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The Biden Administration is poised to forgive a lot of loans but forget a few legal constraints. Richard Epstein and Adam White parse the legal issues, including the issue of whether federal courts would (or should) have jurisdiction to hear a
Tanned and well rested, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the latest controversies surrounding the former president and the current justice department. And they consider Congress’s own investigation. It’s been a long hot summer.
Days after the Senate Judiciary Committee finished its confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Richard and Adam debate whether these hearings are a tradition that has outlived its usefulness.
In today’s episode, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandate cases. Then they pan back to a broader discussion of the Roberts Court and the administrative state, before fini
In today’s episode, a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Texas abortion statute becomes a debate about “standing” and other jurisdictional doctrines. Richard and Adam also discuss the late Professor Alexander Bickel
Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the lawsuit challenging OSHA’s vaccine mandate, and the Fifth Circuit’s initial order against the administration. Then they turn to the Supreme Court, which just heard oral arguments on New York’s near-pro
Richard and Adam discuss the two biggest cases of the Court’s new term (so far), on abortion and guns, and close with some thoughts on the bigger picture.
Richard and Adam close the book on the Trump years — except for the whole post-presidential impeachment thing. And Richard elaborates his case for regulating Twitter as a “common carrier.” Looking ahead to what the new Biden Administration migh
A day after rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt Congress’s certification of Joe Biden’s election, Richard and Adam reflect on yesterday’s tragic effects, and the path forward. They also discuss the Democratic Party’s victories in Georgia, wi
President-elect Biden has begun to announce his intended nominations for Cabinet seats and other high-level posts. In today's episode, Richard and Adam analyze several of those picks, with an eye to what this means for foreign policy, climate r
In today's episode, Richard and Adam discuss the Supreme Court's Thanksgiving-eve order blocking Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 rules against religious gatherings — what it says about the justices, and the rule of law, during the pandemic. Th
In their first episode since the presidential election, Richard and Adam discuss the result—and the prospects for post-election litigation. Then they turn to Congress: the House, where Republicans gained ground; and the Senate, where things rem
In their last pre-election episode, Richard and Adam discuss Judge Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearings; the Supreme Court’s next Obamacare case; and social media companies’ power over information itself.
Days after the sad news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Richard Epstein offers some reflections upon the late justice. Then he and Adam White discuss the prospects for a Senate confirmation of President Trump's upcoming nominee, either
In today's (admittedly bleak) episode, Richard and Adam consider proposals to give the Federal Reserve even broader powers; and problems in the run-up to the presidential election; and problems that might happen after votes are cast; and Presid
In today’s episode, Richard and Adam discuss TikTok’s newly filed lawsuit against President Trump, and the executive order that it challenges. Then they turn to “law & order” themes in the Republican and Democratic Parties’ conventions, before
With the Supreme Court having completed its year's work, Richard and Adam disagree about DHS v. Regents of California, in which the Court sent the Trump Administration back to the drawing board on its attempted rollback of the Obama Administrat
Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss charges against Michael Flynn, and the state(s) of Covid-19 precautions. They end with brief observations on Rep. Justin Amash’s brief p
Richard Epstein and Adam White continue to debate the nature of the coronavirus outbreak, and the costs and benefits of the government’s response. Then they discuss a controversial new essay by law professor Adrian Vermeule, who calls on conser
Dialing in from their socially distant hideaways, Richard Epstein and Adam White disagree about basically every aspect of COVID-19 — about how much of a threat it poses to public health; about the policy responses to it; and about the costs of
After a weekend of escalating news and analysis of the coronavirus outbreak, Richard Epstein offers a classic liberal’s view of government powers in emergencies. Then he and Adam White discuss the Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments in Seila
Recorded during the Senate impeachment trial, Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the House managers’ case, the White House’s response, and the seemingly short path forward to acquittal.
In 2019’s last episode of “Reasonable Disagreements,” Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the seemingly inevitable House vote in favor of impeachment. They debate the House’s investigation (and the investigations that preceded it), and they
Reacting to Senator Whitehouse’s brief questioning of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, Hoover Institution’s Richard Epstein and George Mason University’s Adam White discuss “judicial legitimacy” and proposals to restructure the Court. Richard al
In their first episode back from a break, the Hoover Institution’s Richard Epstein and George Mason University’s Adam White manage to disagree about practically every aspect of the new controversy over President Trump, Ukraine, the Bidens, and
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