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Unwritten Law — 99 episodes

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Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court

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State Department Admits First Amendment Violations

3

Who Gets to Decide What’s a Crime?

4

The Massachusetts Phone Spyware Case

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The Inside Story of Murthy v. Missouri: How the Government Pressured Social Media

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Judge Newman and the Right to a Day in Court

7

The First Amendment vs. the SEC Gag Rule

8

Geofencing, Google Data, and the Fourth Amendment

9

Disparate Impact and the Limits of Agency Power

10

Can Congress Hand EPA the Power to Pick Winners?

11

The Supreme Court Slaps Down Presidential Tariff Power

12

Does SEC Disgorgement Require Investor Harm?

13

The Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket Turns Ten

14

Student Loan Pauses, Standing, and Lost Subsidies

15

The SEC’s Stock Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment

16

Can DOE Regulate Water Use Without Congress?

17

Seven Amicus Briefs, One Big Question After Loper Bright

18

Cross-Deputized—and Above the Law?

19

Trump v. Cook: Can a President Fire a Fed Governor “For Cause”?

20

The SEC’s Massive Surveillance Database: Davidson, et al. v. Atkins

21

Can Agencies Force You to Fund Your Own Regulation?

22

When Agencies Hold the Keys: FTC Investigations and the Right to Go to Court

23

An Accidental Landmark? How VanDerStok Could Revive Deference to the Administrative State

24

The Supreme Court at 250: Chief Justice Roberts, Judicial Independence, and a Court That Takes Too Few Cases

25

Government by the Unelected: How the Administrative State Took Over

26

Why The Little Sisters Are Still Fighting the ACA Mandate

27

Mass Surveillance by License Plate: The City of Marco Island Fourth Amendment Case

28

Executive Power on Trial: Trump v. Slaughter, Part II

29

Trump v. Slaughter: Is Humphrey’s Executor Finally Dead? Part I

30

FERC’s Duty of Candor Rule: Dead on Arrival

31

BASE Jumping, Bureaucracy, and the Law

32

When SEC Receivers Go Too Far: Russ Ryan on Barton v. SEC

33

Trump v. Slaughter: The Supreme Court Case That Could End Humphrey’s Executor

34

Inside the 2025 Federalist Society Convention: Debates, Direction, and What Stood Out

35

Necessary Discretion: Kara Rollins on Statutory Power and Agency Limits

36

Auto-Pen & Accountability: What the Oversight Committee Found About the Biden White House

37

Judicial Impartiality Meets Fiction: Inside the Dondero Recusal Petition

38

Inside the Supreme Court: Trump’s Tariff Case and the Limits of Executive Power

39

Can the President Fire Lisa Cook? Trump v. Cook and Executive Power

40

Trump, the FTC, and the Fight Against the Headless Fourth Branch

41

Tariffs on Trial: The Supreme Court Weighs Presidential Power

42

The Mount Rushmore of Originalism — Heritage Guide Part 2

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Inside The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: How 150 Scholars Reframed Originalism for a New Era - Part 1

44

Title IX and Women’s Sports: The Supreme Court Takes Up West Virginia v. B.P.J.

45

The Roberts Court Turns 20: Triumphs, Trials, and Calling Balls Strikes

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Silenced by the SEC: Fighting Against the Gag Rule

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Judge Newman’s Fight: En Banc Petition and the McBride Problem

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Baby Loungers and Big Government

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SEC Backs Down: Father Lemelson’s Decade-Long Fight Ends in Victory

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Tariffs on Trial: Supreme Court Showdown Ahead

51

Biden’s Censorship Network Unraveled

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SCOTUS 2025: Firing, Tariffs & Spending on the Line

53

Fighting the SEC: Father Lemelson’s Decade-Long Battle

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You’re Fired: Presidential Removal Power on Trial

55

Federal Circuit Pushes Back on Presidential Power

56

NIH v. American Public Health Association—Can a President Cancel $800M in Grants?

57

Who Can Appoint a U.S. Attorney? Vacancies Act, Appointments Clause, and the New Jersey Ruling

58

Rule 28(j) or Political Theater? DOJ’s Tariff Letter in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump

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NY State Supreme Court Scraps Illegal Fine Against Trump

60

Stewart v. Walz: When a Professor’s Speech Becomes Grounds for Termination

61

Nondelegation on Ice: EPA’s Refrigerant Rule and the DC Circuit’s Constitutional Workaround

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CAT’s Out of Cash: SEC’s Surveillance Scheme Suffers a Legal Blow

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Tariffs on Trial—Inside the Federal Circuit’s Showdown Over Presidential Trade Power

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Who’s Holding the Autopen? Pardons, Accountability, and the Unwritten Law

65

Trump v. Boyle: Executive Power, Agency Chaos, and the Future of Humphrey’s Executor

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Jury Trials vs. Administrative Power—Did the Third Circuit Misread Jarkesy?

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Criminalizing Insider Trading—Did Courts Just Give the SEC Unlimited Power?

68

Relentless Post-Chevron—Is the Administrative State Still Winning?

69

Kennedy v. Braidwood—Did the Supreme Court Just Expand Unelected Agency Power?

70

FCC vs. Consumers' Research—Did the Supreme Court Just Greenlight Unlimited Agency Fees?

71

Chaos at CPSC—Trump, Humphrey’s Executor, and the Future of Independent Agencies

72

FBI Wrong-House Raid—Supreme Court Checks Federal Immunity in Martin v. United States

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One Year After Chevron—How Loper Bright & Relentless Changed Administrative Law

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Coinbase, IRS, and Your Privacy—Will the Supreme Court End the Third-Party Doctrine?

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Fax Machines, 60-Day Rules, and Why Administrative Deadlines Just Changed

76

Silencing Scholarship—How Institutional Review Boards Chill Free Speech

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When Courts Say No—Alpine Securities, FINRA, and the Power of Private Regulators

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Unanimous and Surprising—Supreme Court Cases You Didn't Expect

79

Tariffs vs. Small Business—Simplified’s Battle Against Executive Power-Grab

80

Fired Up—Can the President Slash the Federal Workforce?

81

The Waiver Wars—Congress, California, and the Fight Over Emissions Rules

82

Can One Judge Halt a Law? Inside the Supreme Court Fight Over Nationwide Injunctions

83

This Isn’t a Trade Court Case—It’s a Constitutional One

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State Department Censorship—Daily Wire, Disinfo Files, and the Fight for Free Speech

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Who Judges the Judges? NCLA Defends Judge Pauline Newman

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COVID-19 Mandates and Constitutional Limits—The Stewart v. Walz Case

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Declared Emergency, Hidden Tax: The Case Against Trump’s Tariffs

88

Trump’s Tariffs, Emergency Powers, and the Lawsuit No One Else Filed

89

Monarch Madness—Inside NCLA’s 2025 King George III Prize

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Injunctions Everywhere—How Courts Are Handling Executive Orders

91

Taxation Without Legislation? The FCC’s $10 Billion Question

92

Injunctions, Mootness, and the Legal Tricks That Shut Down Civil Liberties Lawsuits

93

Who Watches the Watchdogs? The Unchecked Power of CIGIE

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Can the President Fire Who He Wants? The Fight Over Executive Power

95

Vaccine Mandates, the Ninth Circuit, and the Battle Over Bodily Autonomy

96

Crypto, the IRS, and the Fight for Financial Privacy

97

From Cliffs to Courtrooms: Base Jumpers Take on the Administrative State

98

The Sixth Amendment Showdown: Who Deserves a Jury Trial?

99

Chevron’s Demise and the Future of Administrative Power