SHOW NOTES: In this episode of The Blessings of Liberty, leading Supreme Court commentators Sarah Isgur and Melissa Murray join to discuss the most important cases and overarching themes of the recently concluded term. Jeffrey Rosen moderates.

Participants

Sarah Isgur is the host of Advisory Opinions and the editor of SCOTUSblog. She has worked in every branch of the federal government and on 3 presidential campaigns. She’s also an ABC News contributor and the author of Last Branch Standing, a deep dive into the inner workings of the Supreme Court.

Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU. Her award-winning public law scholarship considers constitutional law, family law, and reproductive rights and justice. Murray has written extensively about the Supreme Court, the legal recognition of marriage and its alternatives, abortion, and the legal regulation of sex and sexuality.

Jeffrey Rosen is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and CEO Emeritus of the National Constitution Center. He is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.

Additional Resources

• Trump v. Barbara (2026)
• Trump v. Slaughter (2026)
• Trump v. Cook (2026)
• Sarah Isgur, Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court (4/14/2026)
• Melissa Murray, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader (5/5/2026)
• Advisory Opinions

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