Wherein we are joined by Rachel Castignoli for our first episode of season 2 to discuss student rights and first amendment protections for political speech and expression, particularly as it relates to the planned school walkouts organized in e

Episode 15 - Judge Posner and Sympathy for the Pro Se (ft. John Friend)

Sep 20th, 2017 1h 21m

Wherein we are joined by John Friend, class action and civil rights attorney in Lousiville, KY to discuss updates to the Texas redistricting case and the Muslim travel ban order pending before the Supreme Court. We also look back at the career

Episode 14 - Da DSA Cop (ft. Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon)

Aug 28th, 2017 1h

Wherein we are joined by attorneys Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon to discuss Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio and the legal questions concerning the limitations of said power, the possibilities of litigation arising from disputes within private organiza

Episode 13 - Obergefell and an Unrelated Search for Satan (ft. Joe Dunman)

Aug 7th, 2017 1h 13m

Wherein we are joined by Joe Dunman, formerly the attorney for the Kentucky plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case. We discussed the constitutionality of the Irsael Anti-Boycott Act, BDS, the Height

Episode 12 - Game Of Owns and Feudal Law (ft. @VoxProletarii)

Jul 18th, 2017 1h 5m

Wherein we are joined by our good friend @VoxProletarii, a scholar on feudal jurisprudence, to discuss the origins of law in feudalism, Marx's concept of base and superstructure, the codification of law, the vacuousness of originalism, medieval

Episode 11 - An Afternoon with the DSA (minisode)

Jul 2nd, 2017 30m 31s

Wherein Steven joins the DSA for a talk on sanctuary cities, immigration law, and movement lawyering. We have a brief episode this week, which gives you extra time to check out our new and rather bare-bones Patreon. We're still working out how

Episode 10 - Bankruptcy and a Women's Economy (ft. Emma Caterine)

Jun 21st, 2017 1h 13m

Wherein we are joined by Emma Caterine, 2L at CUNY School of Law, to discuss bankruptcy and gender discrimination in her article "A Fresh Start for a Women's Economy," as well as Kurt Eichenwald's hentai collection, and more on the experience o

Episode 09 - No Quarter For Fascists (ft. Alexander Reid Ross)

Jun 4th, 2017 56m 19s

Wherein we are joined by professor Alexander Reid Ross from Portland State University and author of "Against the Fascist Creep", to discuss the murders and protests in Portland, OR, free speech jurisprudence, Eugene Debs, and Samuel Farber's ar

Episode 08 - Voting For Treason (ft. Jesús Joslin)

May 25th, 2017 59m 13s

Wherein we are joined by Jesús Joslin to discuss his article (linked below) on Shelby County and the Voting Rights Act, impeaching Trump, treason, Texas SB5 and voter ID laws, the recent Supreme Court decision in Cooper v. Harris on racial/part

Episode 07 - Immigration and Sanctuary Cities (ft. My Le)

May 3rd, 2017 1h 29m

Wherein we are accompanied by CUNY law student and immigrant rights activist My Le to discuss sanctuary cities, the particulars of immigration law and deportation actions under Trump, the DREAM Act, DACA, this Admin's complete inability to draf

Episode 06 - Suing Deray

Apr 26th, 2017 56m 32s

Wherein we discuss the hazards of flying United and American, Alex Jones and the tyranny of family court, our new favorite lawsuit, and the link between Deray's Doritos and blue lives matter.

Episode 05 - Hively v Ivy Tech and The Ghost of Antonin Scalia

Apr 13th, 2017 1h 17m

Wherein we discuss Syria, Gorsuch's confirmation and the death of the Supreme Court filibuster, Benadryl, Hively v. Ivy Tech, Title VII, Judge Richard Posner, and more on Originalism. Apologies for any audio weirdness — we had some dumb tech is

Episode 04 - Neil Gorsuch and the Unstoppable Killing Power of Porygon

Mar 31st, 2017 1h 10m

Wherein the two lawyers are on their own for this episode, discussing Kurt Eichenwald and his medical inability to sit through a very specific episode of Pokemon and whether you can be charged criminally for sending that episode to him, as well

Episode 03 - Fearless Bathroom Warriors

Mar 11th, 2017 1h 6m

Wherein we discuss our grim future under Trump's second term, the updated executive order on the Muslim ban (in effect 3/16), Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm, Title IX, the Equal Protection Clause, the intellectual dishonesty of c

Episode 02 - Facially Neutral, Morally Repugnant

Feb 24th, 2017 1h 15m

Wherein we discuss legal forms and the leftist imagination, Tom Perez's weird facial hair, David French for some reason, Trump's Muslim Ban, and the 9th Circuit's response to said ban. Here are the sources we discussed:https://socialistworker.

Episode 01 - Welcome to the Fascism Forever Club

Feb 19th, 2017 1h

The inaugural episode of something each of us will deny having participated.Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.

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