We were in Chicago speaking at the National Foundation of Judicial Excellence's Annual Judicial Symposium this past weekend, and we took some time to eat Japanese BBQ, drink sake, and record a new episode. We get caught up on our backlog of our (disappointingly male-dominated) hotline calls while also briefly recapping the latest news on the battle to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

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