Oral Argument 2.0

The Oral Argument Amicus

Oral Argument 2.0 serves as an Oral Argument Amicus: top legal academics, with the benefit of hindsight, provide alternate answers to a handful of questions that the justices posed during recent arguments. Oral Argument 2.0 in no way means to undermine the work of Supreme Court advocates; it aims, instead, to supplement and fortify answers to the most important and challenging queries and to offer additional perspectives. Indeed, our best responses sometimes come to mind after the opportunity to offer a rejoinder has passed—l'esprit d'escalier.

October 2019 Term

The Oral Argument 2.0 Amici offer answers to key questions in the following cases:

Allen v. Cooper
Copyright, Federal Courts, Michael Dorf
Altitude Express v. Zarda
Andrew Koppelman, Civil Rights, Employment Law
Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc. NEW
Eugene Volokh, First Amendment
Bostock v. Clayton County
Andrew Koppelman, Civil Rights, Employment Law
County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund
Anthony Eliseuson, Clean Water Act, Cristina Stella, Environmental Law
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
DACA, Immigration, Leah Litman
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Eduardo Peñalver, First Amendment, Nelson Tebbe, Religion
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC
Federal Courts, Grace Brosofsky
Hernandez v. Mesa
Bivens, Federal Courts, Ilya Somin
June Medical Services LLC v. Russo NEW
Abortion, Jareb Gleckel, Joanna Grossman

Kahler v. Kansas
Insanity, Jareb Gleckel, John Blume
Kansas v. Glover
Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Sherry Colb
Kelly v. United States
Bridgegate, Kate Shaw
McGirt v. Oklahoma NEW
Gerald Torres, Indian Law
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York
Firearms, Joseph Blocher, Mootness, Reva Siegel, Second Amendment
Our Lady of Guadalupe v. Morrisey-Berru (consolidated with St. James School v. Biel) NEW
Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Lawrence Sager, Ministerial Exception, Religion
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission NEW
Civil Rights, Employment Law, Joshua Sealy-Harrington
Torres v. Madrid
Criminal Procedure, Tracey Maclin
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP NEW
Constitutional Law, Executive Powers, Michael Gerhardt, Subpoena
Trump v. Vance NEW
Constitutional Law, Executive Powers, Michael Gerhardt, Subpoena
United States v. Sineneng-Smith
Burt Neuborne, First Amendment

Contributors

Joseph Blocher Professor, Duke Law

John Blume Professor, Cornell Law

Grace Brosofsky

Grace Brosofsky J.D., Cornell Law

Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky Dean, Berkeley Law

Sherry F. Colb Professor, Cornell Law

Michael C. Dorf

Michael C. Dorf Professor, Cornell Law

Anthony Eliseuson

Anthony Eliseuson Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Michael Gerhardt

Michael Gerhardt Professor, UNC Law

Jareb Gleckel 3L, Cornell Law

Joanna Grossman

Joanna Grossman Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law

David Kemp Professor, Berkeley Law

Andrew Koppelman

Andrew Koppelman Professor, Northwestern Law

Leah Litman Professor, Michigan Law

Tracey Maclin Professor, BU Law

Burt Neuborne Professor, NYU Law

Eduardo Peñalver

Eduardo Peñalver Dean, Cornell Law

Lawrence Sager Professor, University of Texas Law

Joshua Sealy-Harrington

Joshua Sealy-Harrington J.S.D. Candidate, Columbia Law

Kate Shaw Professor, Cardozo Law

Reva Siegel Professor, Yale Law

Ilya Somin Professor, Antonin Scalia Law

Cristina Stella

Cristina Stella Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Nelson Tebbe Professor, Cornell Law

Gerald Torres Professor, Yale F&ES

Eugene Volokh Professor, UCLA Law