It’s finally here, the one where we talk with the hosts of the world-famous First Mondays podcast, Ian Samuel and Dan Epps. Topics include physics conundrums, podcasts (05:13), the politics of Supreme Court nominations (27:08), and radically changing the rules governing the Supreme Court’s docket (54:54).
This show’s links:
First Mondays (http://www.firstmondays.fm)
Dan Epps’ faculty profile (http://law.wustl.edu/faculty_profiles/profiles.aspx?id=10752) and writing (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=462731)
Ian Samuel’s faculty profile (http://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11599/Samuel/) and writing (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=936551)
Feynman on mirrors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msN87y-iEx0)
Randall Munroe, The Goddamn Airplane on the Goddamn Treadmill (https://blog.xkcd.com/2008/09/09/the-goddamn-airplane-on-the-goddamn-treadmill/)
Randall Munroe, xkcd: 28-Hour Day (https://xkcd.com/320/)
Christian Turner, Podcasts (https://www.hydratext.com/blog/2014/1/11/podcasts) (and somehow this post about Streamers (https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14575/streamers) is still online)
The Bernie Sanders Show (https://www.sanders.senate.gov/bernies-podcast)
Chris Guthrie and Tracey George, Remaking the United States Supreme Court in the Courts' of Appeals Image (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1374449)
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12719084930434459940); Planned Parenthood v. Casey (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6298856056242550994)
Nina Martin, The Supreme Court Decision That Made a Mess of Abortion Rights (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/supreme-court-decision-mess-abortion-rights)
Barry Friedman, The Will of the People (https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Will_of_the_People.html?id=V004NCn4Vm8C)
Daniel Epps and William Ortman, The Lottery Docket (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2928275)
John Duffy, The Federal Circuit in the Shadow of the Solicitor General (http://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/78-3-Duffy.pdf)
Washington Energy Co. v. United States (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=297528725569885130)
Oral Argument 28: A Wonderful Catastrophe (http://oralargument.org/28) (background for Joe’s Erie question)
Expression Hair Design v. Schneiderman (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1391_g31i.pdf); Guido Calabresi, Federal and State Courts: Restoring a Workable Balance (http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2123/)
The First Mondays Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/firstmondays)
Special Guests: Dan Epps and Ian Samuel.