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This Is Not A Vibes-Only Podcast

This Is Not A Vibes-Only Podcast13 Aug1 h 16 min

David Lat and Zachary Shemtob return as guest hosts and are joined by Adam Feldman, author of the blog Empirical SCOTUS and the Substack Legalytics, to discuss  an update on birthright citizenship, some new polling about SCOTUS,  and Luigi Mangione, who will soon be tried for the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson. 

The Agenda:

–Where in the world are Sarah and David?

–The Delusions of John Roberts

–Is Chief Justice Roberts moderating from the front?

–Early and late Scalia

–Challenge brought to Trump’s new birthright citizenship order

–Previewing the November cases

–St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy (25-581)

–Nielsen v. Watanabe (25-417)

–Are Republicans falling out of love with the Supreme Court?

–Overruling the 3-3-3 court hypothesis