Season 2, Episode 38 (Show 90): Masters, Monarchs, and Mangling the Fifth

September 14, 2022

The Special Master is in the news, and in our podcast.  More on a new theory of the Fifth Amendment, too, along with a constitutional angle to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. 

The controversy over a possible appointment of a special master in the. Mar-a-Lago search matter is a timely trigger for our discussion, especially in light of our recent 4th amendment episodes. Meanwhile we continue a rethinking of the fifth, and of course Professor Amar has a theory that unites everything. There’s also the Queen”s death, which is also fascinatingly relevant, and somehow Lincoln finds his way in, as he usually does. 

Show Notes:

For Trump’s Lawyers, Legal Exposure Comes With the Job

The New York Times article, “For Trump’s Lawyers, Legal Exposure Comes With the Job,” from September 10, 2022, echoing a theme we sounded in a recent podcast on the peril’s a lawyer with a law-skeptical client may experience.  We also speculated on how this line might move to an even more precarious position should Professor Amar’s Fifth Amendment reforms take hold.

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