Prof. John Yoo of California's Berkeley Law School joins the pod for a light-hearted and spirited discussion of his new, co-authored book "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court" as well as the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in its OT 2022 term.
(0:01:24) Why write the book?
(0:04:17) Books you aren’t supposed to read
(0:08:03) Brown v. Board and the Harvard Admissions case
(0:13:25) Lochner Era and “freedom of contract”
(0:24:06) Commerce Clause, future litigation on economic rights,administrative agencies
(0:32:23) Contrasts between legal positivism and natural law
(0:38:09) Counterfactual possibilities, what drives progressivejurisprudence vs. originalism
(0:46:40) Dobbs leak
(0:56:05) Closing segment, defining legacy of the Roberts court
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