Law Talk 2.0

Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Senik

The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin

Government, History, News, Politics

4.9 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the new and improved Law Talk podcast, featuring host Charles C.W. Cooke! He joins legal heavyweights Richard Epstein and John Yoo for yet another spirited discussion of the latest legal controversies. They begin with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, debating the constitutional limits of executive power and the justiciability of national emergencies. They then tackle Trump’s lawsuits against law firms and the implications for the right to counsel and legal free speech. Later, they explore the administration’s aggressive tariff strategy under IEPA, and the deportation of an anti-Israel protester, Mahmoud Khalil, and the proposed federal oversight of Columbia University through a consent decree.

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0:00.0	All right, here we go.
0:07.0	Welcome to Law Talk, the new shiny, revamped, reworked, reconstituted, state-of-the-art, and importantly, once again, Rikishay podcast, Law Talk.
0:20.2	I am Charles C.W. Cook, the new host of the show.
0:23.7	And I'm joined, of course, by Richard Epstein and John.
0:26.4	You welcome Richard and John.
0:28.3	Welcome to you, Charlie.
0:29.7	You're the guy who needs a greeting.
0:31.6	Oh, thank you.
0:32.7	I am so happy you're here, Charlie.
0:34.7	We finally upgraded our host to version 2.0, someone with legal training.
0:41.6	This is awesome.
0:42.6	Someone without the snippet little insults throughout the podcast.
0:46.3	Thank you.
0:46.9	Thank you for saving us.
0:48.4	All the insults should be directed to John.
0:51.6	I'll bear that in mind.
0:52.8	I do love Troy, so thanks for all the effort Troy put in.
0:56.0	I will have to learn his tricks and insults so I can bring them back.
1:00.0	But anyhow, the bad news is since the last episode of Law Talk, which was last summer,
1:06.0	I think nothing's happened in the law.
1:08.0	It's been completely quiet.
1:10.0	There goes the tumbleweed. So I guess that's our
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