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🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, a free speech case that will determine whether former Georgia Gwinnett College student Chike Uzuegbunam is entitled to nominal damages from an unconstitutional government policy when that policy has since been changed. “Arguably there is no more important constitutional law case that has come up before the court in the last several years from a philosophical standpoint,” Sarah says on today’s podcast. After our hosts discuss the legal mechanics of nominal damages and attorneys’ fees, they dive into Parler’s latest legal filings and the Constitution’s speech and debate clause. Show Notes: -Take our podcast survey -Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski case and oral arguments. -“A Eulogy for a Friend, a Lament for our Nation” by David French in The Dispatch. -New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett. -“Are We the Baddies?” sketch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast.
0:22.0	This is David French with Sarah Isger.
0:24.0	And you know what we're going to do, Sarah?
0:27.0	What are we going to do?
0:28.0	We are not going to start this podcast by talking about impeachment, social media,
0:33.0	insurrections, or anything like that.
0:36.0	That's exciting for me.
0:38.0	I know it's kind of a welcome relief for me, but we are going to talk about some of that stuff later.
0:44.0	We're going to talk in particular about social media and the Amazon Parlay lawsuit,
0:51.0	which I think is absolutely fascinating.
0:54.0	We're going to talk about some of the controversies, oiling, Congress right now that I have a hard time caring about.
1:00.0	The speech and debate clause is so exciting, David.
1:03.0	I still have a hard time caring about.
1:07.0	David woke up today and he couldn't find any of his cares about the speech and debate clause.
1:12.0	I couldn't.
1:13.0	I couldn't.
1:14.0	I reached down deep and they just weren't there.
1:17.0	But we're going to talk about something that look, as soon as I say this, this word or this phrase,
1:24.0	they're going to be listeners, legal nerd listeners who are going to leap out of their chairs and excitement.
1:30.0	And that phrase is nominal damages.
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