The Country of the Future
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We finally circle back to the two big structural constitutional law cases from the last day of the t...
The Thunder Docket
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Acting with unpredictable alacrity and unpredictable brevity, we break down the Supreme Court's rece...
Snake-Charmer-Specific
19 Jul 2025
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Moving with shockingly unpredictable efficiency, we respond to feedback, debate which of us is more ...
Didactic and Inculcatory
Tue, 8 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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We look at the final orders list before summer break, and then continue to work through last month's...
Schrödinger's Innocence Right
Wed, 2 Jul
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We talk a bit more about Trump v. CASA, revisit the usage of "general," answer some voicemails, and ...
Why Are We Here?
Fri, 27 Jun
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We celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast with a special cross-over episode with Sarah Isgur at ...
Loose Signification
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:25:03 +0000
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We're joined by a special guest, Harvard Law Professor Stephen Sachs, to talk about Fuld v. Palestin...
Caesar's Face
Wed, 25 Jun
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After some feedback and further thoughts on our Skrmetti episode and a shocking revelation about "La...
Low Horse
Sat, 21 Jun
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Without much introductory ado, we interrupt Will's vacation to give you a thorough breakdown of Unit...
Truth and Reconciliation
Sat, 7 Jun
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We start out by debating who's responsible for Dan's audio snafus last time before digging into a va...
Delete This. Call Me.
Mon, 2 Jun
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With apologies for Dan's horrendous audio quality: we catch up on the latest emergency-docket happen...
Gorsuch Genie
Thu, 22 May 2025 20:47:58 +0000
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We're joined by NYU law professor Rachel Barkow to talk about her new book Justice Abandoned: How th...
Friends with Oprah Winfrey
Tue, 20 May 2025 21:01:06 +0000
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We're back with another unexpectedly short and timely episode, focusing on last Friday's emergency d...
A Trees Guy in a Forest Court
Fri, 16 May
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We reflect on the death of Justice Souter and sort out some loose ends from the last episode. We the...
Moot, Wrong, and Irrelevant
Fri, 25 Apr
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The shadow docket strikes once again! We break down the Court's unusual immigration ruling in AARP v...
Vaxxed and Relaxed
Wed, 16 Apr
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We have another short administrative law episode, analyzing the Supreme Court's decision about e-cig...
In Whack ASAP
Fri, 11 Apr
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Thanks to the Harvard Law Review, we recorded a live episode in the famed Austin Hall at Harvard Law...
Sufficiently IKEA-like
Wed, 2 Apr
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We are back with an unexpectedly concise episode focused on last week's "ghost guns" decision, Bondi...
Stunned But Respectful
Fri, 14 Mar
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We announce the new Divided Argument blog! After discussing the blog and some listener feedback, we ...
Natural Side Effect
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:07:44 +0000
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Back in the studio after a couple of fun live shows, we discover that the Court has finally given us...
Hypothetical Unicorn
Fri, 14 Feb
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Divided Argument is live from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, hosted by the Northwestern Fe...
Double Negatives
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:40:17 +0000
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Divided Argument is live from Stanford Law School, hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center!...
Reference Check
Sun, 19 Jan
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In unpredictable fashion, we record a shockingly timely episode to reflect on the Court's hasty per ...
Aide-de-camp
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:51:51 +0000
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After an unpredictably long hiatus, we're back to break down what we missed. We debate the off-the-r...
Separation-of-Powers Police
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:55:15 +0000
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After a long hiatus, we're particularly unpredictable with an episode that isn't about the Supreme C...
Not the Best Founder
Fri, 9 Aug
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We take a long last look at two more end-of-term cases, where the Court made news with what it did N...
Hype Music
Mon, 5 Aug
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Unpredictably, our recent torrent of episodes continues. We take a deep dive into Moore v. United St...
Reticulated Python
Thu, 1 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000
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We continue our breakneck pace and dig into two substantive criminal law opinions: Fischer v. United...
Ultimatum Game
Mon, 29 Jul
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We're back just a few days after our last episode to dive in to Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, a 5-4 d...
Libertarian Legal Morality Tales
Fri, 26 Jul
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As the dust settles on the end of the term, we look back to examine two of the Court's criminal proc...
Evil Batman
Fri, 19 Jul
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After a vacation-related hiatus, we're back to discuss Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (overrul...
Back on the Island
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 06:08:20 +0000
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Will makes Dan interrupt his vacation to talk about the case you've all been clamoring for: Trump v....
Hope Springs Eternal
Sun, 30 Jun
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We break down SEC v. Jarkesy and City of Grants Pass v. Johnson.
Felony-Adjacent
Wed, 26 Jun
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We cut to the chase with extended discussions of two of last week's cases: United States v. Rahimi, ...
Small Victories
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:19:09 +0000
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After another discussion of Supreme Court ethics and legitimacy (hopefully our last for a long time)...
Vexillology
Sun, 2 Jun
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Unpredictably, we take a new approach and record immediately after the Court drops new opinions. We ...
p(doom)
Fri, 24 May
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Continuing our pattern of staying a week behind the Court's latest output, we discuss last week's op...
Poison Pill in Your Pocket
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:56:11 +0000
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We follow up on feedback, puzzle over the Court's apparent continued lack of interest in Fourth Amen...
Radical Agreement
Fri, 26 Apr
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After taking some listener questions, we analyze the lengthy shadow docket opinions in Labrador v. P...
Bootlegging-Adjacent
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:06:15 +0000
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After discussing a few pending issues at the Court, we look back to analyze several decisions from l...
Dinkus
Wed, 20 Mar
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After grappling with listener feedback ranging from the acoustic to the typographical, we catch up o...
Political Hacks Pretending to be Lawyers
Tue, 5 Mar 2024 16:53:37 +0000
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We (of course) break down the Court's opinions in Trump v. Anderson, the Section Three case from Col...
Votin' for Lincoln
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:45:13 +0000
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After quick review of an order about admissions at West Point and two new unanimous opinions, we spe...
Into the Brick Wall
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:11:34 +0000
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After catching up on a few odds and ends, we decide to give the people what they want and discuss Se...
Muppetproof
Sun, 10 Dec
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We discuss the passing of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, then turn to two interesting opinions on the ...
Easy Win
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:06:54 +0000
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We discuss the Court's new Code of Conduct, catch up on shadow docket happenings, and debate what hi...
Good Dig
Fri, 27 Oct
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The October Term is now underway, and that means it's time for Season 4 of the show. We catch up on ...
Screaming Clown
Mon, 18 Sep
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The Court hasn't done too much while the summer recess drags on, but we're back for what might be ou...
Lib Fanfiction
Fri, 1 Sep
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The Justices have beenoff on their European vacations for a couple of months but we're still crank...
Map Guy
Wed, 9 Aug
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We recap some shadow docket happenings and catch up on the latest SCOTUS ethics news before continui...
Triple Threat
Mon, 31 Jul
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What could be more unscheduled and unpredictable than our fourth episode in little more than a week?...
Dishonorable Tradition
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:15:06 +0000
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We defy all predictions by releasing a third episode in a week. This time, we talk about the interse...
Peak SG
Mon, 24 Jul
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In the spirit of keeping things unpredictable, we're back with a new episode barely days after the l...
My Despised World
Fri, 21 Jul
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After some inevitable self-flagellation for our lengthy hiatus, we catch up on some recent news and ...
Demokratia
Wed, 28 Jun
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We record our first inter-continental episode, as Will reports in from a visit to Tel Aviv. We then ...
Justified True Belief
Mon, 5 Jun
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We discuss a recent effort to identify the least interesting SCOTUS case, and then discuss Tyler v. ...
Pale Fire
Wed, 24 May
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We debate Justice Gorsuch's unusual "statement" in Arizona v. Mayorkas. Then, we don't let our compl...
Break the Fourth Wall
Thu, 18 May 2023 22:19:46 +0000
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After catching up on news and bemoaning some listener feedback, we look at some opinions that the Co...
Provocative Subtitle
Tue, 16 May 2023 12:02:49 +0000
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We talk (and argue) with special guest Steve Vladeck about his new book, The Shadow Docket, just pub...
Creator of the Stars of Night
Sat, 6 May
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We cover many developments -- Justice Alito's unusual interview in the Wall Street Journal, the rele...
Best Suits
Mon, 24 Apr
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We revisit a story about Justice Scalia from last episode and then discuss recent allegations about ...
A Chanting of Morrison v. Olson
Mon, 3 Apr
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We spend most of our time on some meaty opinions on the orders list -- including separate opinions i...
Mr. Jurisdiction
Mon, 6 Mar
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We're back to break down two of the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 opinions—Bittner v. United States, ...
Least Incorrect
Sat, 18 Feb
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We're live at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis! After a check-in with our most faith...
Marching Orders
Sat, 11 Feb
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We revisit the leak investigation, catch up on recent news, and then take a deep dive into the recen...
Soft Target
Sat, 21 Jan
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We're back sooner than expected to talk about the Court's release of the Marshal's report about the ...
Expanded Universe
Sat, 14 Jan
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We catch up on some odds and ends, take a long detour through a debate about the merits of the Star ...
Unpersuasive Scholar Trolling
Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000
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We talk through the implications of the story about an alleged leak in the Hobby Lobby case, respond...
Relentless Personal Attacks
Mon, 14 Nov
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In this mega-episode, we catch up on the orders list, circle back to Mallory, which we talked about ...
For Liberty and not for Fascism
Wed, 2 Nov
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We check in on some Court-related news and developments and Dan gives Will a hard time for his recen...
Horse Sausage
Sun, 2 Oct
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We provided an extended preview of the arguments in one of the October cases, National Pork Producer...
Maoist Takeover
Mon, 19 Sep
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We open Season 3 with a live show at William and Mary Law School, part of the Scalia-Ginsburg Colleg...
I Say "Timbre"
Sat, 30 Jul
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We catch up on listener questions and feedback (both positive and negative), and then spend a while ...
Settling of Scores
Sun, 10 Jul
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We reflect on the Supreme Court term as a whole, and the direction and politics of the Court. We foc...
Character Sketches
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:57:48 +0000
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In our longest episode yet, we break down two massively consequential cases: Dobbs v. Jackson Women'...
COBRA
Sun, 19 Jun
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We try to catch up after the Court's big opinion dump this week, and end up focusing on Ysleta del S...
SMUGLER
Sat, 11 Jun
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We're back to talk about Wednesday's decision in Egbert v. Boule and the problem of constitutional r...
Marshal Law
Thu, 5 May 2022 03:19:27 +0000
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We're back to talk about the big news: the draft of Justice Alito's opinion in Dobbs, and the questi...
Hoosiers
Sun, 3 Apr
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We try to clear our backlog after a break. We manage to make it through United States v. Tsarnaev, R...
Shmoland
Sat, 12 Mar
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We try to catch up on what the Court did since we last recorded, but end only making it through the ...
Knife in the Back
Wed, 2 Mar
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We catch up on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a new opinion by Justice Breyer, revis...
Speakin' to the Youth
Sat, 12 Feb
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We're back after a long absence, but there's a good excuse. We catch up on the biggest developments ...
Completely Naïve Idiot
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 05:16:14 +0000
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Will and Dan try to make sense of the Court’s decisions in the two cases addressing the possibilit...
Out of Whack
Fri, 10 Dec
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We’ve been waiting for months to bring you this one: we can finally talk about the President’s S...
First in Flight
Sat, 6 Nov
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Dan and Will catch up on what the Court's been up to other than dealing with the Texas abortion law,...
Fast and Loose
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 21:26:14 +0000
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Divided Argument is back after an unscheduled, unpredictable break to kick off a brand new season. W...
Sovereign to Sovereign
Sat, 25 Sep
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The road show continues as Will and Dan record another live episode at the National Association of A...
Unspeakable Cruelty
Wed, 22 Sep
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Divided Argument is live from the University of Chicago Law School! In our first ever episode in fro...
The Lightning Docket
Thu, 2 Sep 2021 21:09:58 +0000
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Will and Dan break down the Court's late-night refusal to block the implementation of Texas's contro...
Out on a Limb
Sat, 14 Aug
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Dan and will try to catch up on the flurry of news from Thursday afternoon, including an update on t...
Beyond The Pale
Sat, 14 Aug
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As Will, Dan, and the Court all navigate their August vacations, we learn how a controversy over the...
Secondary Trolling
Mon, 2 Aug
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As October Term 2020 recedes in the rear-view mirror, Dan and Will take a moment to reflect. We pond...
Inner Sanctum
Wed, 28 Jul
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Will and Dan deal with listener feedback that prompts them to recall some of the Court's most bad-fa...
Crime of the Day
Sat, 24 Jul
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Will and Dan deal with some tough but fair listener feedback, and then get through AFP v. Bonta (fin...
Very Breyeresque
Sat, 17 Jul
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Dan and Will return after their vacations to catch up on what they've missed. After checking in brie...
House Parties
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:45:00 +0000
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Will and Dan break down two more decisions from Wednesday. First is Collins v. Yellen, a complicated...
Evil and Corrupt Language, Images, and Thoughts
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:20:10 +0000
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The Court dropped four fascinating constitutional law opinions on Wednesday, and Will & Dan talk thr...
Early Wittgenstein
Mon, 21 Jun
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As October Term 2020 hurtles towards a thrilling conclusion (well, hopefully), Dan and Will break do...
Triple Bank Shot
Fri, 18 Jun
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Will and Dan break down the Court's sudden burst of interesting opinions – California v. Texas, Fu...
So What
Fri, 4 Jun
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Will and Dan break down the Court's fascinating decision yesterday in Van Buren v. United States, wh...