Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Eighth Amendment in light of a prisoner’s <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/court-turns-down-anthony-boyd-request-to-die-by-firing-squad/">request</a> to die by firing squad.
But first, join us for a livestream analysis of Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the case that asks whether the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1702">International Emergency Economic Powers Act</a> authorizes the president to impose tariffs. (Click on SCOTUSblog's <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/oral-argument-live-blog-for-wednesday-november-5/">oral arguments</a> page for updates.)
The Agenda:—<a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/27/portland-awaits-court-decision-deployment/">National Guard in Portland</a>—<a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/22/judge-oldham-wants-to-restore-a-judiciary-without-horizontal-stare-decisis/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">Eliminating horizontal stare decisis</a>—A defense of the spoils system—Who should argue in the tariffs case?—Did we get immigration wrong for the entire Biden administration?
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