Season 3, Episode 17 (Show 121): Judges and Adverse Events

April 19, 2023

In the last week, a Texas judge said no, America; the Fifth Circuit said maybe yes, maybe no; the Supreme Court said yes, but we’ll get back to you.  What’s going on with judges?  We look at some of this, and some of that.

The Judiciary continues to occupy the headlines, from the judge in Trump’s trial to judges and justices at the district and circuit level who somehow impact the lives of the whole nation.  And Justice Thomas keeps knocking at the ethics door.  We take it a step at a time, trying to be thorough.  Everyone, it seems, wants to be more than they seem.  So this time we look in some depth at judges being doctors, plaintiffs choosing judges, and regional judges offering national injunctions, while touching on some of these other areas as well.

Show Notes:

Alternative Theories of the Crime - Professor Stephen Sachs

Professor Sachs, a former student of Professor Amar’s, writes about crimes with multiple possible scenarios that might prove criminal activity, but which don’t necessarily lend themselves to unanimous verdicts.  In light of D.A. Bragg’s choice to not specify at this time the “second crime” that renders former President Trump’s charges felonies, Professor Amar explains in our podcast how this scholarship is relevant.

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