Oral Argument
About the show
A podcast about law, law school, legal theory, and other nerdy things that interest us.
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Episode List
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Episode 172: Apex Criminality
June 22nd, 2018 | 1 hr 15 mins
constitutional law, criminal law, design, federal courts, legislatures, politics, trump
On constitutional design concerning crimes of apex officials, with Aziz Huq.
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Episode 171: Garbage Gut
June 12th, 2018 | 1 hr 47 mins
constitutional law, federal courts, immigration, morality, politics, supreme court, trump
On the Supreme Court at this moment, with Steve Vladeck.
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Episode 170: The Starters
May 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
ethics, interpretation, judges, jurisprudence, philosophy, theory, trump
On legal pragmatism, with Charles Barzun.
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Episode 169: Terrible Enough for Two Weeks
May 11th, 2018 | 1 hr 25 mins
law schools, school, teaching
Just Joe and Christian on exams and other things.
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Episode 168: Galaxy-Sized Diamond
April 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
administrative law, constitutional law, first amendment, history, legislatures, originalism, regulation, standing
On the shockingly central role of petitioning Congress, with Maggie McKinley.
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Episode 167: Fingerprint
April 15th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
constitutional law, feedback, international law, interpretation, legislatures, morality, politics, trump, war
Just Joe and Christian, from the mezzanine of world headquarters.
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Episode 166: Brooding Omnipresence
April 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 32 mins
common law, federal courts, interpretation, judges, jurisprudence, theory
On finding law, with Stephen Sachs.
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Episode 165: Raging Fire
March 24th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
ethics, feedback, internet, journalism, media, morality, privacy, regulation, technology
On conversation, mental models, Facebook, and Mr. Rogers.
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Episode 164: Post-Marks-Regime World
March 10th, 2018 | 1 hr 22 mins
constitutional law, federal courts, interpretation, judges, legal practice, supreme court
On the viability of finding narrowest grounds, with Richard Re.
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Episode 163: Woodshed
March 5th, 2018 | 1 hr 41 mins
criminal law, election law, interpretation, judges, podcasts, professionalism, statutory interpretation, voting
Just Joe and Christian, into the mailbag and another topic.
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Episode 162: Wealth Gap (live at Georgia Law)
February 19th, 2018 | 54 mins 7 secs
banking, economics, history, live, race, regulation, slavery
On black banking and the racial wealth gap, with Mehrsa Baradaran.
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Episode 161: Meta
February 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 25 mins
jurisprudence, morality, philosophy, scholarship, theory, writing
On general jurisprudence (and other things), with Scott Shapiro.
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Episode 160: In the Barrel
January 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
constitutional law, federal courts, legal practice, military, national security, statutory interpretation, supreme court
With Steve Vladeck, on his Supreme Court argument in Dalmazzi.
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Episode 159: Magical
January 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 15 mins
constitutional law, feedback, law school, teaching, theory
Joe and Christian on a few things.
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Episode 158: Ethical Form of Life
January 13th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
ethics, legal practice, morality, philosophy, politics, professionalism, trump
On truth and roles, with Brad Wendel.
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Episode 157: Blocked
January 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 26 mins
economics, feedback, podcasts, politics, professionalism, supreme court, voting
Just Joe and Christian, going through the mailbag and other items.