Guess Who’s Back? (It’s Sarah, Sarah’s Back)

The notorious nine.

Published September 28, 2023

Sarah’s back from her first maternity leave ever to for a live recording at Georgetown University Law School. Together with host emeritus David French, they preview the 9 most dramatic cases coming before the Supreme Court this term. Also: tips for law students and a live Q&A (at least as long as our batteries work). Here we go:-Kavanaugh didn’t flip his vote (surprising few)

–We called it (on Alabama)

-Welcome to the South Carolina case!

-Rahimi: The one we’ve been waiting for

-Hearth and home: down with redundancies and repetitions!

-How to clarify ‘Test, History, and Tradition’ to make sure bad guy loses?

-Standing and The Great Flipping

-Chevron rises again?

-The antiestablishmentarian conservative

-SEC… yes.

-Purdue Pharma bankruptcy: can bankruptcy courts do that? (No.)

-Sympathetic plaintiffs versus federal taxes

-The blocking-people-on-Twitter cases

-Tips for law school graduates

-Questions from the audience

Show Notes:

-District of Columbia v. Heller

-Quick Facts on Felons in Possession of a Firearm (Section 922(g))

-Miles Law

-Arlene’s Flowers

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Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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