Supreme Court Picture Day

Buckle up, AO fans. There is a lot to cover on the Supreme Court front and David ...

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Buckle up, AO fans. There is a lot to cover on the Supreme Court front and David and Sarah talk about all of it on today’s episode. It starts with a definitive breakdown of the new Supreme Court portrait, then goes from a case that the Supreme Court will hear regarding the Second Amendment, to a case having to do with Guantanamo Bay, ending with the big First Amendment case being argued today. Plus, Sarah and David discuss the Netflix documentary about the college admissions scandal, Operation Varsity Blues, and why it’s damaging to tell kids that what college they attend is the most important factor in determining their success.

Show Notes:

–New SCOTUS Portrait 

–Chief Justice Roberts talking to Justice Kagan Portrait

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    Angie

    That was action-packed and fun...I haven't seen the documentary, mostly because I am really disappointed in Lori Loughlin, whom I like.

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    Jason Gibson

    You’ll have work hard to break Jonah’s Gallagher whiskey episode which came in at one hour and 55 minutes

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    Jacob

    On the issue of 'what types of weapons,' SCOTUS already held 9-0 in 1939's US v Miller that you could ban sawed-off shotguns and held 9-0 in 2016's Caetano v Massachusetts that Heller extended to arms that weren't around at the founding and to weapons which would not be useful in militia (in that case, a Stun Gun).

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    Zach Larsen

    I don't know if other "may issue" states do this but in California the decision to issue a carry permit is left to the county sheriff, which means that in some counties like Kings or even more heavily populated ones like Sacramento county it is not that hard to get a permit. In fact when I looked into it last year the process is very similar to the experience David described before Tennessee passed constitutional carry. While in LA, Marin and SF counties it is almost literally impossible to get a permit. So I know I am getting way ahead of things here but IF the court rules as David thinks it will how would that effect California in particular? I can see this being very good news for people who live in LA and the Bay Area, and maybe not so good news for people who live in redder counties where the current cost of compliance is comparatively low. Would a ruling that allows for certain state regulation, permit the state assembly to craft legislation that could do away with the old system and establish a blanket tax and regulatory scheme that in the end is more burdensome than the current system in many if not most of the counties in the state?

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  5. Micah Gentle

    Question about cheerleader case: Would this mean that it’s a 1st Amendment infringement for a college football coach at a public university to bench a player for derogatory tweets? Say even racist or misogynistic ones? I feels like there’s a distinction, but what is it?

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    Ben Connelly

    “Let’s just full Joe Rogan it.”

    I dig it.

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  7. Ellen

    Thriving at college is great IF that includes thriving afterwards as well. If a kid picks a school that saddles them with crushing debt, that ain't thriving in the long run. Getting a social work degree from Columbia U to the tune of $62,000/yr when you could have gone up the hill to City College for $8K is the antithesis of thriving.

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  8. Fudrock

    Can’t wait to see how red and blue states try to out-stupid one another with guns laws after the Supreme Court dispenses with the “may” and “shall” nonsense. Still hate that permitless open and concealed carry passed in Tennessee. Another point for stupid.

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  9. Robert Kerr

    So I’m reading the Mahoney Area School District v. B.L. Writ for Certiorari and ran across “(cleaned up),” which of course I listened to Sarah and David discuss recently, if not in the most recent episode. I’m wondering if I’m the only one bothered not so much by the cleaning up as by the, dare I say it, vulgar, expression “cleaned up.” There must be a better term? Streamlined? “Tidied” in Latin is, according to the Google, “Cubiculum.”

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    G Thatcher

    Just the fact you both talked of kids going to Harvard for undergrad, your law school shows the issue

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