Divided Argument

Divided Argument

An unscheduled, unpredictable Supreme Court podcast.

An unscheduled, unpredictable Supreme Court podcast. Hosted by Will Baude and Dan Epps. In partnership with SCOTUSblog.
Shoe of Damocles
Divided ArgumentSeptember 10, 2026x
30
01:19:53182.83 MB

Shoe of Damocles

Two August per curiams find no one with standing to challenge the mail-ballot order or the White House ballroom—and a third drops while we're recording.

A Thriving Atrocities Practice
Divided ArgumentAugust 19, 2026x
29
01:15:08171.96 MB

A Thriving Atrocities Practice

Cisco Systems v. Doe shuts the Alien Tort Statute door Sosa left open — pirates, ambassadors, and one Phoenix bar band excepted.

Very Civilized Orangutans
Divided ArgumentAugust 12, 2026x
28
01:09:21158.75 MB

Very Civilized Orangutans

Hunter v. United States makes appeal waivers yield to "miscarriages of justice" — and nobody, including the Court, can quite say why.

Ice by Magneto
Divided ArgumentAugust 03, 2026x
27
01:04:01146.53 MB

Ice by Magneto

We finally tackle the trans-sports cases and walk through the Court’s Equal Protection and Title IX analysis.

The Based Direction
Divided ArgumentJuly 27, 2026x
26
00:54:37125.01 MB

The Based Direction

Rooker-Feldman, pronounced dead two decades ago, turns out to be alive — and the Court's formalists split right down the middle.