The Tenth Justice

Advisory Opinions

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News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments for the term on Monday, so our hosts brought in an exciting guest to keep the legal nerdery barreling full steam ahead for our listeners. On Thursday’s episode, Sarah is joined by Jonathan Ellis, an assistant to the solicitor general of the United States. Tune in to hear Jonathan chat about what it’s like representing the U.S. government in front of the Supreme Court, how many cases he argues per term, how the solicitor general goes about assigning cases, briefs, and arguments to assistants, and more! Plus, Sarah shares a funny anecdote involving Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a trashcan, and Matt Damon. Show Notes: -Sarah’s piece in Politico on serial clerkships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions.
0:06.2	I am not David French, but I am Sarah Isger.
0:09.8	So this morning, David's wife got a flat tire.
0:14.2	No big deal, right?
0:15.4	She has her spare, but it turns out last week she had gotten a flat tire as well.
0:21.2	So no spare this time around.
0:23.4	And David, who is a better husband than probably all of you listening, went out to wait with
0:29.3	his wife for the tow truck to come.
0:32.3	And he missed our podcast today.
0:33.9	The whole thing, the good news was that I didn't need David today because we were talking
0:39.8	to Jonathan Ellis, who works in the solicitor general's office.
0:44.4	He's an assistant solicitor general.
0:46.0	He argues cases before the Supreme Court.
0:48.6	He was back there when I worked at the Department of Justice.
0:53.3	He's an awesome guy.
0:54.7	And I was so pumped that he agreed to come on the podcast and just explain a little bit
0:59.3	about the 10th justice and what their office does.
1:02.8	So it'll be a really fun conversation.
1:04.8	You won't even miss David except we don't talk about Dune.
1:08.8	We don't have any references to Lord of the Rings.
1:11.9	The sword doesn't come up.
1:13.2	All right.
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