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Welcome to Digging a Hole, where Sam Moyn and David Schleicher interview legal scholars and dig into the debates heard inside law school halls.

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Episode 68: Allison Powers Useche
Episode 68: Allison Powers Useche

Allison Powers Useche gives us the down low on historical arbitration!

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Episode 67: Karen Tani
Episode 67: Karen Tani

Karen Tani walks us through the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court foreword!

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Episode 66: Dan Rodriguez
Episode 66: Dan Rodriguez

Dan Rodriguez breaks down the police power of state governments!

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Episode 65: 2024 Election with Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Episode 65: 2024 Election with Benjamin Wallace-Wells

We break down the results of the 2024 election with Benjamin Wallace-Wells!

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Episode 64: Brian Highsmith
Episode 64: Brian Highsmith

Brian Highsmith delivers on the company town from Pullman to Disney!

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Episode 63: Melissa Schwartzberg
Episode 63: Melissa Schwartzberg

Melissa Schwartzberg gives us the lowdown on democratic dealmaking!

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Episode 62: Jack Balkin
Episode 62: Jack Balkin

Jack Balkin talks to us about history and constitutional interpretation!

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Episode 61: Dylan Penningroth
Episode 61: Dylan Penningroth

Dylan Penningroth talks to us about the hidden history of civil rights!

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Episode 60: Mehrsa Baradaran
Episode 60: Mehrsa Baradaran

Mehrsa Baradaran talks about the looting and corruption that is neoliberalism!

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Episode 59: Kunal Parker
Episode 59: Kunal Parker

Kunal Parker discusses the evolution of legal, political, and economic thought in the twentieth century!

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David Schleicher is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and is an expert in election law, land use, local government law, federalism, state and local finance, municipal bankruptcy, and urban development. 

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Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University.