The inaugural episode of something each of us will deny having participated.

Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.

Episode 01 - Welcome to the Fascism Forever Club

Wherein we discuss legal forms and the leftist imagination, Tom Perez's weird facial hair, David French for some reason, Trump's Muslim Ban, and the 9th Circuit's response to said ban. Here are the sources we discussed:
https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/24/the-left-cant-litigate-trump-into-submission
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2017/02/06/17-35105%20Reply%20In%20Support%20of%20Emergency%20Motion%20for%20Stay.pdf
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf

Supreme Leap Forward offers a bad leftist analysis of the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and law in general.

Episode 02 - Facially neutral, morally repugnant

Episode 02 - Facially Neutral, Morally Repugnant

Wherein we discuss our grim future under Trump's second term, the updated executive order on the Muslim ban (in effect 3/16), Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm, Title IX, the Equal Protection Clause, the intellectual dishonesty of conservatism, transphobia, as well as recurrent discriminatory legislation and all your favorite bathroom warriors.

Episode 03 - Fearless Bathroom Warriors

Wherein the two lawyers are on their own for this episode, discussing Kurt Eichenwald and his medical inability to sit through a very specific episode of Pokemon and whether you can be charged criminally for sending that episode to him, as well as Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, more on Gorsuch's legal philosophy, and a bit on Marxist legal naturalism.

Prof. Taiwo's book: https://www.amazon.com/Legal-Naturalism-Marxist-Theory-Law/dp/0801428513/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490986026&sr=8-4&keywords=olufemi+taiwo

Kelleher's surprising good Vox explainer on Gorsuch and Natural Law: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/3/20/14976926/gorsuch-natural-law-supreme-court-hearings

Episode 04 - Neil Gorsuch and the Unstoppable Killing Power of Porygon

Wherein we discuss Syria, Gorsuch's confirmation and the death of the Supreme Court filibuster, Benadryl, Hively v. Ivy Tech, Title VII, Judge Richard Posner, and more on Originalism. Apologies for any audio weirdness — we had some dumb tech issues at the outset that we scrambled to remedy.

Episode 05 - Hively v Ivy Tech and The Ghost of Antonin Scalia

Wherein we discuss the hazards of flying United and American, Alex Jones and the tyranny of family court, our new favorite lawsuit, and the link between Deray's Doritos and blue lives matter.

Episode 06 - Suing Deray

Wherein we are accompanied by CUNY law student and immigrant rights activist My Le to discuss sanctuary cities, the particulars of immigration law and deportation actions under Trump, the DREAM Act, DACA, this Admin's complete inability to draft a constitutional executive order, the utter incompetence of our enemies, and Kevin's ongoing recording issues

Episode 07 - Immigration and Sanctuary Cities (ft. My Le)

Wherein we are joined by Jesús Joslin to discuss his article (linked below) on Shelby County and the Voting Rights Act, impeaching Trump, treason, Texas SB5 and voter ID laws, the recent Supreme Court decision in Cooper v. Harris on racial/partisan gerrymandering, and the ways Clarence Thomas can still surprise you.

"Navigating the Post-Shelby Landscape" by Jesús Joslin —
 http://bit.ly/2qlg6WQ

Episode 08 - Voting For Treason (ft. Jesús Joslin)

Wherein we are joined by professor Alexander Reid Ross from Portland State University and author of "Against the Fascist Creep", to discuss the murders and protests in Portland, OR, free speech jurisprudence, Eugene Debs, and Samuel Farber's article "A Socialist Approach to Free Speech" for Jacobin. 

Against the Fascist Creep: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-fascist-creep.html
A Socialist Approach to Free Speech: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/
How Charlie Became Le Pen: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/how-charlie-became-le-pen/

Episode 09 - No Quarter For Fascists (ft. Alexander Reid Ross)

Wherein we are joined by Emma Caterine, 2L at CUNY School of Law, to discuss bankruptcy and gender discrimination in her article "A Fresh Start for a Women's Economy," as well as Kurt Eichenwald's hentai collection, and more on the experience of navigating law school while Marxist.

https://twitter.com/EmmaCaterine
https://habeasquaestus.com/2016/04/30/for-trans-women-considering-law-school/
https://emmacaterine.com

Episode 10 - Bankruptcy and a Women's Economy (ft. Emma Caterine)

Wherein Steven joins the DSA for a talk on sanctuary cities, immigration law, and movement lawyering. We have a brief episode this week, which gives you extra time to check out our new and rather bare-bones Patreon. We're still working out how best to utilize the thing, but we wanted to give folks an opportunity to contribute as their conscience dictates. https://www.patreon.com/supremeleapforward

Episode 11 - An Afternoon with the DSA (minisode)

Wherein we are joined by our good friend @VoxProletarii, a scholar on feudal jurisprudence, to discuss the origins of law in feudalism, Marx's concept of base and superstructure, the codification of law, the vacuousness of originalism, medieval crime and punishment, and I think we even mentioned Game of Thrones at some point.

Chris: https://twitter.com/VoxProletarii
"The Two Souls of Feudalism": http://bit.ly/2tAb4GT
Michael Tigar's "Original Understanding and the Constitution": http://bit.ly/2u49twF
"Law and the Rise of Capitalism": http://amzn.to/2vwnW2d

Episode 12 - Game Of Owns and Feudal Law (ft. @VoxProletarii)

Wherein we are joined by Joe Dunman, formerly the attorney for the Kentucky plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case. We discussed the constitutionality of the Irsael Anti-Boycott Act, BDS, the Heightened Scrutiny podcast episode on Marsh v Chambers, representations of the devil in jurisprudence, funeral doom music, Joe's experience on the Obergefell case, and the Trump's statement that transgender persons will be banned from serving in the military.

Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeDunman
Heightened Scrutiny Podcast: https://scrutinypod.com/
Joe's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scrutinypod
Blind Imitation—The Revolting Persistence of Bowers v. Hardwick: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2845905

Episode 13 - Obergefell and an Unrelated Search for Satan (ft. Joe Dunman)

Wherein we are joined by attorneys Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon to discuss Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio and the legal questions concerning the limitations of said power, the possibilities of litigation arising from disputes within private organizations related to Danny Fetonte and the Democratic Socialists of America NPC. Special shoutout to @OfficerComrade on Twitter.

Sam Natale: https://twitter.com/PubicDefender
Ramsin Canon: https://twitter.com/ramsincanon
"Do the Process" http://bit.ly/2iCqWIT
"The Tyranny of Structurelessness" http://struggle.ws/pdfs/tyranny.pdf

Episode 14 - Da DSA Cop (ft. Sam Natale & Ramsin Canon)

Wherein we are joined by John Friend, class action and civil rights attorney in Lousiville, KY to discuss updates to the Texas redistricting case and the Muslim travel ban order pending before the Supreme Court. We also look back at the career of the retiring Judge Posner out of the 7th Circuit and dive into a few of his cases and his project advocating for pro se plaintiffs and defendants in his post-judicial life.

John Friend: https://twitter.com/K_NoiseWaterMD
TX Redistricting Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr3_4g15.pdf
Travel Ban Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091217zr_h3ci.pdf
Baskin v Bogan: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/baskin-v-bogan-7th-circuit-decision
Fuller v Lynch: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15310008229826581922&q=Fuller+v.+Lynch,+833+F.3d+866&hl=en&as_sdt=6,44
Davis v Maroney: http://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/16-2471/16-2471-2017-05-22.pdf?ts=1495488652

Episode 15 - Judge Posner and Sympathy for the Pro Se (ft. John Friend)

Wherein we are joined by Rachel Castignoli for our first episode of season 2 to discuss student rights and first amendment protections for political speech and expression, particularly as it relates to the planned school walkouts organized in effort to protest the complete inaction of lawmakers to pass meaningful gun control legislation. We also explain the administrative process for requesting and representing a student in a school disciplinary hearing.

Rachel Castignoli: https://twitter.com/rofold
DSA Legal Working Group: https://twitter.com/DSA_law
ACLU's March 1st training signup sheet: http://bit.ly/2FaTof3
Goss v. Lopez: http://bit.ly/2BSy0c5
Tinker v. Des Moines: http://bit.ly/2F5u6ie
Bethel v. Fraser: http://bit.ly/2EXpS94
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: http://bit.ly/2HNXGax
Morse v. Frederick: http://bit.ly/2CoUXoA
Doninger v. Niehoff: http://bit.ly/2F9EIg3

Episode 16 - Student Rights in a Walkout (ft. Rachel Castignoli)

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