The Biden Administration is poised to forgive a lot of loans but forget a few legal constraints. Richard Epstein and Adam White parse the legal issues, including the issue of whether federal courts would (or should) have jurisdiction to hear a case at all.

The latest controversies surrounding the former president and the current justice department.

Have the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings outlived their usefulness?

The Supreme Court’s recent decisions in the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandate cases and the Roberts Court and the administrative state.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Texas abortion statute becomes a debate about “standing” and other jurisdictional doctrines.

Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the lawsuit challenging OSHA’s vaccine mandate, and the Fifth Circuit’s initial order against the administration.

The justices are back from their vacations, and so are Richard and Adam.

Richard and Adam close the book on the Trump years — except for the whole post-presidential impeachment thing. And Richard elaborates his case for regulating Twitter as a “common carrier.”

A day after rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt Congress’s certification of Joe Biden’s election, Richard and Adam reflect on yesterday’s tragic effects, and the path forward.

Richard and Adam analyze several of those picks, with an eye to what this means for foreign policy, climate regulation, and other specifics, and a broader view of what to expect from the administrative state overall.

The Supreme Court's Thanksgiving-eve order blocking Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 rules against religious gatherings

Adam and Richard look to the weeks ahead, and to what the longer-term future might hold for the Republican and Democratic Parties.

In their last pre-election episode, Richard and Adam discuss Judge Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearings; the Supreme Court’s next Obamacare case; and social media companies’ power over information itself.

Days after the sad news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Richard Epstein offers some reflections upon the late justice.

Proposals to give the Federal Reserve even broader powers; problems in the run-up to the presidential election; problems that might happen after votes are cast; and President Trump's call to defund "anarchic" cities.

From TikTok, to Law & Order, to Covid-19.

Adam and Richard discuss Supreme Court rulings.

Michael Flynn, Justin Amash, and Clarence Thomas

The coronavirus outbreak, and the costs and benefits of the government’s response.

Assessing the policy responses to COVID-19.

Government powers in emergencies and the Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments in Seila Law v. CFPB.

Recorded during the Senate impeachment trial, Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the House managers’ case, the White House’s response, and the seemingly short path forward to acquittal.

In 2019’s last episode of “Reasonable Disagreements,” Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the seemingly inevitable House vote in favor of impeachment. They debate the House’s investigation (and the investigations that preceded it), and they look ahead to a Senate impeachment trial. How will the Senate deal with factual issues? What role will Chief Justice Roberts play in the middle of it all. You can rate, review, subscribe, and download the podcast on the following...

Reacting to Senator Whitehouse’s brief questioning of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, Hoover Institution’s Richard Epstein and George Mason University’s Adam White discuss “judicial legitimacy” and proposals to restructure the Court. Richard also tells the story behind his 1984 debate with then-Judge Antonin Scalia.  You can rate, review, subscribe, and download the podcast on the following platforms:Podbean | Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Overcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS