Advisory Opinions

Federal Judges Roy Altman, Lee Rudofsky, and Amul Thapar discuss their recent trip to Israel to examine compliance with international law during the Israel-Hamas conflict. Topics include gruesome tactics by Hamas, Israel's military authority, legitimacy as a nation-state, debunking narratives, double standards, antisemitism, and the Jewish idea of gratitude.

Sarah and David discuss the legal arguments and media spin around the Mifepristone abortion pill case. They touch on topics such as the Supreme Court's involvement, the arrest of a 72-year-old woman, the DOJ's antitrust case against Apple, and the stigma of the green bubbles.

David Lat discusses the exodus of Judge Aileen Cannon's clerks and its impact on Trump's classified documents case. Judge David Proctor explains the federal judiciary's history and committees. Topics include work ethic, declining reputation, delays in Trump's case, rule-making process, multi-district litigation, and the importance of civil rules in case outcomes.

Exploring the legal battle over Texas' SB4 law, administrative stays, and Fifth Circuit delays. Discussions on Justice Roberts' opinion, FBI No-Fly List case, First Amendment issues, and NRA free speech dispute. Analyzing conservative court shifts, government coercion, and the importance of protecting free speech rights. Delving into logical operators, federal standing in Congress, and court reactions to specific harm definitions.

Discussion on Justice Amy Coney Barrett's opinion on state action in social media, predicting SCOTUS votes for Net Choice, Justice Elena Kagan's reasoning on 'and' vs 'or,' the 5th U.S. Circuit Court's overload, an emergency petition on a drag show case, and Justice Breyer's pragmatism over textualism.

Sarah and David discuss Robert Hur's congressional testimony, media training, differences in Trump and Biden cases, partisanship, Jewish students' complaint at MIT, the concept of blood libel, free speech on campus, positive racial discrimination, and the end of judge shopping

Topics discussed include bias response teams at a university, ACLU vs. NLRB, Florida's Stop Woke Act, Texas' law on explicit content, TikTok in the culture war, Kevin Newsom's speech on text, history, and tradition, understanding standing doctrine, and legal movie reviews.

David responds to Twitter trolls before discussing the Supreme Court's ruling on the Trump-Colorado case. Topics include defending the Court, erasing the Constitution, consequentialism vs. originalism, Chevron doctrine, bump stock case, and more.

The podcast discusses the Supreme Court's decision allowing Trump on the Colorado ballot, the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause, disagreement on interpretation, Electoral Count Act reforms, trial timing in high-stakes cases, legal considerations in a Trump-related case, and due process in legal proceedings.

Legal catch-up includes Trump's legal saga, NetChoice v. Paxton, McElrath v. Georgia, No Labels and Nikki Haley, Dr. Phil, Home Depot free speech, NCAA rules, AO dating app. Supreme Court stay application, justices' contrasting views, content moderation, double jeopardy cases, political strategies, employee speech rights at Home Depot, upcoming Supreme Court cases, NCAA injunctions, spending bill overturn unlikely, podcast-based dating app idea.