Supreme Myths

Professor Kermit Roosevelt stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his new book “The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story.” It’s a fascinating and provocative retelling of America’s birth.

Gabe Roth, Executive Director of Fix the Court, stops by Supreme Myths to talk about all the ways we need to fix the Supreme Court. We discuss ethics, recusal, cameras, papers, the certiorari process and more.

Professor Andrew Koppelman stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his new book on libertarianism “Burning Down the House,” and how libertarian theory has been corrupted by greed and delusion.

Professor Paolo Sandro stops by Supreme Myths to offer an international perspective on the proper relationships between and among courts and other branches of government and discuss how the US system is different than other countries with judicial review.

Andrew Seidel of Americans United for Separation of Church and State stops by Supreme Myths to discuss Christian Nationalism and the Court’s recent and old religion cases. If you’re upset about the Court’s direction in religion cases, or even if you’re not but are interested in them, this is the Podcast for you.

Professor Rachel Barkow stops by Supreme Myths to talk about our mass incarceration crisis, it’s causes, and possible solutions.

Aliza Shatzman stops by Supreme Myths to tell us her personal story and why she started the Legal Accountability Project to shine light on how often judges harass their clerks. We also discuss why Title VII needs to be amended to include the judiciary.

Professor Jessica Silbey stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the latest term and the relationship between Intellectual Property law and our fundamental values as well as how film reflects who we are or maybe who we are going to be.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the recent term, his new book on Originalism, and legal education.

Professor Sarah Haan stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the intersection of corporate and constitutional law and to lament the utter lack of good faith the Court brings to the table on these issue. We also discuss proposed SEC disclosure requirements about climate change. 

Law Professor David Cohen stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the future of abortion in this country after Dobbs. Spoiler alert: it’s total chaos.

Professor Kent Greenfield stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Court and religion, the Court and corporations, free speech, and the great Justice Souter.

Professor Evan Bernick stops by Supreme Myths to talk abortion, originalism, common-good constitutionalism, and Congress’ powers under the 14th Amendment.

Professor Danielle Citron stops by Supreme Myths to talk all things digital privacy, the need to reform federal law, her forthcoming book on the subject, and her visit to Mark Zuckerberg’s house!

Professor Brian Leiter stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Supreme Court, abortion, legal realism, retired Judge Posner and much more.

Professor Steve Sanders drops by Supreme Myths to talk abortion, LGBTQ rights, will Obergefell be reversed, free speech and much more.

Professor Steven Mazie, the Supreme Court Correspondent for The Economist, stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the leaked opinion, reporting on the Court, cameras in the Court, and a lot of other important SCOTUS topics.

Professor Jennifer Mascott stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the leaked opinion, administrative law, originalism, and Fed Soc.

Professor Steve Vladeck stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his forthcoming book on the Shadow Docket, constitutional rights without remedies, and walking the scholar/media pundit line both on social media and in the classroom.

Professor Nadia Ahmad comes by Supreme Myths to discuss legal responses to climate change, several important lawsuits affecting the environment, and even the Ron DeSantis War or both Disney and higher education.

Professor Anthony Kreis stops by Supreme Myths to talk about state laws prohibiting citizens from traveling to other states to exercise their rights, the relationship of social movements to judicial review, and how to improve the law review selection process.

Professor Ilya Somin stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his excellent book “Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration and Political Freedom,” the differences between originalism and living constitutionalism, and he defends George Mason naming its law school the Antonin Scalia Law School despite my arguments that Justice Scalia should not be honored in that way.

Professor Mary Anne Franks stops by Supreme Myths to talk about guns, free speech, revenge porn, and the “Cult of the Constitution.”

Professor Tara Leigh Grove stops by Supreme Myths to talk about statutory and constitutional interpretation, the legitimacy dilemma facing the Supreme Court, and her work on the Supreme Court Reform Commission.

Professor Randy Barnett stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his personal journal to become a constitutional professor, originalism, the 14th Amendment, and much more.