Supreme Court Term Roundup

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered its final decisions of the 2024–25 term. In this episode, Steve Vladeck of the Georgetown University Law Center and Sarah Isgur of SCOTUSblog join to discuss the significant cases from this Supreme Court term. Resources Trump v. CASA, Inc. (2025) Mahmoud v. Taylor (2025) DHS v. DVD (2025) Steve Vladeck, “163: A New Kind of Judicial Supremacy,” One First (June 30, 2025) Advisory Opinions podcast Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen. Join us for an upcoming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠live program⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or watch recordings on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support our important work. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate

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0:00.0	On June 27th, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered its final decisions of the 2024-2025 term.
0:10.2	Hello, friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:15.2	and welcome to We the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution
0:20.0	Center is a non-partisan nonprofit,
0:22.4	chartered by Congress, to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:28.4	This week will recap the term with two of America's leading Supreme Court commentators,
0:34.4	and it's always an honor to convene them.
0:37.1	Steve Vladik is Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
0:41.6	He's the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Shadow Dogget,
0:45.2	How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rules to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.
0:50.4	He's also the editor and author of one First, a popular newsletter about the Supreme Court.
0:56.0	Steve, it's great to welcome you back to We the People.
0:58.8	Thanks, Jeff. It's great to be back.
1:00.7	And Sarah Isker is the editor of Scotus blog and an ABC News legal analyst.
1:05.2	She hosts the legal podcast advisory opinions.
1:07.9	Sarah, it's always wonderful to welcome you to We the People.
1:10.7	Great to be here.
1:13.0	Steve, on June 30th, you published a piece at one first, a new kind of judicial supremacy,
1:20.3	and you said, I think the single most telling opinion from the entire term is Justice Kavanaugh's
1:25.8	concurrence in the birthright citizenship ruling,
1:28.1	which in my view can fairly be read to stand for the proposition that the court will do
1:31.7	whatever it wants, whenever it wants, never mind the procedural formalities that might get in the way.
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