SCOTUS 101: Judge Kyle Duncan Talks About Stanford

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SCOTUS 101: Judge Kyle Duncan Talks About Stanford

Mar 24, 2023 1 min read

Commentary By

Zack Smith @tzsmith

Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal Studies

GianCarlo Canaparo @GCCanaparo

Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center

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In this episode your hosts discuss the amusing oral arguments in the Jack Daniels parody case and unpack the one opinion of the week. Judge Kyle Duncan also joins the show to talk about the recent free-speech debacle at Stanford Law School. He explains what happened, reflects on its implications for the legal profession, on the proper purpose of law school, and offers some thoughts about how we might cultivate a more civil environment.Trivia this week focuses on fundamental principles free-speech law.

Here is Judge Duncan's article in the Wall Street Journal.

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