for an episode that crosses between profound and provocative. The trio reacts to the Supreme Court’s late-breaking decision in Olivier v. City of Brandon, weighing in on what it says and doesn’t say about the Heck bar. Then the conversation takes a turn toward Adams County, Ohio, where Afroman (yes, that Afroman) has just won a defamation case brought by the sheriff’s deputies who raided his house, instilling the trio with a deep sense of civic pride. Finally, the group swings over to Judge VanDyke’s dissental in Olympic Spa v. Armstrong, the one everyone is talking about—and not because of the legal issues.  Oliver v. City of Brandon Lemon Pound Cake Olympic Spa v. Armstrong (en banc denial)

    59 min

  4. 3/02

    Unpublished Opinions 22 | The Lorax Doctrine

    John Wrench welcomes Josh Windham and Kirby Thomas West for a gameshow episode that proves Schiller’s insight that one becomes fully human through play. A series of games takes the trio through the highs and lows of legal practice, two truths and a lie about their legal careers, and some of the most famous quotes from Supreme Court opinions. The full Josh argument The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Eras Tour

    1 h 6 min

  5. 18/12/2025

    Unpublished Opinions 21 | An Appeal to Heaven

    As the year’s shortest day draws near, John Wrench is joined by Patrick Jaicomo and Anya Bidwell to discuss taking the Founders’ legacies more seriously; what’s likely to change about constitutional law in the next couple of decades; the challenge of repairing complex constitutional problems in a case-by-case judicial process; and how reporters might do more justice to the Justices.  Plain, Honest Men The Santa Clause Regime Change Ghost on the Throne Maigret

    1 h 3 min

  6. 19/11/2025

    Unpublished Opinions 20 | And Fascism

    Your IJ roundtable is back with hot takes and tepid reflection. John Wrench, joined by Sam Gedge and Josh Windham, share tips on how to do law, do life, and do European-on-European colonialism. Subjects include what has shaped the way they think about the law, what they wish they knew earlier in their legal careers, the status of text, history, and tradition, and, naturally, the Dodecanese Islands. Anti-Slavery Political Writings (ed. C. Bradley Thompson) Death by Lightning The Heroes Originalism and the Illusions of Objectivity Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution 1840-1920 My Thoughts Be Bloody

    1 h 12 min

  7. 27/10/2025

    Unpublished Opinions 19 | The Highest Court in the Land

    With the new Supreme Court term underway, John Wrench welcomes Anya Bidwell and Anthony Sanders for a SCOTUS-themed romp—including which justice is the ideal dinner guest and the past case you’d most like to argue—followed by an extremely competitive lightning round of wide-ranging SCOTUS trivia.  Empirical SCOTUS on oral arguments Wilkie v. Robbins Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer Zbig biography The Room Where It Happened The Meaning of Everything The Victorian Bar Life, Law & Liberty Between Two Fires

    43 min

  8. 30/09/2025

    Unpublished Opinions 18 | Picking Favorites

    Constitution Day might have been September 17, but Diana, Patrick, and John are still celebrating. From the insight that rights come before—not from—the government, to the evergreen challenge of constraining power, the trio admire favorite features of the U.S. Constitution, propose amendments, and discuss the dangers of viewing rights through a partisan lens.  Extreme Punishment Alien Earth Sputnik Judicial Time Discworld

    56 min
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What do Institute for Justice attorneys think about the law? Listen into their roundtable conversations where they give their unrehearsed and “unpublished” opinions on matters beyond the federal courts of appeals. From the latest Supreme Court cases to legal history to trial tactics, IJ attorneys have much to share and (politely, but spiritedly) disagree with each other about.

Informação

  • Autoria
    Institute for Justice
  • Anos em atividade
    2024 - 2026
  • Episódios
    25
  • Classificação
    Para todos
  • Copyright
    © Institute for Justice
  • Site do programa
    Unpublished Opinions

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