Mike & Jay kick off the episode by discussing a bunch of matters associated to the Supreme Court docket’s Dobbs ruling of two weeks in the past, together with President Biden’s newest government order, state constitutions and reproductive rights, Mike’s novel interpretation of the Takings Clause, Trey & Ken as proponents of a “residing Structure”, and much more.

Subsequent, they flip to the Court docket’s determination in West Virginia v EPA, a case through which Jay wrote one of many amicus briefs earlier than the Court docket. They find yourself agreeing that the Court docket obtained it proper on the deserves, however Mike thinks the dissenters had been proper that the case didn’t current a stay controversy for the Court docket to listen to within the first place.

After that it’s one other Supreme Court docket case – Biden v. Texas, regarding the Biden administration’s try to finish the Trump administration’s “Stay in Mexico” coverage for asylum seekers. Whereas each Jay and Mike have sympathy for Justice Alito’s dissent (no less than partly), they consider that the Court docket obtained it proper and that the Biden administration can legally finish the Trump-era program.

Following that’s Mike’s temporary interview with Jenna Spinelle, the host of an amazing new podcast on citizen initiatives referred to as When The Folks Resolve, extra common ideas on the Supreme Court docket’s newest time period, and a take a look at the newest work of the January 6^th Committee.

When The Folks Resolve

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