Season 3, Episode 50 (Show 154): Sandra the First
December 6, 2023
Our tribute to the late associate justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, wherein we examine her impact both as a pioneer for women on the Court, and a landmark Justice entirely in her own right. This is not yet another obituary.
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There is no shortage of tributes to the just passed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and rightly so, and this first female Justice richly deserves praise and memory. We aim to offer a tribute by taking her seriously as a Justice of ideas as well as the frequently mentioned deeply human remarkable woman she was. Fortunately, Akhil’s career has been intertwined with Justice O’Connor’s in a remarkable back-and-forth of ideas, cases, refinement, and legal innovation, so our perspective is a deeply informative one. Among other things, we look at the 10 most significant areas of jurisprudential impact in this remarkable but somehow underestimated to the end titan.
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Season 3, Episode 49 (Show 153): Sense and Nonsensibility on Section 3 – Special Guests Mark Graber and Gerard Magliocca
November 29, 2023
The Colorado Supreme Court is set to hear the question of the applicability of 14A Section 3 to Donald Trump, and we have the two experts on the very clauses in question for you.
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Donald Trump’s disqualification for the Presidency under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is on the docket for the Colorado Supreme Court next week. We have brought the two leading experts on the history of this clause to our podcast. They have written extensively on the 38th-40th Congresses who passed and first acted under the amendment; on John Bingham, the “James Madison” of the Fourteenth; and they continue to provide pertinent historical details on almost a daily basis. Professor Magliocca testified in the District Court hearing on this. Suffice it to say, then, that the best arguments on both sides will be aired here first, before they are heard in Colorado, and you will be the judge today.
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Season 3, Episode 48 (Show 152): Guns, Clips, and Rahimi
November 22, 2023
We dissect the oral argument in US v. Rahimi, an important case that addresses gun rights and domestic violence matters. You will hear the justices, the advocates, and Akhil’s commentary.
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in US v. Rahimi, a significant gun case, and we get to work. We have pulled clips from the argument so you can hear the justices and advocates in their own words, and Akhil comments after each clip. The case is important in itself, with wide implications regarding permissible gun regulation, and it also touches on a number of key methodological points that teach about originalism – properly done, and perhaps at times, improperly done.
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Season 3, Episode 47 (Show 151): Moore on the Brief – Special Guest Vikram David Amar
November 15, 2023
We continue our analysis of the amicus brief in Moore vs. US, this time joined by the brief’s co-author, Professor Vik Amar – and the brief’s reception in the media and legal community.
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The Amars’ amicus brief in Moore vs. United States is the talk of the legal ecosphere. Akhil’s co-author, Professor Vik Amar, joins us for analysis of the precedents that followed Hylton – faithful and otherwise. This tour de force of legal analysis is perfectly suited for your CLE credit. We also look at recent comments from the Supreme Court on Moore’s issues, and survey the reactions to the brief’s release. Various arguments that purport to address some of the brief’s claims have emerged: in support, in conflict, and complementary; we analyze and respond to them.
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Season 3, Episode 46 (Show 150): Moore, in Brief
November 8, 2023
We analyze and explain Professor Amar’s amicus brief (co-authored with Vikram Amar) in Moore v. US, with particular emphasis on the Hylton case (1796).
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In our 150th episode, we present the amicus brief in Moore v. United States, authored by Professor Amar with his brother, Professor Vikram Amar. The brief begins with the provocative statement that most other briefs in the case have missed the point? What is the point that they missed? We explain how their focus on the 16th amendment misses the basic constitutional questions which the Court answered back in 1796 in the Hylton v. US case. Who says so? Some guys named Washington and Hamilton, to start. And this Lincoln fellow agreed later. But everyone seems to have missed this. You won’t.
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Season 3, Episode 45 (Show 149): Aisles, not Walls
November 1, 2023
There’s a new Speaker. Is there any prospect for bipartisanship? We look for places it does and can exist.
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The follies in the House have ended, for now. Many Americans looked upon the travesty with despair, wondering if our government might yet be up to the task of leading and reaching beyond party to find country and duty. We take a good look and search for places where reaching across the aisle might still take place – and we try to do our part and go beyond demonizing those not in our own party. Plus – the Amars’ amicus brief is up in Moore vs. US, and we open that door.
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