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Sarah's back from her first maternity leave ever to for a live recording at Georgetown University Law School. Together with host emeritus David French, they preview the 9 most dramatic cases coming before the Supreme Court this term. Also: tips for law students and a live Q&A (at least as long as our batteries work). Here we go:-Kavanaugh didn't flip his vote (surprising few)
-We called it (on Alabama)
-Welcome to the South Carolina case!
-Rahimi: The one we've been waiting for
-Hearth and home: down with redundancies and repetitions!
-How to clarify 'Test, History, and Tradition' to make sure bad guy loses?
-Standing and The Great Flipping
-Chevron rises again?
-The antiestablishmentarian conservative
-SEC... yes.
-Purdue Pharma bankruptcy: can bankruptcy courts do that? (No.)
-Sympathetic plaintiffs versus federal taxes
-The blocking-people-on-Twitter cases
-Tips for law school graduates
-Questions from the audience
Show Notes:
-District of Columbia v. Heller
-Quick Facts on Felons in Possession of a Firearm (Section 922(g))
-Miles Law
-Arlene’s Flowers
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