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The Secrecy in Courts Dilemma

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Is Spending Money Protected Speech?

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SUNCOR Gets Complicated

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What Is Originalism? | Interview: Sherif Girgis

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Not a MAGA Court

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Is Press Access a Constitutional Right?

7

Third Time’s the Charm?

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Are Marijuana Contracts Legal in Federal Court?

9

Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term

10

Barely Averting a Constitutional Crisis

11

Insular Cases | Interview: Chief Judge Jeff Sutton and Neil Weare

12

SCOTUS Majority Rules White House Ballroom Is A Go

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Has the First Amendment Ever Been More Relevant?

14

How to Fix Congress | Interview: Rep. Jake Auchincloss

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Civility vs. Collegiality | Interview: Judges Tom Griffith and David Tatel

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Let’s Pretend We’re Justices | Interview: Chris Scalia

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Trump’s Ballroom Blitz

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This Is Not A Vibes-Only Podcast

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SCOTUS’s October Preview

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Fauci Pleads the Fifth | Interview: Elie Honig

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The Island of Rationality and the First Amendment

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Receipts on the Senate Filibuster | Interview: Mike “Frags” Fragoso

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Reviewing the Court’s Criminal Law | Interview: Rory Little and Orin Kerr

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Alaska v. a Charter Plane and a Six-Pack of Beer

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Defy the Gods

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A Bucket Full of Trump Bait

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Plenty of Culture War Stuff

28

SCOTUS Vibe Check

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Complicating the Polarization Narrative

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It’s the End of the Term

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Supreme Court Weighs In on Unitary Executive Theory

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Court Rules TPS Decisions Can’t Be Judicially Reviewed

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Enforcing International Law in U.S. Courts

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SCOTUS Rules on Illegal Drug Users Owning Firearms

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The Trump Administration's Internal Arguments Over Habeas Corpus

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Can Transgender People Serve in the Military?

37

Counting Down the Supreme Court Term

38

Getting Out of the Redistricting Business

39

President Trump’s Losing Streak

40

District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms

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SCOTUS Through the Decades | Interview: Nina Totenberg

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All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund

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Let’s Sue the Government

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SCOTUS Clears Way for Alabama to Use Congressional Map

45

The TED Talk Heard ‘Round the World

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Congress Did Something!

47

Justice Alito Stays Ruling on Abortion Pill by Mail

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Gutting the Voting Rights Act | Interview: Judge Roy K. Altman

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Arguing In Front of SCOTUS | Interview: Lisa Blatt

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Overturning Religious Precedent

51

The Chief Justice Didn’t Hate President Obama | Interview: Gov. Kevin Stitt

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There Is No Historic Defeat for Civil Rights

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Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh?

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Trump’s ‘War Crimes’

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You’re Fired, Pam Bondi

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Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments

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In Mourning for the DOJ | Interview: Chris Christie

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Mail-In Ballot Deadlines Challenged in Court

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You Can’t Preach Jesus Here | Interview: Judge Rebecca Taibleson

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Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End?

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Judge Gets Vulgar in Transgender Spa Case

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Supreme Court Justices Spar Publicly

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What Are the Liberties Not in the Constitution?

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Can Marijuana Users Be Barred from Owning Guns?

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Trump Bypasses Congress on Iran

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The Immunity Episode

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What’s Next After Friday’s Tariff Decision?

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

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Justice Alito’s Next Moves

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Naw Dawg to the DOJ

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Will SCOTUS Show Its True Colors?

72

Quasi-Hypotheticals

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Blaming the Judiciary

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What’s Next for TikTok

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Analyzing ICE Shootings

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Is Lisa Cooked?

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Vampire Rules and The Satanic Temple

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Must and May

79

The Conservative Warren Court of Today

80

Supremacy Clause Immunity, Explained

81

Prosecuting Foreign Leaders

82

The Legality of U.S. Operations in Venezuela

83

Merry Christmas to the State Courts

84

The Right-Wing Shake-Up

85

Political Distortions

86

Burkeanism and the Administrative State

87

The Illusion of Campaign Finance Reform

88

Slaughter at SCOTUS: Reaganite Ends by Roosevelt Means

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All About Slaughter

90

‘Kill Everybody’

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The Future of the Administrative State | Interview: Adam White

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Case Against Comey Dismissed

93

The Dissent Heard Around the World

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Did Congress Stretch the Commerce Clause Too Far? | Interview: Jonathan Karl

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Everyone Needs to Stay in Their Lane

96

The Federalist Society Takes a Stand

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump’s Tariff Case

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Trump’s Tariff Showdown

99

All About Substantive Due Process

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Firing Squad vs. Suffocation