How to Read a SCOTUS Opinion Ep. 93

by | Sep 5, 2018

In this episode, I welcome any new listeners and go back to basics by teaching everyone how I read SCOTUS opinions. For demonstration purposes, I use Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005), a case that I’ve worked with in several episodes of the podcast.

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Show Notes:

Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005)

How to Read a US Supreme Court Opinion (American Bar Association)

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Patrick Macfarlane

Patrick Macfarlane

Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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