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.
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.

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.