About this episode

The episode discusses recent Supreme Court cases related to religious liberty and gun possession, highlighting the implications of Congress's powers and the Second Amendment.

The big opinions are starting to drop, and we're doing our best to keep pace. We first discuss Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections , which concerns religious liberty, the scope of Congress's power to create remedies against individuals under the Spending Clause, and whether there's any redress if government officials literally throw your rights into a trash can. We then turn to United States v. Hemani, where the Court found that a federal law barring gun possession by unlawful drug users violated the Second Amendment and revealed that some of the Justices are surprisingly open-minded about marijuana's role in American society. Key Topics [00:07:07] - Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections [00:08:02] - The facts of Landor’s case and the prison’s decision to ignore prior religious-hair protections [00:10:52] - RFRA, RLUIPA, and the path from Employment Division v. Smith to modern religious-liberty litigation [00:14:54] - The Spending Clause theory behind federal funding conditions and why the remedy question matters [00:19:54] - The majority’s reasoning: why money-damages suits against officials were held unconstitutional here [00:21:33] - Sabri , the Necessary and…

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