What do Institute for Justice attorneys think about the law? Listen into their roundtable conversations where they give their unrehearsed and “unpublished” opinions on matters beyond the federal courts of appeals. From the latest Supreme Court cases to legal history to trial tactics, IJ attorneys have much to share and (politely, but spiritedly) disagree with each other about.
Unpublished Opinions
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What do Institute for Justice attorneys think about the law? Listen into their roundtable conversations where they give their unrehearsed and “unpublished” opinions on matters beyond the federal courts of appeals. From the latest Supreme Court cases to legal history to trial tactics, IJ attorneys have much to share and (politely, but spiritedly) disagree with each other about.
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June 23, 2026
Unpublished Opinions 25 | Pulling Up the Ladder
<p>With guest host Patrick Jaicomo, he and IJ’s Anya Bidwell and Diana Simpson conspire on how best to keep the competition out of their guild. Or, rather, they contemplate how their guild—the legal profession—unfairly keeps the competition out and what recent changes to accreditation policies in Texas and Florida tell us about the value of the bar exam, law school, the American Bar Association, and other related institutions. Then the crew turn to the value of liberalism in these heady days.</p> <p><a href="https://insightintoacademia.com/texas-aba-accreditation/">Story on Texas dropping the ABA</a></p> <p><a href="https://lawreview.law.miami.edu/florida-supreme-court-abandons-requirement-of-aba-accredited-j-d-for-its-bar-membership/">Story on Florida dropping the ABA</a></p>
April 30, 2026
Unpublished Opinions 24 | What If It’s Not Peyote?
John Wrench is joined by Sam Gedge and Kirby West for a session of hot takes, hard questions, and changed minds. The trio challenge received wisdom about notorious doctrines and cases, debate how much of public interest litigation is about permanent resolution versus holding the line, and provide positions they've revised over the course of their careers. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Docket in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Employment Division v. Smith
March 24, 2026
Unpublished Opinions 23 | The Afroman Effect
John Wrench is joined by Diana Simpson and Patrick Jaicomo for an episode that crosses between profound and provocative. The trio reacts to the Supreme Court's late-breaking decision in Olivier v. City of Brandon, weighing in on what it says and doesn't say about the Heck bar. Then the conversation takes a turn toward Adams County, Ohio, where Afroman (yes, that Afroman) has just won a defamation case brought by the sheriff's deputies who raided his house, instilling the trio with a deep sense of civic pride. Finally, the group swings over to Judge VanDyke's dissental in Olympic Spa v. Armstrong, the one everyone is talking about—and not because of the legal issues. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver v. City of Brandon<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Lemon Pound Cake<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Olympic Spa v. Armstrong (en banc denial)
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