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Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general. Follow us on Twitter @SupremeLeapPod.

  1. Episode 16 - Student Rights in a Walkout (ft. Rachel Castignoli)

    02/27/2018

    Episode 16 - Student Rights in a Walkout (ft. Rachel Castignoli)

    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

    1h 4m
  2. Episode 15 - Judge Posner and Sympathy for the Pro Se (ft. John Friend)

    09/20/2017

    Episode 15 - Judge Posner and Sympathy for the Pro Se (ft. John Friend)

    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

    1h 22m
  3. Episode 14 - Da DSA Cop (ft. Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon)

    08/28/2017

    Episode 14 - Da DSA Cop (ft. Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon)

    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

    1 hr
  4. Episode 13 - Obergefell and an Unrelated Search for Satan (ft. Joe Dunman)

    08/07/2017

    Episode 13 - Obergefell and an Unrelated Search for Satan (ft. Joe Dunman)

    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

    1h 13m
  5. Episode 12 - Game Of Owns and Feudal Law (ft. @VoxProletarii)

    07/18/2017

    Episode 12 - Game Of Owns and Feudal Law (ft. @VoxProletarii)

    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

    1h 5m
  6. Episode 11 - An Afternoon with the DSA (minisode)

    07/02/2017

    Episode 11 - An Afternoon with the DSA (minisode)

    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

    31 min
  7. Episode 10 - Bankruptcy and a Women's Economy (ft. Emma Caterine)

    06/21/2017

    Episode 10 - Bankruptcy and a Women's Economy (ft. Emma Caterine)

    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

    1h 14m
  8. Episode 09 - No Quarter For Fascists (ft. Alexander Reid Ross)

    06/04/2017

    Episode 09 - No Quarter For Fascists (ft. Alexander Reid Ross)

    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/

    56 min
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Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general. Follow us on Twitter @SupremeLeapPod.

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    Supreme Leap Forward
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    16
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