Sarah Isgur and David French preview the next Supreme Court term, discuss a dissent from a cert denial on defamation, and consider a few think pieces on the court: Are any of the justices political? Finally, the circuit decision heard ‘round the world: Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, stopped by an 11th Circuit panel decision.

The Agenda:

–Every rose has its thorn

–Not-A-Ban on assault weapons coming next term

–Text vs. Precedent, field prevention, and climate change-related injuries 

–A little boring Title IX is nice for change

–Back to Colorado’s anti-discrimination cases

–An easy parental rights case?

–A headline-generating case but a not-so-important legal case

–12-person juries and felonies

– Actual malice and Alan Dershowitz 

–How Political Is This Supreme Court?

–STOP Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees

Show Notes

–October Term 2026

–Watch Zachary Shemtob’s interview with the National Legal Director of the ACLU, Cecillia Wang, from our term recap event. 

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