Creator of the Stars of Night

Divided Argument

We cover many developments -- Justice Alito's unusual interview in the Wall Street Journal, the release of Justice Stevens' papers, more news on Supreme Court ethics, as well as a new cert. grant on the Chevron doctrine, the mifepristone shadow-docket ruling, and still more jurisdictional news in Moore v. Harper. But first -- an anonymous caller drops a new voicemail song.

2023-05-06 72 min Transcript

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Dan: I think I'm not getting mad that someone engages in self-help. I just think it's [unintelligible at the notion that-- it conveys a certain sense of entitlement. Like, "Gosh, who are people to be criticizing us for what we're doing? We're the Supreme Court." I think that, look, they do things that profoundly affects people's lives in ways that are deeply shaped by politics, and you exercise a huge amount of power, you're going to get criticized. Stop whining about it.
Will: I think the Mason story notes that they've also had Kagan and Sotomayor there, and Kagan has said nice things about Mason, and of course, they're in the DC area. I think if you look at the [unintelligible survey of the politicization of law schools, I think Mason and Notre Dame are both split between conservatives and liberals at most, and maybe even--
Dan: Yeah. Although maybe not as much big bucks as he used to because he left Kirkland & Ellis. Yeah, Paul Clement, former Solicitor General. He's bounced around a lot. Firm wise, he was at King & Spalding, where I worked. I got there, and he quit a few months later. He went and did his own little firm with [unintelligible , and then he went to Kirkland, and then he quit there after a few years and is now doing his own little firm again.

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