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The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs

32. Judge Trevor McFadden and the Shadow Docket

The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs

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True Crime

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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We're honored to have Washington, D.C. federal district court judge Trevor McFadden join us to discuss a recent controversy--the Supreme Court's use of the so-called "shadow docket." What is it? How does it work? And should we be worried? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal proof.

0:07.0

And this is the prosecutor's legal proof. Oh, Welcome back to the legal briefs. I'm your host Alice and I'm joined as always by

0:39.2

my judicious co-host Brett. Hello Alice that is so false for so many reasons,

0:44.5

but I'm always happy to have your kind words about me,

0:48.7

even when they're not really about me.

0:50.6

They're not about you at all, Brett,

0:51.9

because today's episode is not about Brett.

0:55.0

Today's episode is actually about a really exciting guest.

0:59.0

I know you guys are going to love hearing from him.

1:02.0

We have a real live judge here with us. We have Judge

1:06.4

Trevor McFadden and the reason this is so exciting is we try to explain to you

1:12.1

legal opinions why things happen from the party's

1:15.1

perspectives but at the end of the day and you guys know this the judge is the

1:18.8

arbiter for these types of controversies and it's always helpful to know how a judge you know

1:24.9

thinks about cases and how they even reach the position that they're in so

1:28.8

please join me in welcoming Judge McFadden. Thank you so much Alice and Brett it's really a and on the show with you. Yeah, and Judge McPhadd, he's not just a judge.

1:43.7

He's a federal district judge for the District of Columbia,

1:47.7

which is one of the, if not the most prestigious district courts

1:50.8

you can sit on.

1:51.6

I'll say all this so he doesn't have to.

1:53.2

You know, that's uh... G. I have, I hear my friends and districts around the country pushing

2:00.2

back on this kind of... I'm sure they they will but I mean the fact of the matter is

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