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Divided Argument

Will Baude & Dan Epps

Politics, Government, Justice, Legal, Supreme Court, News, Law

4.8 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Divided Argument is in its sixth season! Our first episode of the term focuses, of course, on the latest developments on the shadow docket. These include several grants of interim relief to the Trump administration, as well as some dissents from the denial of certiorari. But first, an update on Dan's travel schedule and ChatGPT usage, and an important correction to our previous episode.

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0:00.0	Oh, yay, oh, yay, oh, yay, oh, yeah.
0:03.6	The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court.
0:08.2	Unless there is any more question to be able to find an argument in this case.
0:11.2	All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are in mind us to give their attention.
0:20.3	Welcome to Divided Argument,
0:22.2	an unscheduled, unpredictable Supreme Court podcast.
0:25.4	I'm Will Bode and I'm Dan Epps.
0:28.1	Season six.
0:30.2	We made it.
0:31.3	Wow.
0:32.5	First episode, hopefully, of mini, season six.
0:36.6	It's not the first Monday in October.
0:38.9	It is the last Wednesday in October,
0:42.3	but staying on brand.
0:43.7	We tend to not be that active even at the beginning of the term.
0:47.7	But our seasons roll over based on the first
0:49.7	Monday of October, right?
0:50.6	It's just, it's like election day.
0:52.4	It's like the first recording after the first Monday in October, whatever that might be. Yes. If people were hoping, though, that we were going to come out with an episode, you know, the day the term started, we have disappointed them. As always. Yeah. But, you know, I've got, you know, some excuses. I've been traveling a bit, but did you have any follow-up you wanted to do before we?
1:13.5	Yes. But, you know, I've got, you know, some excuses. I've been traveling a bit. But did you have any follow-up you wanted to do before we?
1:14.5	Yes.
1:19.4	Speaking of disappointing people, I guess, we do have an important correction from our last episode.
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