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Our hosts start today’s episode by diving into the Supreme Court’s 6-2 opinion in Google v. Oracle, a multibillion dollar copyright case involving whether Google unlawfully used Oracle’s programming code when the tech titan created its Android operating system. Also on today’s podcast, Sarah and David chat about Justice Stephen Breyer’s Scalia Lecture, misdemeanor prosecutions, a new study on religious liberty’s winning streak on the Roberts Court, and a Native American adoption law case.
Show Notes:
-Justice Breyer’s Scalia lecture.
-Misdemeanor prosecution explainer by Alex Tabarrok and “16 theories for why crime plummeted in the US” by Dara Lind and German Lopez in Vox.
-“An Extraordinary Winning Streak for Religion at the Supreme Court” by Adam Liptak in the New York Times and “The Roberts Court and the Transformation of Constitutional Protections for Religion: A Statistical Portrait” by Lee Epstein and Eric A. Posner in the Supreme Court Review.
-Native American adoption law case.
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You guys have to change the music back. You can’t get me all fired up about Justice Breyer out there doing the lord’s work, and then end it with a song recorded during a recent walk through a Massage Envy.
So Sarah, since you are amazed that some folks think there is any argument about a higher availability of legal guns having an impact on crime, which side are you so sure that it leans toward? More guns = more crime? I have studied this a moderate amount and am not convinced on either side and have seen data going both ways and would call it anything but clear. And then you were stymied by the study David quoted saying there was no impact. But it left me still not knowing which side was so glaringly obvious to you.
I am always disturbed by the "the science is settled" of which I would say this is another version. It's typically used to try and quell your adversary and almost NEVER used in a situation where the science is actually settled (in which case it doesn't need to be said because everyone already knows it).