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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On today’s episode, David and Sarah talk about the recent Supreme Court term with Kannon Shanmugam, a Supreme Court litigant and a partner at Paul Weiss LLP. Our hosts ask Shanmugam what it’s like to argue cases remotely, how much the Supreme Court has changed during Amy Coney Barrett’s first term, and about the court’s judicial philosophy on issues like free speech and qualified immunity. Shanmugam talks about the cases he argued this term and explains how he chooses which clients to represent pro bono. Show Notes: -Borden v. United States -BP v. Baltimore -Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System -Henry Schein v. Archer and White

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast. This is David French and Sarah Isger. And Sarah,
0:09.6	I'm excited about this podcast. We're going to be looking back at the Supreme Court term
0:15.6	with really one of the top experts in the country and also an FOS friend of Sarah.
0:25.2	So why don't you introduce our guest. David, we are talking to the Canon Chan McGan. He is like
0:35.0	DeGiannis, but instead of the box of this podcast, he's going to come in. He's going to score his
0:40.9	50 points, give us the championship and leave. But seriously, I mean, he's got some triple doubles
0:46.1	here or whatever the equivalent is in lawyer world of having argued in all 13 appellate circuits.
0:54.0	Wow. Yeah. All 13. All 13. So he has 32 Supreme court cases, including four from this term,
1:03.0	which put him in the number two slot. And his win record was quite impressive. We'll talk to him
1:09.2	about all that. But by way of background, he's the head of the appellate practice at Paul Weiss.
1:15.4	And is a ludicator, which means he clerked for Michael Ludig out of law school for those who are
1:21.8	in the know of such terms. They really do have a name for themselves, guys. Not pretentious at all.
1:28.0	And then he clerked for Justice Scalia. I mean, he has quite the credentials on the conservative
1:35.8	side of the ledger. He was an assistant slisser general. I mean, he's, you know, he's the man.
1:43.7	What are you going to say? So without further ado, Canon, welcome.
1:47.9	Well, thank you, David and Sarah. And I think that's the first time I've ever been compared to
1:53.5	the Greek freak. And so maybe that could be my nickname. And this is exactly the time to be compared.
2:01.8	I don't know if you all watch game six. I was watching it in Shatakwa, New York. And I was yelling
2:09.2	at the TV screen and and shock and awe at Yannis. So that's a fantastic comparison.
2:16.0	Proving by the way that loss a version is way more real. I assure you that if the bucks had lost,
2:22.8	my husband would be like moping. Maybe there'd be a couple holes in my wall. But like the bucks
2:28.8	win. And he comes upstairs. And I'm like, oh my God, the first championship of your lifetime. And
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