About this episode
The episode discusses the remaining Supreme Court cases and touches on Los Angeles mayoral politics.
Sarah Isgur and David French look at what’s left on the docket from this term before diving into a little Los Angeles mayoral politics. The Agenda: –Supreme Court bingo –Do Rastafarians get religious exemptions? –The mighty small-dollar donor – United States v. Hemani –Wolford v. Lopez –Appearance of election corruption –No, a GOP candidate did not have a chance to become mayor of Los Angeles –Birthright citizenship case –Trump v. Cook: an explainer –Banning trans athletes from girls’ sports Show Notes: –Evangelicals for Mitt Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Sarah Isgur, David French
Topics covered
- Supreme Court
- Los Angeles mayoral politics
- religious exemptions
- election corruption
- birthright citizenship
- trans athletes
Keywords
- Supreme Court
- Los Angeles
- religious exemptions
- election corruption
- birthright citizenship
- trans athletes
- politics
- government
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Organizations: SCOTUSblog, The Dispatch
Places: Los Angeles, California
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