The Biden Administration is poised to forgive a lot of loans but forget a few legal constraints. Richard Epstein and Adam White parse the legal issues, including the issue of whether federal courts would (or should) have jurisdiction to hear a case at all. Then they move to the Justice Department’s investigation of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document stash, for which the Administration is not in a forgiving or forgetful mood. What does Judge Cannon’s special master order mean, and what will it accomplish?
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Reasonable Searches and Seizures?
Tanned and well rested, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the latest controversies surrounding the former president and the current justice department. And they consider Congress’s own investigation. It’s been a long hot summer.
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Hearing the Worst of It
Days after the Senate Judiciary Committee finished its confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Richard and Adam debate whether these hearings are a tradition that has outlived its usefulness.
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The Supreme Court’s Historic Year Keeps Getting More Interesting
In today’s episode, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandate cases. Then they pan back to a broader discussion of the Roberts Court and the administrative state, before finishing with a quick preview of the Court’s newly-granted cases on race-based college admissions.
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Standing Disagreements
In today’s episode, a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Texas abortion statute becomes a debate about “standing” and other jurisdictional doctrines. Richard and Adam also discuss the late Professor Alexander Bickel—he’s one of Adam’s favorites, but Richard has some, well, disagreements.
Hoover fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss major legal and policy issues and debate points of disagreement between their libertarian and conservative perspectives.
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