About this episode
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the IRS lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump and various Supreme Court decisions.
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the IRS lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, SCOTUS’s mifepristone decision, and a unanimous verdict from the justices that no one except Sarah cares about. The Agenda: –The 1,776 slush fund –David’s ‘back in the day’ lawsuit against the Obama administration –The Bivens brick wall –Trump loses on the law but wins in the politics –Ballroom and baby steps –Is Trump the Chosen One? –Brief explainer on the Comstock Act –Court rules freight brokers can face negligent hiring suits under state law Show Notes: –Federal Defender Newsletter –Jordan v. Darrisaw 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
- IRS lawsuit
- Supreme Court decisions
- politics
- Trump
- legal analysis
- Bivens doctrine
- negligent hiring
Keywords
- IRS lawsuit
- Trump
- Supreme Court
- Bivens
- mifepristone
- Comstock Act
- negligent hiring
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IRS, SCOTUS, Obama administration, Comstock Act, Federal Defender Newsletter
Books & works: Jordan v. Darrisaw
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