When we do a Supreme Court term preview, we of course turn to Slate’s amazing Dahlia Lithwick, and then we proceed not to discuss the upcoming term. We begin with a whirlwind fourteen minutes of feedback on, among other things, an index for the show, the Cyberloquium, the potential for classes in our goofy style, the North Dakotan listening trend, listening while cooking, the possibility of a Dworkin episode, surname vs. last name, the use of “antepenultimate,” the dearth of recent speed trap law discussion, and a tease further discussion of law and morals. With Dahlia, we then talk about the Supreme Court’s new rule on standing in line for oral arguments, what it means when the Court does things that are not manifest in written opinions, the idea of Supreme Court previews, and looking ahead.

This show’s links:


Dahlia Lithwick’s page, featuring her recent writing and podcasting, at Slate
Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick
Oral Argument and the Oral Argument Index
The brand new Narrowest Grounds blog
The Supreme Court’s new rule against “line standers” for members of the Supreme Court bar; Oral Argument 55: Cronut Lines (guest Dave Fagundes)
Joan Biskupic, Janet Roberts and John Shiffman, At America’s Court of Last Resort, a Handful of Lawyers Now Dominates the Docket
The Court’s new repository of PDFs of its web citations and a page featuring samples of the way it will highlight post-hand-down revisions of its opinions
Justice Breyer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A Conversation with Elena Kagan
Oyez, which hosts audio and (interactive) transcripts of decision announcements as well as oral arguments
Oyez’s audio for Glossip v. Gross
Oral Argument 22: Nine Brains in a Vat (guest Dahlia Lithwick), talking about hand-down days
Lani Guinier, Supreme Cout 2007 Term Foreword: Demosprudence Through Dissent
Jill Duffy and Elizabeth Lambert, Dissents from the Bench: A Compilation of Oral Dissents by U.S. Supreme Court Justices (containing a list of all dissents from the bench since 1969 and updated through summer 2014)
William Blake and Hans Hacker, 'The Brooding Spirit of the Law': Supreme Court Justices Reading Dissents from the Bench
Supreme Court Opinion Announcements: An Underutilized Resource (noting Justice Stevens’ oral dissent in Citizens United replaced a comparison between “Tokyo Rose” and “Allied commanders” to one between “Tokyo Rose” and “General MacArthur”)
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, The Supreme Court’s Most Important Cases of the New Term
SCOTUSblog page for Evenwel v. Abbott, the new one-person, one-vote case
Special Guest: Dahlia Lithwick.