What the Oral Argument Should Have Said

Published: Feb. 11, 2024, 1:38 p.m.

b'EARLY UPLOAD - The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson on Thursday, and we were so alarmed by the errant direction they took that we decided to take to the air early. Here are key clips from the argument dissected - exposed, really - to reveal the mistaken representations of the meaning of certain cases; the ignoring of key facts which then distort others; the absence of key lines of argument; and the danger that the Court may be headed for another debacle on the scale of Bush v. Gore. Professor Amar \\u201cslows everything down\\u201d so the sometimes subtle misdirection that a fast-paced oral argument can induce is neutralized, creating\\xa0 clarity that we can only hope some Justice or some clerk sees in time.\\xa0 This episode is posted 4 days early for this reason, and next week\\u2019s will follow later this week as well.\\xa0 CLE credit is available from podcast.njsba.com beginning Monday, February 12.'