Featured Episodes

A Subversive Mission
Divided ArgumentMarch 11, 2026x
11
00:50:4646.49 MB

A Subversive Mission

We announce an exciting new partnership with SCOTUSblog and introduce the show to new listeners. We then return to the mysterious origins of the Chief Justice's "no, no, a thousand times no," debate the Court's new policy designed to maintain secrecy, and then take a close look at Galette v. NJ Tran...

Back on the Island
Divided ArgumentJuly 04, 2024x
16
01:15:0468.8 MB

Back on the Island

Will makes Dan interrupt his vacation to talk about the case you've all been clamoring for: Trump v. United States.

Backup backup backup backup argument
Divided ArgumentApril 06, 2026x
13
01:17:5371.31 MB

Backup backup backup backup argument

We recap and reflect on the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara (the birthright citizenship case) and then analyze the Court's recent decision in Chiles v. Salazar, about the First Amendment limits on Colorado's conversion therapy ban. We also confront the taboo question: Are judicial opinions too lo...

Betty Boop or Shakespeare
Divided ArgumentFebruary 21, 2026x
9
01:26:2379.09 MB

Betty Boop or Shakespeare

We take a close look at the tariffs decision.

Byzantine Wall
Divided ArgumentSeptember 11, 2025x
27
01:16:5170.37 MB

Byzantine Wall

We extend our record-breaking run with a discussion of the Court's two big recent emergency docket rulings: Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo and NIH v. American Public Health Association.

Character Sketches
Divided ArgumentJune 28, 2022x
12
01:57:13107.34 MB

Character Sketches

In our longest episode yet, we break down two massively consequential cases: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

House Parties
Divided ArgumentJune 24, 2021x
10
01:09:4163.8 MB

House Parties

Will and Dan break down two more decisions from Wednesday. First is Collins v. Yellen, a complicated separation of powers and severability case with a lot of money on the line. Second is Lange v. California, a Fourth Amendment case about the "hot pursuit" doctrine, which gives rise to some high scho...

I Say "Timbre"
Divided ArgumentJuly 30, 2022x
14
01:24:2377.3 MB

I Say "Timbre"

We catch up on listener questions and feedback (both positive and negative), and then spend a while on the neglected case of Vega v. Tekoh, about the intersection of remedies and Miranda. We also discuss Kennedy v. Bremerton, the case of the praying football coach. Unfortunately, Will recorded all o...

Knife in the Back
Divided ArgumentMarch 02, 2022x
6
00:58:4353.78 MB

Knife in the Back

We catch up on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a new opinion by Justice Breyer, revisit a debate about who the greatest law professor on the Supreme Court is, and talk through each of our recent scholarly efforts. Tune in to hear Dan surprisingly attack Will's Fourth Amendment views f...