Supreme Myths
By Eric Segall
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A podcast featuring the Supreme Court and Supreme Court cases. Hosted by Georgia State College of Law professor Eric Segall.
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Episode 66: Professor Kent Greenfield
01:04:01
Professor Kent Greenfield stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Court and religion, the Court and corporations, free speech, and the great Justice Souter.
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Professor Evan Bernick
58:28
Professor Evan Bernick stops by Supreme Myths to talk abortion, originalism, common-good constitutionalism, and Congress’ powers under the 14th Amendment.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Professor Danielle Citron
58:28
Professor Danielle Citron stops by Supreme Myths to talk all things digital privacy, the need to reform federal law, her forthcoming book on the subject, and her visit to Mark Zuckerberg’s house!
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Professor Brian Leiter
51:56
Professor Brian Leiter stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Supreme Court, abortion, legal realism, retired Judge Posner and much more.
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May 25, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Professor Steve Sanders
58:52
Professor Steve Sanders drops by Supreme Myths to talk abortion, LGBTQ rights, will Obergefell be reversed, free speech and much more.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Professor Steven Mazie
58:25
Professor Steven Mazie, the Supreme Court Correspondent for The Economist, stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the leaked opinion, reporting on the Court, cameras in the Court, and a lot of other important SCOTUS topics.
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May 13, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Professor Jennifer Mascott
59:37
Professor Jennifer Mascott stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the leaked opinion, administrative law, originalism, and Fed Soc.
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 59: Professor Steve Vladeck
01:03:43
Professor Steve Vladeck stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his forthcoming book on the Shadow Docket, constitutional rights without remedies, and walking the scholar/media pundit line both on social media and in the classroom.
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Professor Nadia Ahmad
51:33
Professor Nadia Ahmad comes by Supreme Myths to discuss legal responses to climate change, several important lawsuits affecting the environment, and even the Ron DeSantis War or both Disney and higher education.
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Professor Anthony Kreis
01:01:28
Professor Anthony Kreis stops by Supreme Myths to talk about state laws prohibiting citizens from traveling to other states to exercise their rights, the relationship of social movements to judicial review, and how to improve the law review selection process.
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Professor Ilya Somin
01:09:47
Professor Ilya Somin stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his excellent book “Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration and Political Freedom,” the differences between originalism and living constitutionalism, and he defends George Mason naming its law school the Antonin Scalia Law School despite my arguments that Justice Scalia should not be honored in that way.
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Professor Mary Anne Franks
01:02:32
Professor Mary Anne Franks stops by Supreme Myths to talk about guns, free speech, revenge porn, and the “Cult of the Constitution.”
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Professor Tara Leigh Grove
01:00:56
Professor Tara Leigh Grove stops by Supreme Myths to talk about statutory and constitutional interpretation, the legitimacy dilemma facing the Supreme Court, and her work on the Supreme Court Reform Commission.
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Episode 53: Professor Randy Barnett
01:09:29
Professor Randy Barnett stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his personal journal to become a constitutional professor, originalism, the 14th Amendment, and much more.
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Episode 52: Professor Mark Tushnet
01:00:42
Professor Mark Tushnet stops by Supreme Myths to discuss legal realism, SCOTUS, Court balancing/packing, and his great new book on the Hughes Court from 1930-1941.
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 51: Dr. William P. Hausdorff
53:17
Dr. William P. Hausdorff, Epidemiologist, stops by Supreme Myths to talk all things vaccine and Covid. He answers many of the questions we all have about the pandemic.
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode 50: Professor Cristina Rodriguez
01:00:48
Yale Law Professor Cristina Rodriguez stops by Supreme Myths to discuss her role as Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Reform Commission, immigration law, regime change in the Executive Branch, administrative law. and other fascinating issues.
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Episode 49: Professor Aaron Tang
01:05:18
Professor Aaron Tang stops by Supreme Myths to talk about abortion, affirmative action, the Second Amendment, and his original and smart “least harm approach” principle that he advocates for hard constitutional cases.
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Professor Sherry Colb
45:08
Professor Sherry Colb stops by Supreme Myths to talk about abortion, animal rights, the connection between the two, and the horrors of the Court’s recent oral argument on Mississippi’s 15 week abortion ban.
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Episode 47: Professors Jed Shugerman & Mike Ramsey
01:14:34
Professors Jed Shugerman and Mike Ramsey join Supreme Myths to discuss Presidential Power, Originalism, and Judicial Review.
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Professor Jamal Greene
57:36
Professor Jamal Greene stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his wonderful new book “How Rights Went Wrong,” constitutional interpretation (and creation), the Dobbs oral argument, and the selling of originalism.
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Chief Justice David Nahmias
01:12:38
Chief Justice David Nahmias of the Georgia Supreme Court stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the differences between state and federal courts, statutory interpretation, and originalism.
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Professor Eugene Volokh
48:27
Professor Eugene Volokh stops by Supreme Myths to talk about blogging, social media and free speech, the religion clauses of the First Amendment, and federalism.
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 43: David Lat
48:23
David Lat stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his Covid-19 ordeal, legal blogging, the Supreme Court, and so much more.
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Dahlia Lithwick
53:18
Dahlia Lithwick stops by Supreme Myth to talk about reporting on the Court, her least and most favorite Justices, decency and empathy as important values when judging, and much more!
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Professor Jeremy Telman
01:01:01
Professor Jeremy Telman stops by Supreme Myths to talk originalism, his opposition to court reform designed to make the Court weaker, and his views on why we need the Court to balance our democracy.
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Professor Daniel Rodriguez
01:00:20
Professor Daniel Rodriguez stops by Supreme Myths to talk about being the Dean of two law schools, legal education, polarization, religious exemptions, Justice Scalia and much more!
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Professor Corinna Barrett Lain
01:00:15
Professor Corinna Lain stops by Supreme Myths to talk all things death penalty including the Supreme Court’s role in ending it then bringing it back, the awfulness of lethal injections, and how Virginia ended capital punishment.
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Professor Maggie Blackhawk
55:23
Professor Maggie Blackhawk stops by Supreme Myths to talk about a host of issues surrounding Native Americans, the McGirt case, and legal formalism versus legal realism.
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Professor Blake D. Morant
52:33
Professor (and former Dean) Blake Morant stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the challenges of legal education, the role of law professors in a polarized world, and importance of dignity, respect, and optimism in a world that needs much more of all three of those things.
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Professor Brian Frye
48:52
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-36-professor-brian-frye/ ()
Professor Brian Frye stops by Supreme Myths to give us some fascinating copyright law education, to say we have plagiarism all wrong, and to explain why law reviews are obsolete and ridden with elitism.
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Professor Julian Mortenson
01:01:25
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-35-professor-julian-mortenson/ ()
Professor Julian Mortenson joins Supreme Myths to discuss Justice Souter, the delegation doctrine, court reform, and more.
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Professor Neysun Mahboubi
59:32
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-34-professor-neysun-mahboubi/ ()
Professor Neysun Mahboubi stops by Supreme Myths to talk Covid-19-Responses and Administrative Law and to teach us about China and its legal system.
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Caroline Maya Corbin
54:48
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-33-caroline-maya-corbin/ ()
Caroline Maya Corbin stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Supreme Court and religion, white Christian nationalism, and how the Roberts Court is enabling that movement.
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Professor Rick Hasen
50:26
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-32-professor-rick-hasen/ ()
Professor Rick Hasen stopped by Supreme Myths to talk about voting rights and suppression, elections, the Scalia Myth, and other important issues.
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Emily Bazelon
32:37
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-31-emily-bazelon/ ()
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Professor Sandy Levinson
01:09:53
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-30-professor-sandy-levinson/ ()
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Professor Orin Kerr
50:47
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-29-professor-orin-kerr/ ()
Professor Orin Kerr stops by Supreme Myths to talk about searches and seizures, originalism, legal education and the infamous US News Rankings.
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Professor Jennifer Taub
51:47
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-28-professor-jennifer-taub/ ()
Professor Jennifer Taub talks to Professor Segall about the injustices and costs of white-collar crime as well as her role in the 2017 Tax March and Donald Trump’s legal issues in New York.
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Professor Victoria Nourse
57:08
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-27-professor-victoria-nourse/ ()
Professor Victoria Nourse visits Supreme Myths to talk about statutory interpretation, originalism, and her time working with Senator and Vice-President Joe Biden.
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Episode 26: Michael McConnell
56:57
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-26-michael-mcconnell/ ()
Professor Michael McConnell stops by Supreme Myths to talk Originalism today and yesterday, affirmative action, and his new book on Executive Power: The President Who Would not be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution.
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Adam Winkler
56:27
On the 25th episode of Supreme Myths, Professors Adam Winkler and Eric Segall talk impeachment, Citizens United, Second Amendment, and Adam’s first and only movie role.
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Adam Liptak
52:56
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-24-adam-liptak/ ()
Adam Liptak the Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times stops by Supreme Myths to discuss covering the Court, writing about big cases, Court reform, and other issues relating to how our highest Court operates.
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Christopher Sprigman
58:16
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-23-christopher-sprigman/ ()
Professor Christopher Sprigman and Professor Eric Segall talk impeachment, democracy, the proper of the Supreme Court in our politics, and Chris’ excellent new article arguing Congress can and should enact legislation stripping the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over some of our most contentious constitutional law questions.
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Episode 22: Keith Whittington
01:14:14
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-22-keith-whittington/ ()
Princeton Professor Keith Whittington joins Supreme Myths to discuss impeachment, originalism, academics on social media, and so much more.
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Franita Tolson
42:52
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-21-franita-tolson/ ()
Professor Franita Tolson joins Supreme Myths to discuss impeachment and other current events, election law, and voter suppression among other timely issues.
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Father William Dailey
01:02:11
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-20-father-william-dailey/ ()
Father William Dailey joins Supreme Myths to talk about faith and agnosticism, the ban on women being priests, and the Church’s policies towards gays and lesbians among other religious topics.
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Joshua A. Douglas
53:22
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-19-joshua-a-douglas/ ()
Professor Joshua Douglas talks to Professor Segall about election myths, election law, current events, and his dog Rudy stops by for a quick visit as well.
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Jessica Levinson
36:17
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-19-jessica-levinson/ ()
Professor Jessica Levinson, election law and constitutional law expert, joins Professor Segall to discuss Tuesday’s ACA case, Trump’s election strategies and whether they might succeed, and the ins, outs, and absurdities of the Court’s campaign finance decisions.
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Scott Shapiro
55:24
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-17-scott-shapiro/ ()
Yale Law Professor and Twitter Star Scott Shapiro talk with Professor Segall about the election, the Court, our country, and, of course, Twitter.
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Caroline Fredrickson
40:40
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-16-caroline-fredrickson/ ()
Caroline Fredrickson, former Executive Director of the American Constitution Society, talks with Professor Segall about current events, Supreme Court reform, and the Federalist Society among other topics.
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Geof R. Stone
57:47
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-15-geof-r-stone/ ()
Professor Geof Stone joins Supreme Myths to discuss current events, free speech in America, the Warren Court, and why Justice Scalia boycotted the University of Chicago for a few years because of something Geof wrote.
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Episode 14: Christopher Green
59:10
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-14-christopher-green/ ()
Professor Christopher Green joins Supreme Myths for an engaging discussion of originalism and constitutional interpretation.
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Episode 13: Lawprofblawg
50:42
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-13-lawprofblawg/ ()
The [in]famous Lawprofblawg joins Supreme Myths to discuss legal education elitism, law reviews, commas, Instapots, and our sad and increased polarization.
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Clark Neily
01:01:05
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-12-clark-neily/ ()
Clark Nelly of CATO joins Supreme Myths to talk about natural law, guns, judicial review, abortion, and our horrific and racist criminal justice system.
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Nina Sadowsky
56:05
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-11-nina-sadowsky/ ()
Nina Sadowsky, Hollywood Producer, author, and “entertainment lawyer in recovery” joins Supreme Myths to talk about the business of Hollywood, producing movies, being an author and teacher, good writing, and the joys of summer camp.
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Carissa Byrne Hessick
01:02:19
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-10-carissa-byrne-hessick/ ()
Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick joins Supreme Myths to talk about the gross inequities in our plea bargaining criminal justice system, how politics and prosecutions often go together, and other aspects of how justice and the search for truth play less of a role in our criminal law than most people think. In the end, we also discussed law reviews, legal scholarship, and whether blog posts should “count”.
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Judge Stephen Dillard
01:02:56
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-9-judge-stephen-dillard/ ()
Judge Stephen Dillard of the Georgia Court of Appeals joins Professor Segall to talk about judging, legal realism, our polarized state of affairs, and social media.
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 8: Linda Greenhouse
44:47
Linda Greenhouse former Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times joins Professor Segall to talk about covering the Court, the Bork nomination, Anthony Kennedy’s most important term, and a host of other interesting subjects.
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Mike Dorf
55:10
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-7-mike-dorf/ ()
Professor Mike Dorf joins Eric Segall to talk about a variety of topics including legal realism, critical legal studies, how candid judges ought to be when explaining their decisions, as well as myths surrounding veganism.
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Pete Dominick
57:56
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-6-pete-dominick/ ()
Pete Dominick joins Professor Eric Segall to talk about stand up comedy, life, and relationships in this special edition of Supreme Myths (with a bit of law thrown in).
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Fred Smith
56:48
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-5-fred-smith/ ()
In this podcast episode, Eric Segall talks to Emory University Law Professor Fred Smith about being a Supreme Court clerk, the recent term, and the legal doctrine of Qualified Immunity which shields police officers and other state officials from liability for illegal acts.
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Mary Ziegler
49:02
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-4-mary-ziegler/ ()
In this podcast, Eric Segall talks to Florida State Law Professor Mary Ziegler about abortion in America. Professor Ziegler has written three books on the subject and the conversation included a back and forth on many different and controversial aspects of the abortion debates that so divide our country.
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Episode 3: A Review of the Supreme Court’s Latest Term
58:13
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-3-a-review-of-the-supreme-courts-latest-term-supreme-myths-podcast/ ()
Professor Jonathan Adler and Eric Segall talk about the Supreme Court’s recent term. Adler, a prominent libertarian, and Segall frequently debate on Twitter. They discuss all the big cases this year as well as Chief Justice Roberts and his alleged penchant for moving the law slowly (except when he does not want to).
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Race and Identity Capitalism
39:36
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-2-race-and-identity-capitalism/ ()
Colorado Law professor Nancy Leong discusses her forthcoming book “Identity Capitalists.” Leong argues that we are all “identity capitalists” who use race, gender, etc., to further our own aspirations. They also discuss how Brett Kavanaugh, Colin Kaepernick, and other famous people use identity capitalism in their own lives and careers.
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Constitutionalism, Originalism and the Supreme Court
50:50
https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-1-constitutionalism-originalism-and-the-supreme-court/ ()
Episode Description: Constitutional law scholar, Yale professor Jack Balkin joins Georgia State Law professor Eric Segall for a conversation about originalism, judicial review and whether Supreme Court justices should have lifetime appointments.
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Jul 03, 2020 |