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The TED Talk Heard ‘Round the World

5/12/20261 hr 7 min

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Virginia State Supreme Court striking down the state’s new congressional maps, Neal Katyal’s TED talk that we don’t want to talk about, and David plays a fun constitutional “Would You Rather” game. The Agenda:–Virginia’s gerrymandering map is unlawful–The left can’t get mad at the right when the right tried the independent state legislator argument–What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case–Who is Harvey?–Shout out to the coolest AP Government teacher ever? Show Notes:–Supremely Cringe: Neal Katyal And ‘TED-Gate’ Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

Horseshoe on Supreme Court arguments
Katyal TED Talk turning point
Top Dog law and the audience
Do oral arguments really matter?
Do we need the shadow docket?
Virginia’s costly non-review choice
Three-Fifths Compromise dilemma
Election day isn’t one day anymore

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Sarah Isgur· Host0:01

    You ready?

  2. David French· Host0:01

    I was born ready.

  3. Sarah Isgur· Host0:03

    [upbeat music] Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isgur, that's David French, and we are going to start with the decision out of Virginia striking down Virginia's new congressional maps. What the what? The Virginia Supreme Court refusing to rule on this until the election had been held, and now saying that the ballot measure was never constitutionally processed under the Virginia Supreme Court. What is to come of this? They've said they're appealing to the United States Supreme Court. Does David think that is going anywhere? Second, we've got a TED Talk. Yes, former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal recorded a TED Talk about winning the tariff case. And look, I don't wanna talk about it on this podcast, but we have to talk about it on this podcast, and I think it illuminates quite a bit about oral arguments and frankly, how the Supreme Court cert petition process works that would cause one member of the Supreme Court Bar to say that Neal Katyal just announced his retirement in the form of a TED Talk. And lastly, David, what

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