
About this episode
Sarah and David answer listener emails, covering everything from judicial federalism, to the Supreme Court’s upcoming tech term, to potential SCOTUS reforms.
The Agenda:
—Constitutionality of the special counsel
—The Nixon precedent
—Independent judgment of lower courts
—Predictability and the rule of law
—The Texas pornography case: children’s rights or adult’s rights?
—Injunctions as extraordinary relief
—Biden’s proposed SCOTUS reforms
—The grossness of ethics violations
Show Notes:
—Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto
—United States v. Nixon
—Advisory Opinions episode on NetChoice v. Moody
—Texas’ H.B. 1181
—Ginsberg v. New York
—The “Angry Cheerleader” case
—Judge Bibas’ Third Circuit opinion on assault weapons
—Federalist Papers No. 83
—The Dispatch’s Project 2025 Fact-Check
—Presumed Innocent
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