Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
David Lat takes over the host’s chair and is joined by Zachary Shemtob, executive editor of SCOTUSblog, and Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, to discuss Justice Samuel Alito’s retirement plans (not yet), President Donald Trump’s new executive order targeting birthright citizenship, and hot cases in the upcoming October term.
The Agenda:
–Sarah Isgur’s rebuttal
–Justice Alito’s back! (He never left)
–Ending birth tourism
–Overcooking the Federal Reserve firing
–Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder
–Previewing SCOTUS’s October term
–Ballroom blitz
–No drag hamburgers for these kids!
Show Notes:
thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/scotuss-october-preview
David Lat takes over the host’s chair and is joined by Zachary Shemtob, executive editor of SCOTUSblog, and Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, to discuss Justice Samuel Alito’s retirement plans (not yet), President Donald Trump’s new executive order targeting birthright citizenship, and hot cases in the upcoming October term.
The Agenda:
–Sarah Isgur’s rebuttal
–Justice Alito’s back! (He never left)
–Ending birth tourism
–Overcooking the Federal Reserve firing
–Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder
–Previewing SCOTUS’s October term
–Ballroom blitz
–No drag hamburgers for these kids!
Show Notes:
thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/scotuss-october-preview
