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 179: Snowglobe
September 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 26 mins
empirical, judges, supreme court, technology
With guest host Mike Madison, we talk with guest guest Joe Miller about citation networks.
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Episode 178: Dear Bushrod
August 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
common law, federal courts, history, judges, legislatures, state courts, statutory interpretation
On judges, legislatures, and statutory interpretation in the early 1800s, with Farah Peterson.
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Episode 177: The Hard Drive Has Always Been the Enemy
August 7th, 2018 | 2 hrs 15 mins
constitutional law, federal courts, fourth amendment, judges, movies, podcasts, politics, property, supreme court, technology
On searches of cell tower records for location data and on many other things, with Ian Samuel.
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Episode 176: Ultimate Monday
July 31st, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
constitutional law, judges, jurisprudence, philosophy, psychology, theory
Joe and Christian, all pre-roll.
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Episode 175: The Law Should Not Kick Down
July 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 20 mins
common law, contract, economics, equal protection, jurisprudence, politics, private ordering, technology
On the rule of law, equality, and technology, with Paul Gowder.
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Episode 174: Podcast of Record
July 7th, 2018 | 2 hrs 11 mins
animals, jurisprudence, religion, supreme court, trump
Just Joe and Christian with nonsense and sense on bears and law.
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Episode 173: Faithful Execution
June 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
common law, constitutional law, history, originalism, trump
On the President's fiduciary duties, with Ethan Leib and Jed Shugerman.
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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.