Dissed – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

Dissed

Pacific Legal Foundation

Government

History

News

Frequency: 1 episode/26d. Total Eps: 42

Supreme Court dissents have it all: brilliant writing, surprising reasoning, shade, puns, and sometimes historic impact. Although they are necessarily written by the "losing" side, they’re still important: they can provide a roadmap for future challenges or persuade other justices. Sometimes they're just cathartic.

In Dissed, attorneys Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery dig deep into important dissents, both past and present, and reveal the stories behind them.

Twitter: @EHSlattery @Anastasia_Esq @PacificLegal

Email us at Dissed@pacificlegal.org

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Site

RSS

Apple

Data updated on 04/07/2026

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇺🇸 USA - Government
10/07/2026
#78
🇺🇸 USA - Government
09/07/2026
#63
🇺🇸 USA - Government
10/06/2026
#82
🇺🇸 USA - Government
08/06/2026
#84
🇺🇸 USA - Government
02/06/2026
#89
🇺🇸 USA - Government
01/06/2026
#78
🇺🇸 USA - Government
31/05/2026
#60
🇺🇸 USA - Government
30/05/2026
#61
🇨🇦 Canada - Government
14/07/2025
#95
🇨🇦 Canada - Government
13/07/2025
#75

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://pacificlegal.org/emergency-powers/
2 shares
https://mightyheaton.com/dissed
2 shares
http://www.johnollernyc.com/author
2 shares

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxJR4-JNuI
4 shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdRwBNkbLXs
2 shares
https://www.youtube.com/user/pianowithjonny

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 64%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

Lady Justice Isn’t Blind

Season 5 · Episode 8

Wednesday, July 19, 2023 • Duration 46:27

Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold, signifying that judges are neutral arbiters of the law. Unfortunately, thanks for a judicial doctrine known as Chevron deference, the Supreme Court has required judges to peek from behind that metaphorical blindfold and put a thumb on the scale for the most powerful litigant in our nation: the federal government. In a case called Brand X, the Court took Chevron deference to its logical conclusion, allowing agencies to overrule judicial decisions. One dissenter wrote that this was not only bizarre, but it was probably unconstitutional. That view has been picking up steam in the past decade. Next term, the Court will hear a case asking it to overturn Chevron deference.

Thanks for our guests Aditya Bamzai and Jeff Wall.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

A Ripsnorting Dissent

Season 5 · Episode 7

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 • Duration 40:12

The government’s deprivation of life, liberty, or property is legitimate only if preceded by certain procedural protections—better known as due process of law. This includes reasonable notice of the rules so citizens can know and follow them. But a 1947 Supreme Court decision gave the burgeoning administrative state the ability to create new rules with retroactive application, through a process known as adjudication. A dissent by Justice Robert Jackson—who was no enemy of the administrative state—lambasted the Court for failing to scrutinize this action.

Thanks to our guests John Barrett and Joe Postell.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

The Buck Stops with the President

Season 5 · Episode 6

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 • Duration 38:00

The federal government is brimming with hundreds of agencies and millions of employees, many of whom enjoy some independence from political accountability. But the President is supposed to be responsible for everything that happens in his branch of the government. With the creation of more and more “independent” agencies, the lines of accountability have become blurred. In a series of cases, however, the Supreme Court has required clear lines of accountability so that the buck stops with the President.

Thanks to our guests Tommy Berry and Chris Walker.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Delegation Running Riot at SCOTUS

Season 5 · Episode 5

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 • Duration 38:44

A central feature of our Constitution’s separation of powers is that Congress is charged with making the law, and it can’t give away this power to the other branches of government. Known as the nondelegation doctrine, this core protection of our liberty has only been halfheartedly enforced by the courts for much of the past century. In 1935, however, nondelegation enjoyed “one good year” when the Supreme Court held that Congress unconstitutionally gave away its lawmaking power. But a dissent quickly became the new majority and the nondelegation doctrine mostly vanished. In recent years, several justices have expressed an interest in reviving that old doctrine. Will the nondelegation doctrine enjoy another good year?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

The Supreme Court and Indian Children

Season 5 · Episode 4

Wednesday, January 4, 2023 • Duration 40:04

In 1978, amid a sordid history of Native American children being taken from their families and placed in custody of non-Indians, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. Though passed with good intentions, critics say ICWA actually offers Indian children less protection than non-Indian children solely because of their ancestry. This term, the Supreme Court will decide Brackeen v. Haaland, which challenges the constitutionality of ICWA. But a case nearly a decade ago foreshadowed the constitutional arguments that are now before the court.

Thanks to our guests Timothy Sandefur and Oliver Dunford.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Korematsu and the Court of History

Season 5 · Episode 3

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 • Duration 38:22

In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans. It’s the first time the court applied strict scrutiny to racial discrimination by government. Over the protests of three justices, the Court held in Korematsu v. United States that the Roosevelt Administration met that exacting standard. One of the dissenters lamented, “Racial discrimination … has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life.” Nearly 75 years later, the court would explain that ruling “was gravely wrong the day it was decided” and “has been overruled in the court of history.” What is Korematsu’s legacy and how is it casting an influence on the court today?

Thanks to our guests John Q. Barrett and John Yoo.

To learn more, check out KOREMATSU VERSUS US, a documentary short produced by the Federalist Society that explores the facts, conviction, and following cases surrounding Fred Korematsu and the other 120,000 "relocated" immigrants and citizens during World War II at https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/korematsu-versus-us

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

BONUS: Supreme Court Justice – DENIED!

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 • Duration 16:21

In this bonus episode, the ladies tell the sad tale of John Rutledge, the first Supreme Court nominee rejected by the Senate. It’s a cautionary tale that demonstrates why justices should hold their fire for their dissents rather than political speeches.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Total Swine

Season 5 · Episode 2

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 • Duration 34:36

Dairy and apples and whiskey and wine. Many of our favorite things have turned in up cases involving the Commerce Clause at the Supreme Court. This term, the Court will consider whether a California law regulating the sale of pork violates that Clause. Some think the Court will strike California's pork ban down. Others wonder, based on recent dissents, whether the justices will use this opportunity to get rid of the "dormant Commerce Clause" doctrine altogether. Join the ladies as they take a romp from the 1780s to present day in search of the "dormant Commerce Clause," a phrase frequently invoked but not actually found anywhere in the Constitution.

Thanks to our guests Barry Friedman, Carter Phillips, and Adi Dynar, and to Jenni Etimos for her rendition of "Free Market Favorite Things."

Check out the full version of Gyu-Ho Lee's rock cover of "My Favorite Things": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdRwBNkbLXs

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

BONUS: Who is Clarence Thomas?

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 • Duration 21:33

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is well known for his heterodox legal views and willingness to stick to his principles. What’s less known is his incredible story. Born dirt poor in the segregated south, Thomas’s work ethic and intellect led him to Yale Law School, then to becoming Chairman of EEOC, then to nomination as federal appellate judge, and finally to confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice. According to Mark Paoletta, co-editor of a recently released book about the justice, Thomas’s life “is more stunning and amazing than just about anybody in public life as we know it.”

In this mini-episode, the ladies interview Mark, who tells the not often told tale of this often talked about Supreme Court justice.

Special thanks to Mark, whose book “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in his own words” (based on the documentary of the same name) was released this year.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Water, Water Everywhere

Season 5 · Episode 1

Friday, September 30, 2022 • Duration 40:41

What are “navigable waters of the United States”? It’s a question agency bureaucrats and property owners have battled over since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. A Supreme Court ruling in 2006 that could have cleared it up is … about as clear as mud. This term, in Sackett v. EPA, the Court may finally provide the answer.

Thanks to our guests Jonathan Adler and Damien Schiff.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read moreCollapse

Dissed – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Dissed – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other6

Youtube4

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other6

Youtube4

Amazon1