• Separation-of-Powers Police
    Sep 26 2024

    After a long hiatus, we're particularly unpredictable with an episode that isn't about the Supreme Court. We're joined by NYU law professor Daryl Levinson to talk about his exciting and important new book on constitutional theory, Law For Leviathan: Constitutional Law, International Law, and the State. Listen to learn why the Supreme Court's constitutional pronouncements on separation of powers might not matter as much as you thought—and along the way you'll find out what might happen to Will if he starts breaking into his colleagues' cars at the University of Chicago parking lot.

    Law for Leviathan: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/law-for-leviathan-9780190061593?cc=us&lang=en&

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Not the Best Founder
    Aug 9 2024

    We take a long last look at two more end-of-term cases, where the Court made news with what it did NOT decide: Moyle v. United States (the abortion/EMTALA case), and Moody v. Net Choice (state regulation of social media). But first, a bit of debate about some prominent figures in constitutional history.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Hype Music
    Aug 5 2024

    Unpredictably, our recent torrent of episodes continues. We take a deep dive into Moore v. United States, which addressed the scope of Congress's constitutional power to tax.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Reticulated Python
    Aug 1 2024

    We continue our breakneck pace and dig into two substantive criminal law opinions: Fischer v. United States and Snyder v. United States.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ultimatum Game
    Jul 29 2024

    We're back just a few days after our last episode to dive in to Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, a 5-4 decision about the power of the bankruptcy system to release claims against third parties.

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    59 mins
  • Libertarian Legal Morality Tales
    Jul 26 2024

    As the dust settles on the end of the term, we look back to examine two of the Court's criminal procedure cases: Smith v. Arizona (applying the Confrontation Clause to expert testimony) and Diaz v. United States (interpreting Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b)) after a brief discussion of AI, political developments, and judicial robes.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Evil Batman
    Jul 19 2024

    After a vacation-related hiatus, we're back to discuss Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (overruling Chevron) and Corner Post v. Board of Governors (time limits for challenges to regulations). We try to figure out just how disruptive these decisions will be for the administrative state and somehow manage not to waste half the episode debating Supreme Court ethics.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Back on the Island
    Jul 4 2024

    Will makes Dan interrupt his vacation to talk about the case you've all been clamoring for: Trump v. United States.

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    1 hr and 15 mins