Supreme Leap Forward

Wherein we are joined by Rachel Castignoli for our first episode of season 2 to discuss student rights and first amendment protections for political speech and expression, particularly as it relates to the planned school walkouts organized in effort to protest the complete inaction of lawmakers to pass meaningful gun control legislation. We also explain the administrative process for requesting and representing a student in a school disciplinary hearing. Rachel Castignoli: https://twitter.com/rofold DSA Legal Working Group: https://twitter.com/DSA_law ACLU's March 1st training signup sheet: http://bit.ly/2FaTof3 Goss v. Lopez: http://bit.ly/2BSy0c5 Tinker v. Des Moines: http://bit.ly/2F5u6ie Bethel v. Fraser: http://bit.ly/2EXpS94 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: http://bit.ly/2HNXGax Morse v. Frederick: http://bit.ly/2CoUXoA Doninger v. Niehoff: http://bit.ly/2F9EIg3

Wherein we are joined by John Friend, class action and civil rights attorney in Lousiville, KY to discuss updates to the Texas redistricting case and the Muslim travel ban order pending before the Supreme Court. We also look back at the career of the retiring Judge Posner out of the 7th Circuit and dive into a few of his cases and his project advocating for pro se plaintiffs and defendants in his post-judicial life. John Friend: https://twitter.com/K_NoiseWaterMD TX Redistricting Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr3_4g15.pdf Travel Ban Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr_h3ci.pdf Baskin v Bogan: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/baskin-v-bogan-7th-circuit-decision Fuller v Lynch: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15310008229826581922&q=Fuller+v.+Lynch,+833+F.3d+866&hl=en&as_sdt=6,44 Davis v Maroney: http://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/16-2471/16-2471-2017-05-22.pdf?ts=1495488652

Wherein we are joined by attorneys Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon to discuss Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio and the legal questions concerning the limitations of said power, the possibilities of litigation arising from disputes within private organizations related to Danny Fetonte and the Democratic Socialists of America NPC. Special shoutout to @OfficerComrade on Twitter. Sam Natale: https://twitter.com/PubicDefender Ramsin Canon: https://twitter.com/ramsincanon "Do the Process" http://bit.ly/2iCqWIT "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" http://struggle.ws/pdfs/tyranny.pdf

Wherein we are joined by Joe Dunman, formerly the attorney for the Kentucky plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case. We discussed the constitutionality of the Irsael Anti-Boycott Act, BDS, the Heightened Scrutiny podcast episode on Marsh v Chambers, representations of the devil in jurisprudence, funeral doom music, Joe's experience on the Obergefell case, and the Trump's statement that transgender persons will be banned from serving in the military. Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeDunman Heightened Scrutiny Podcast: https://scrutinypod.com/ Joe's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scrutinypod Blind Imitation—The Revolting Persistence of Bowers v. Hardwick: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2845905

Wherein we are joined by our good friend @VoxProletarii, a scholar on feudal jurisprudence, to discuss the origins of law in feudalism, Marx's concept of base and superstructure, the codification of law, the vacuousness of originalism, medieval crime and punishment, and I think we even mentioned Game of Thrones at some point. Chris: https://twitter.com/VoxProletarii "The Two Souls of Feudalism": http://bit.ly/2tAb4GT Michael Tigar's "Original Understanding and the Constitution": http://bit.ly/2u49twF "Law and the Rise of Capitalism": http://amzn.to/2vwnW2d

Wherein Steven joins the DSA for a talk on sanctuary cities, immigration law, and movement lawyering. We have a brief episode this week, which gives you extra time to check out our new and rather bare-bones Patreon. We're still working out how best to utilize the thing, but we wanted to give folks an opportunity to contribute as their conscience dictates. https://www.patreon.com/supremeleapforward

Wherein we are joined by Emma Caterine, 2L at CUNY School of Law, to discuss bankruptcy and gender discrimination in her article "A Fresh Start for a Women's Economy," as well as Kurt Eichenwald's hentai collection, and more on the experience of navigating law school while Marxist. https://twitter.com/EmmaCaterine https://habeasquaestus.com/2016/04/30/for-trans-women-considering-law-school/ https://emmacaterine.com

Wherein we are joined by professor Alexander Reid Ross from Portland State University and author of "Against the Fascist Creep", to discuss the murders and protests in Portland, OR, free speech jurisprudence, Eugene Debs, and Samuel Farber's article "A Socialist Approach to Free Speech" for Jacobin. Against the Fascist Creep: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-fascist-creep.html A Socialist Approach to Free Speech: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/ How Charlie Became Le Pen: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/how-charlie-became-le-pen/

Wherein we are joined by Jesús Joslin to discuss his article (linked below) on Shelby County and the Voting Rights Act, impeaching Trump, treason, Texas SB5 and voter ID laws, the recent Supreme Court decision in Cooper v. Harris on racial/partisan gerrymandering, and the ways Clarence Thomas can still surprise you. "Navigating the Post-Shelby Landscape" by Jesús Joslin — http://bit.ly/2qlg6WQ

Wherein we are accompanied by CUNY law student and immigrant rights activist My Le to discuss sanctuary cities, the particulars of immigration law and deportation actions under Trump, the DREAM Act, DACA, this Admin's complete inability to draft a constitutional executive order, the utter incompetence of our enemies, and Kevin's ongoing recording issues

Wherein we discuss the hazards of flying United and American, Alex Jones and the tyranny of family court, our new favorite lawsuit, and the link between Deray's Doritos and blue lives matter.

Wherein we discuss Syria, Gorsuch's confirmation and the death of the Supreme Court filibuster, Benadryl, Hively v. Ivy Tech, Title VII, Judge Richard Posner, and more on Originalism. Apologies for any audio weirdness — we had some dumb tech issues at the outset that we scrambled to remedy.

Wherein the two lawyers are on their own for this episode, discussing Kurt Eichenwald and his medical inability to sit through a very specific episode of Pokemon and whether you can be charged criminally for sending that episode to him, as well as Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, more on Gorsuch's legal philosophy, and a bit on Marxist legal naturalism. Prof. Taiwo's book: https://www.amazon.com/Legal-Naturalism-Marxist-Theory-Law/dp/0801428513/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490986026&sr=8-4&keywords=olufemi+taiwo Kelleher's surprising good Vox explainer on Gorsuch and Natural Law: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/3/20/14976926/gorsuch-natural-law-supreme-court-hearings

Wherein we discuss our grim future under Trump's second term, the updated executive order on the Muslim ban (in effect 3/16), Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm, Title IX, the Equal Protection Clause, the intellectual dishonesty of conservatism, transphobia, as well as recurrent discriminatory legislation and all your favorite bathroom warriors.

Wherein we discuss legal forms and the leftist imagination, Tom Perez's weird facial hair, David French for some reason, Trump's Muslim Ban, and the 9th Circuit's response to said ban. Here are the sources we discussed: https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/24/the-left-cant-litigate-trump-into-submission http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2017/02/06/17-35105%20Reply%20In%20Support%20of%20Emergency%20Motion%20for%20Stay.pdf http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.

The inaugural episode of something each of us will deny having participated. Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.