Weird Islands
Publication Date
7-2-2026
Streaming Media
Abstract
It's the last opinion day of the term, and the big one landed: Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case. We read the majority as the rare easy case and spend most of the episode on why the four dissents each end up somewhere different — and trying to figure out exactly where they actually land. Along the way: a bogus Nina Totenberg story, a Landor GVR that might quietly unsettle a chunk of Spending Clause criminal law, and whether the professors who defended the order deserve the "legal scholarship police."
Series Number
6
Episode Number
23
Recommended Citation
Baude, William and Epps, Dan, "Weird Islands" (2026). Divided Argument. 133.
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/divided_argument/133
