As we enter the February sitting, we give you the rarest of episodes: a completely comprehensive preview of all the cases that will be argued this week! All two of them!

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We thought it'd be a quiet week, but the Supreme Court had other plans. Amy Howe joins to catch us up on the news. We also get a taste of American University law professor Robert Tsai's new book, Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.

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Dan and Leah were in San Francisco this past weekend for a great symposium sponsored by the Hastings Law Journal called "The Jurisprudence of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy—Four Decades of Influence." While he was in the City by the Bay, Dan managed to record a fun conversation with Judge Marsha Berzon of the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and UC-Hastings College of the Law professors Rory Little and Zach Price. The group offers their takes on Justice Kennedy's legacy, talk through some interesting clerkship anecdotes, and discuss Prof. Price's fascinating symposium article about "symmetric constitutionalism."

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We've got a breather between sittings, so Steve Sachs joins us as we recap an opinion, take a look at some grants and orders, discuss whether law school clinics are good or bad ideas, and ask a lot of questions about Steve and Will Baude's amicus brief in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt. Plus, we get a peek at an upcoming bonus episode with Leah and Michele Goodwin, discussing the history of abortion regulations in light of Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky.

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The January sitting is over and the Court will be out of session for a few weeks. But First Mondays keeps on working even when the Justices are taking a break. Dan and Leah catch you up on the court's latest opinions; review the big batch of cert. grants, as well as the high-profile petitions the court hasn't (yet) granted; and play a few fun clips from last week's arguments. That’s not all—listen to hear us discuss an interesting recent piece by Daniel Hemel on Justice Ginsburg and the value of life tenure, puzzle over why trust fund babies are suddenly looking to the Justices for some tax relief, and explain what Justice Gorsuch’s Tenth Circuit opinions might mean for the Court’s recent grant in Rehaif v. United States. And last but not least—Leah goes into Beast Mode as we discuss her favorite topic, the Armed Career Criminal Act, when recapping the unusual 5-4 opinion in Stokeling v. United States.

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Dan and Leah are joined by Danielle D'Onfro to break down the first week of the January sitting. We catch you up on everything the Court has been up to—including Justice Kavanaugh's very first majority opinion—before recapping oral arguments in Herrera v. Wyoming, Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP, and Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt.

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New year, new sitting! Merritt McAlister joins us from the University of Florida to catch up on Supreme Court news and look ahead to the coming arguments.

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Merry Christmas Eve! We at First Mondays have gotten you all the gift we know you've been wishing for: an unlocked bonus episode that was previously released exclusively to our Patreon backers.

Last June, Dan interviewed our first judicial guests at the Arizona State Bar Convention. Hon. Andrew D. Hurwitz, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Hon. Ruth McGregor, former Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, join us to talk about their careers, as well as their memories from their time as Supreme Court clerks.

It's an off week for the Supreme Court, so we've got another great ensemble cast to take a deep dive into issues that regularly come up on the show. Kate Shaw of Cardozo Law guest hosts with Leah. Anne Joseph O'Connell joins us to discuss the appointment of Matthew Whitaker, and Richard Primus gives us the lowdown on different methods of constitutional interpretation.

We're taking a break for the holidays, so we'll see you in January! Now's a great time to subscribe to our Patreon and catch up on bonus episodes. We've got a bunch in the bag that we'll be letting out one at a time over the coming weeks.

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There are twice as many women in this episode as there were at the Supreme Court podium in the whole December sitting. Leah and guest host Jaime Santos recap the week's arguments with two special guests. First, we’re delighted to have with us Lindsay See, the Solicitor General of West Virginia, to discuss her argument in Dawson v. Steager. Then, we play the highlight reel of another first-time advocate, Ishan Bhabha, in Biestek v. Berryhill. Finally, Kate Levine calls in to help us understand a case that kind of baffled us last week: Gamble v. United States.

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