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A podcast featuring the Supreme Court and Supreme Court cases. Hosted by Georgia State College of Law professor Eric Segall.

Eric Segall


    • Aug 9, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 163 EPISODES

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    The Supreme Myths podcast is a thought-provoking exploration of the structural issues that have contributed to the perceived undemocratic nature of our democratic society. Hosted by Prof. Eric Segall, an accomplished author and speaker on the Supreme Court, this podcast offers a fresh perspective on the often lauded and revered institution. As someone considering law school, this podcast has provided valuable insights into the complexities of our legal system and has further fueled my interest in pursuing a legal career.

    One of the best aspects of The Supreme Myths podcast is its ability to engage listeners through interesting and relevant discussions. Prof. Segall brings in knowledgeable guests who offer unique viewpoints on current topics related to the Supreme Court. This diversity of thought provides listeners with a well-rounded understanding of key issues, allowing for a more informed discourse. Additionally, Prof. Segall's authenticity shines through in his conversations, making for an enjoyable listening experience.

    Furthermore, this podcast excels at presenting complex legal concepts in an accessible manner. The Supreme Court and constitutional interpretations are often seen as complicated subjects, but Prof. Segall breaks them down into digestible segments that anyone can understand. His ability to present these ideas clearly without sacrificing depth is commendable and makes this podcast valuable for both laypeople and legal scholars alike.

    However, one possible drawback of The Supreme Myths podcast is its singular focus on the structural issues within the Supreme Court. While it provides fascinating insights into this particular aspect of our democratic society, it may leave some listeners wanting a broader examination of other systemic issues or potential solutions to those problems. Although it is understandable that Prof. Segall's expertise lies within the realm of the Supreme Court, diversifying the topics discussed could enhance the overall appeal and relevance of the podcast.

    In conclusion, The Supreme Myths podcast is an excellent resource for anyone interested in law or history. With its engaging discussions, clear explanations, and insights from knowledgeable guests, it provides a valuable platform for understanding the structural issues within our democratic society. Prof. Segall's authentic approach and expertise make this podcast an enjoyable and enlightening experience. Whether you are considering law school or simply intrigued by the complexities of our legal system, The Supreme Myths is a must-listen podcast that will leave you with a deeper understanding of our democracy.



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    Episode 127: Journalist David Daley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 62:43


    Journalist David Daley stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his great new book “AntiDemocratic: The Far Right's Plot to Control American Elections.” https://www.harpercollins.com/products/antidemocratic-david-daley?variant=41142644310050

    Episode 126: Professor Jed Shugerman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 54:21


    Presidential power expert Professor Jed Shugerman stops by Supreme Myths to talk Presidential Immunity, Section 3 Disqualification, Chevron, and how Originalism should work in separation of powers cases.

    Episode 125: Professor Jennifer Mascott

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 52:50


    Professor Jennifer Mascott stops by Supreme Myths to talk Immunity, Administrative Law, and the Separation of Powers. We agree on some, disagree on a lot, and I absolutely loved the conversation.

    Episode 124: Professor Michael Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 57:40


    Professor Michael Smith stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his great new article: Is Originalism Bullsh#t? We had a rollicking discussion about originalism, some of which may surprise.

    Episode 123: Professor Jake Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 52:59


    Professor Jake Charles stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the Second Amendment, recent gun cases, and Justice Thomas.

    Episode 122: Sara Segall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 39:24


    On a very special episode of Supreme Myths, Sixteen Year Old Sara Segall talks about being a teenager in 2024 America and guns, Trump, LGBTQ issues and much more.

    Episode 121: Mike Sacks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 76:09


    Mike Sacks of the non-profit Court reform organization Court Accountability stops by Supreme Myths to discuss this wild SCOTUS term, the likely aftermath, and how his organization is gearing up to help save American democracy.

    Episode 120: Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 54:37


    Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy stops by Supreme Myths to talk about her forthcoming book Corporatocracy which details how big business spending is threatening our democracy, our elections, and our people.

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    Episode 119: Professor Jack Balkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 60:42


    Professor Jack Balkin stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the appropriate role of historian, tradition, and memory in constitutional interpretation and his great new book on the subject.

    Episode 118: Madiba Dennie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 65:56


    Madiba Dennie stops by Supreme Myths to talk about all things originalism including her great new book, “The Originalism Trap.”

    Episode 117: Author A.J. Jacobs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 52:17


    Author A.J. Jacobs stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally.” Listen to how he lived like it's 1791 for an entire year and learn about Letters of Marque, muskets, and other 18th century tools and traditions! Also, the author warns us not to be originalists.

    Episode 116: Professor Max Stearns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 57:50


    Professor Max Stearns stops by Supreme Myths to discuss our current crisis, how we got here, and to discuss his suggested remedies in a great new book, Parliamentary America.

    Episode 115: Professor Robert Tsai

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 54:55


    Professor Robert Tsai stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the death penalty, his new book on a great crusader for justice, Stephen Bright, and the great need to improve indigent defense in this country.

    Episode 114: Amanda Tyler

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 41:47


    How do Christians fight against Christian Nationalism? Amanda Tyler the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty joins Supreme Myths to discuss how she is fighting this growing and disturbing movement.

    Episode 113: Professors Chris Sprigman and Brian Frye

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 62:34


    Is Plagiarism love by another name? Professors Chris Sprigman and Brian Frye stop by Supreme Myths to discuss everything you wanted to know about plagiarism but were afraid to ask!

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    Episode 112: Professor Jeff Vagle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 56:19


    National Security expert Professor Jeff Vagle stops by Supreme Myths to discuss government surveillance, standing, and the government's need for information to keep us safe balanced against the fear of the misuse of that information.

    Episode 111: Professor Maybell Romero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 62:05


    Professor Maybell Romero stops by Supreme Myths for a special episode in which she talks honestly and openly about being physically abused by her father and friends, how that led her to be a prosecutor, and how judges should reflect on the language they use to describe sexual abuse victims. We also discuss her article “Ruined” which is so smart, and so touching, and exactly how law review articles should be, but most often are not, written.

    Episode 110: Professor Peter Shane

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 62:40


    Professor Peter Shane stops by Supreme Myths to discuss Presidential Immunity, The Unitary Executive, and the grave threat the Heritage Foundation poses to our democracy.

    Episode 109: Professor Chris Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 59:52


    Professor Chris Walker stops by Supreme Myths to discuss all things administrative law including the Chevron Doctrine, the Major Questions Doctrine, and much more. He also reveals why he's not a con law professor!

    Episode 108: Professor Mike Dorf

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 72:30


    Professor Mike Dorf (@dorfonlaw) stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the new Ethics Code, Section 3 of the 14th, and the political developments around abortion.

    Episode 105: Professor Andrea Katz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 57:25


    Professor Andrea Katz stops by Supreme Myths to discuss Presidential Power, the Unitary Executive Theory, the Major Questions Doctrine, and much more!

    Episode 106: Professor Louis Verilli

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 55:32


    Professor Louis Verilli stops by Supreme Myths to talk all things recusal and SCOTUS including disagreeing with my longstanding claim Kagan needed to recuse in the first big ACA case.

    Episode 105: Professor Mark Graber

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 65:28


    Professor Mark Graber stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the proper role of history in constitutional interpretation, originalism, and all things Insurrection/Section 3.

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    Episode 104: Chris Timmons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 61:26


    Chris Timmons, a former long-time prosecutor, stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the Georgia case against Trump, RICO, picking a jury in such a high profile case and much more!

    Episode 103: Cliff Sloan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 57:33


    Cliff Sloan of Georgetown Law stops by to discuss his great new book, “The Court at War,” detailing how the Justices acted during WWII. It is a fabulous read with compelling stories. We also discussed his clerking for Justice Stevens and legal realism.

    Episode 102: Professor Julia Mahoney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 69:37


    UVA Professor Julia Mahoney stops by Supreme Myths to talk about property rights, takings, common good constitutionalism, and feminism.

    Episode 101: Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 54:49


    Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his forthcoming book “Alignment: A Theory of the Law of Democracy,” as well as wide array of difficult, controversial, and timely election law issues.

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    Episode 100: Pam Karlan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 61:34


    For our 100th Podcast, Pam Karlan stops by Supreme Myths to discuss her clerkship with Justice Blackmun, her oral argument in Bostock, election law and much more!

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    Episode 99: Professor Payvand Ahdout

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 54:59


    Professor Payvand Ahdout stops by Supreme Myths to discuss her great new articles on separation of powers and her views on the appropriate role of the courts in disputes between the elected branches.

    Episode 98: Father William Dailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 80:34


    Father William Dailey stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the 303 Creative case, religion, faith, free speech, originalism, and much more.

    Episode 97: Brett Chapman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 50:40


    Attorney Brett Chapman stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his Native American heritage, the problems facing Native Americans today, and the big ICWA case from last week.

    Episode 96: Professor Eric Berger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 65:51


    Professor Eric Berger stops by Supreme Myths to discuss constitutional conceits in statutory interpretation, overheated judicial rhetoric by SCOTUS, and the terrible use of tortuous lethal injections by a number of states.

    Episode 95: Chris Geidner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 66:56


    Journalist Chris Geidner stops by Supreme Myths to talk about covering the Court, journalism generally, Justice Thomas, and much more.

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    Episode 94: Professor Julie Suk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 63:45


    Professor Julie Suk stops by Supreme Myths to talk patriarchy, abortion, and her great new book After Misogyny.

    Episode 93: Professor Jake Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 62:15


    Professor Jake Charles stops by Supreme Myths to discuss all things Second Amendment.

    Episode 92: Professor Reva Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 55:15


    Professor Reva Siegel stops by Supreme Myths to talk about Dobbs, originalism, reproductive rights, and more.

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    Episode 91: Professor Michael Helfand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 66:02


    Professor Michael Helfand stops by Supreme Myths to talk about the religion clauses, the Court, and minority faiths.

    Episode 90: Professor Bruce Ledewitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 53:34


    Professor Bruce Ledewitz stops by Supreme Myths to talk about restoring faith in American public life, moral relativism, and the effects of the “death of God.”

    Episode 89: Professor Richard Primus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 66:06


    Professor Richard Primus stops by Supreme Myths to discuss his fascinating and provocative thesis that Congress may exercise powers not enumerated in the Constitution. He may convince you!

    Episode 88: Professor Richard Re

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 84:38


    Professor Richard Re stops by Supreme Myths to discuss whether Dobbs should have been decided more narrowly and his fascinating new Harvard article on personal precedent. We also discussed Justice Kennedy, Judge Posner, and much more.

    Episode 87: Professor Lori Ringhand

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 58:23


    Professor Lori Ringhand stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the Supreme Court's confirmation process. She is quite simply the leading national expert on the subject.

    Episode 86: Professor Richard Albert

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 71:21


    Professor Richard Albert stops by Supreme Myths to compare our Constitution and our Supreme Court to those in other countries and to talk about the constitutional amendment process here and abroad.

    Episode 85: Professor Caren Morrison

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 65:05


    Professor Caren Morrison stops by Supreme Myths to discuss her new essay on Dobbs and anti-choice laws as modern day Coverture, when prior statements by murder victims are admissible, and legal writing.

    Episode 84: Professor Alan Chen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 58:41


    Professor Alan Chen stops by Supreme Myths to talk about numerous free speech issues. legal realism, and whether public facing law professors should disclose their biases and preferences to their students.

    Episode 83: Professor Jim Oleske

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 68:20


    Professor Jim Oleske stops by to discuss all of the ups and downs and twists and turns of the Court's wild and wooly free exercise clause doctrine.

    Episode 82: Sarah Posner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 60:02


    Journalist and author Sarah Posner stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the history of White Christian Nationalism, how that movement influenced numerous GOP Presidents, and the threats the movement poses to our democracy.

    Episode 81: Joan Biskupic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 56:15


    CNN's Joan Biskupic stops by Supreme Myths to talk about covering the Court, the Dobbs leak, her four biographies of Supreme Court Justices, and the ethics issues surrounding the Court.

    Episode 80: Professor James Fleming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 63:18


    Professor James Fleming stops by Supreme Myths to talk about his new book defending substantive due process, his views on constitutional interpretation, and how constitutional practices work on the ground.

    Episode 79: Professor Jud Campbell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 60:25


    Professor Jud Campbell stops by Supreme Myths for an in-depth discussion of the proper role of history in constitutional interpretation and how “rights” talk today in the hands of most Originalists bears little resemblance to “rights” at the founding.

    Episode 78: Historian Saul Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 57:27


    Historian Saul Cornell stops by Supreme Myths to discuss the history of the Second Amendment, Originalism in general, and the Court's creation of an anti-Constitution.

    Episode 77: Professor Kermit Roosevelt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 57:37


    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.

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