The Bond Like No Other

Episode 6: "It's Trump's Bond Like No Other; plus the rise of campus antisemitism, the unanimous (yet not so unanimous) Supreme decision: the metadata trail tells all"

In this episode:

1. Intro Monologue: We start the episode with a brief introduction from Host Charlton Allen, setting the stage for the discussions to follow. We acknowledge the unfolding political landscape following Super Tuesday and the suspension of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign.

2. Zack Smith Interview: We then move into an insightful conversation with Zack Smith, a Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. We delve into the recent appellate bond imposed on President Donald Trump in the civil litigation pursued by the New York Attorney General against the Trump Organization for alleged fraud.

3. Trump v. Anderson: We discuss the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Trump v. Anderson, a case that has stirred up quite a bit of conversation around ballot disqualification in Colorado. An interesting aspect of this case is the metadata trail in the court’s opinion. The metadata suggests that what was presented as a unanimous decision might have originally been a partial dissent by Justice Sotomayor. This adds an intriguing layer to our understanding of the court’s decision-making process.

4. Samantha Crane Interview: We shift gears to a thought-provoking interview with Samantha Crane, the Vice President of the Federalist Society at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Samantha shares her insights on the recent litigation at the University of California at Berkeley brought by the Brandeis Center alleging antisemitism, as well as her personal experiences with antisemitism at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

5. Epilogue: Host Charlton Allen shares his thoughts on the rise of antisemitism, along with recent developments regarding the University of Florida’s decision to eliminate DEI positions.

Stay tuned for these discussions and more on the Modern Federalist. Let’s roll!