(Yet Another) New Episode: Weird Islands

Trump v. Barbara

If there are four episodes in a week, it must be because it’s the end of term rush. You can now also listen to Weird Islands:

It’s the last opinion day of the term, and the big one landed: Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case. We read the majority as the rare easy case and spend most of the episode on why the four dissents each end up somewhere different — and trying to figure out exactly where they actually land. Along the way: a bogus Nina Totenberg story, a Landor GVR that might quietly unsettle a chunk of Spending Clause criminal law, and whether the professors who defended the order deserve the “legal scholarship police.”

Don’t worry, the pace should slow down soon (but not stop) as we get into the Dog Days.