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.
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.

Norway-Sweden Worshippers
Divided ArgumentJuly 13, 2026x
25
01:29:52205.68 MB

Norway-Sweden Worshippers

We cover two immigration wins in one day: the Court clears the way to end TPS for Haiti and Syria, then decides asylum turns on whether you "arrive in" the country — or merely at its border.

Smart Microwave
Divided ArgumentJuly 06, 2026x
24
01:25:13195.05 MB

Smart Microwave

We break down Chatrie v. United States, the Court's ruling that a geofence warrant is a Fourth Amendment search — what it does to the third-party doctrine and the mosaic theory, and where the separate opinions leave the law.

Weird Islands
Divided ArgumentJuly 02, 2026x
23
01:14:42170.99 MB

Weird Islands

The birthright-citizenship order goes down — but the vote is closer than anyone bet, and the four dissenters can't agree on why.