Should Judges Get Political?

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

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4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Do judges have an important role to play in society beyond judging? Judge Lee Rudofsky takes the affirmative, while Orin Kerr disagrees in this special AO episode debating this topic. Sarah and David also discuss the latest SCOTUS cases. Show Notes: —Judges write letter saying they won't hire law clerks from Columbia —Kerr: Do Judges "Have an Important Role to Play in Our Society" Beyond Judging? —Code of Conduct for United States Judges —Staying Off the Sidelines: Judges as Agents for Justice System Reform —Appearances by Sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices at Congressional Committee and Subcommittee Hearings (1960-2022) —Drops in Jewish enrollment in elite universities —CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited —Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	While you're listening to this podcast, I'm causing mischief.
0:05.0	Like creeping past sleepy granddad to sneak a pot of Petty Faloo from the fridge.
0:12.0	Because Petty Fal Lou fuels the mischief.
0:15.0	Boom!
0:16.0	Mom says that Petty for Lou is made with calcium and vitamin D for healthy bones. She knows best, most of the time.
0:27.0	Fueling mischief with petty flu.
0:32.0	You ready? I was born ready. Welcome to advisory opinions. David, it's the advisory opinions.
0:44.0	Everyone's been waiting for.
0:55.9	It's the...
0:57.4	Wait, do we have a good name for this?
0:59.2	We don't.
1:00.5	I mean, I've been thinking so hard.
1:02.2	I was like, you know, something to match Thrilla and Manila
1:05.7	The war on the shore you know the great names of the boxing matches and there was the legendary debate in September 2019 between me and Sorab that was the legendary debate in September 2019
1:13.1	between me and Sorab that was the melee at CUA.
1:17.5	That was a stretch.
1:19.0	No, wait, that's like Ali Foreman, right? Uh-huh.
1:23.0	And there's just nothing good that rhymes with pod, right?
1:26.0	We're going to have to go with rumble in the AO jungle
1:29.0	until commenters give us better stuff.
1:31.0	So, please do.
1:32.0	We will talk about the CFPB decision
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