Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

In Professor Amar’s book, America’s Unwritten Constitution, Chapter 8, attached here, explains George Washington’s decisive impact on our constitution through not only his actions as President, but also – critically – his resignations.

Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

Professor Amar writes in The Atlantic on the day following the immunity ruling in Trump v. United States.  We will give you a full discussion in next week’s episode, but this article plus the NPR clip played in the episode should tide you over, with Professor Amar’s sense of the opinion made quite clear.

The Court’s opinions in Trump v. United States (2024). Is it, as Professor Amar claims, “worse than Dred Scott?”  You decide.

The Court rules unanimously in United States v. Nixon (except for Justice Rehnquist who recused himself), the tapes case, which stands in contrast to the current ruling.

Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

Professor Amar writes in The Atlantic on the day following the immunity ruling in Trump v. United States.  We will give you a full discussion in next week’s episode, but this article plus the NPR clip played in the episode should tide you over, with Professor Amar’s sense of the opinion made quite clear.

SEC v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. ___ (2024), the 7th Amendment jury trial vs. ALJ case whose opinion was released this past week.

The Loper Bright case is actually two cases; it is combined with Relentless, INC., et al., PETITIONERS  v.  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al..  At any rate, Chevron is overruled, and courts receive a certain primacy over administrative agencies.

Adam Gustafson writes in 2009 on the subtleties of the wording of the 25th amendment.  The relevance to recent and possibly forthcoming events is discussed at length in this week’s podcast.

Professor Amar discusses Presidential Succession-related constitutional issues, including the 25th amendment and questions of presidential dynasty in this chapter from his book, The Law of the Land.

Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

US v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. __ (2024), the gun case in question today, with its many originalist and would-be originalist opinions.

James Madison writes on the virtuous people the new American government presumes and requires.  The last half of the last paragraph is particularly on point.

The tax code and fiscal integrity of the USA survives this case, though the margin was slimmer than it might first appear.  An important concurrence by Justice Jackson takes the originalist route.

Virtually all lawyers and judges admitted to practice anywhere in the USA can obtain CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit after listening to this episode by visiting podcast.njsba.com.  You do not have to be a New Jersey lawyer or resident or admitted to the NJ Bar; essentially every state has reciprocity arrangements with New Jersey.  When you visit the site you fill out a form and provide the code Andy read during the episode, pay a small fee, and within two weeks you will receive the certificate from New Jersey.  It couldn’t be easier.  Thanks to the New Jersey Bar Association for making this possible!  Note, too, that other podcast episodes from our “back catalog” now qualify for this credit as well.

Professor William Fletcher writes a classic article on Standing for the 1988 Yale Law Journal.