Advisory Opinions

Sarah and David dive deep into the state of immigration law and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's legal battle with the Biden administration.

The Agenda:

—Amicus briefs for funsies

—The asylum system problem

—How to fix the crisis at the border

—The border deal in the Senate

—Civil War cosplay

—National Guard and Texit detour

—Football vs. politics redux

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In this emergency pod, Sarah and David discuss the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the state’s primary and general election ballots. They take listeners through:

—How they speed read court opinions;

—The self-execution of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment;

—The concept of non-justiciability (and how to pronounce it);

—Problems with congressional drafting;

—Debating incitement; and

—What will SCOTUS do?

Show Notes:

-Prof. Will Baude on Section 3, Insurrection, and Trump

-Coup de Target

-Incitement of Insurrection

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Sarah and David return to their regularly scheduled Supreme Court programming, specifically to a racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina (Sarah has copious notes). The two also have a lot to say about the insanity coming out of elite law schools. But first David revisits law of war to explain the international rules of siege warfare. Then:

-Supreme Court justices speaking statistics

-Non-justiciable gerrymandering

-Bonkers law student statements

-Some cancel culture clarity

-Ideological hot houses at elite institutions

-Harmonizing grace and morality

Show notes:

-Term statistics (2023)

-South Carolina gerrymandering case

-Rucho v. Common Cause

-Allen v. Milligan

-John Oliver talks Franklin, TN mayoral race

-Chicago BLM chapter comments on Israel-Hamas war

-Harvard students comment on Israel-Hamas war

-David French: Difference between Kaepernick and Barr

-GWU students comment on Israel-Hamas war

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Sarah and David invite District Judge Vince Chhabria on the pod to explain the state of multidistrict litigation and answer the question: Why does he listen to Advisory Opinions?

The Agenda:

—Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence

—Judging vs. personal value judgments

—David’s cringe a cappella group name

—Constitutionality of magistrate judges

—How to fix forum shopping

—MDLs, explained

—The pros and cons of MDLs

—How to become a judge

—Judge Chhabria’s clerk hiring process

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Sidney Powell may be the best lawyer ever, SCOTUS might finally have a tech term, and David’s humble brag didn’t get past anyone. Sarah and David fly through a mix bag of legal topics including:

-Presidents coercing social media platforms

-Plea deals from fraudsters

-“Cheese-bro”

-David brings up trans issues

-Sarah brings up feminism

-Law firms dealing with “unlawful” affirmative action practices and fellowships

-A gun case

-ANOTHER gun case (but with ghosts, kind of)

-Employment division triggers David

-And...pot-smoking generations

Show Notes

-Bong Hits 4 Jesus

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