Jonah invites Cato Institute legal scholar Ilya Shapiro back on to The Remnant for some rank legal punditry: a rundown of the cases the Supreme Court decided this term and speculation about what happens to the Court now that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.
Show Notes:
- Ilya’s last appearance on the Remnant.
- The opening of the Ark of the Covenant.
- Conan’s prayer to Crom.
- The Once and Future Swing Vote.
- The Sweet Mystery of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
- Trump’s SCOTUS nominee list.
- “You stupid f**k, look at you now!”
- Ed Whelan’s tweets about the Democrats and the filibuster.
- The Wayfair decision.
- The Janus decision.
- The travel ban decision from Trump v. Hawaii.
- The #WhatTheFluff challenge, in which people trick their dogs into thinking they’ve disappeared.
- Kagan’s dissent in the Janus case can be found on page 56.
- Conversations with Kristol.
- Sotomayer’s dissent in Trump v. Hawaii can be found on page 65.
- The Postal Service proves Santa is real.
- The four species of Beltway Republicans (including the Remnant!).
- One of the OJ Simpson Hertz commercials.
- Krauthammer’s appearance on Conversations with Kristol.
- The Commentary podcast.
- Michael Brendan Dougherty on why he didn’t think Kennedy should leave the court.
- Jeffrey Rosen’s book The Most Democratic Branch, which argues the Supreme Court does the most for democracy among the branches.
- My Corner post on progressives and power.
- Last week’s Remnant episode with Luke Thompson.
- Peter Berkowitz’s book Varieties of Conservatism in America.
- And his other book Varieties of Progressivism in America.
- My back and forth with Conrad Black.
- My piece on whether the Enlightenment was racist.
- Subscribe to NRPLUS.
- All About Eve.
- The debut episode of Young Americans, Jack’s new Ricochet podcast.
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