On this week’s episode of the Touro Law Review Podcast, Professor Thane Rosenbaum talks with Associate Dean Rodger D. Citron about several recent Supreme Court decisions.
The conversation begins with Professor Rosenbaum’s views on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In Dobbs, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade and held that the regulation of abortion is a matter for states to address. Among other things, as Rosenbaum notes, Dobbs illustrates the challenge for Chief Justice John Roberts of maintaining the Court’s institutional legitimacy. The conversation then turns to New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc., Inc. v. Bruen, in which the Court ruled in favor of the petitioners challenging a New York law requiring an individual to show “a special need for self-protection” in order to obtain a license to carry a handgun for that purpose. Bruen, as Rosenbaum explains, illustrates the current Court’s commitment to originalism. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the “Independent State Legislature” case, Moore v. Harper, that will be argued before the Supreme Court in the 2022-23 term.
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Our guest today is Professor Thane Rosenbaum.
Professor Thane Rosenbaum
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. He is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, and serves as the legal analyst for CBS News Radio. His writings have appeared in major media outlets and he is a frequent guest on cable news programs. He writes a twice-monthly essay for the Jewish Journal, and hosts The Talk Show at the 92nd Street Y. His most recent book is entitled, Saving Free Speech … from Itself.