“Everybody Agrees: This is a Rule of Law Imperative”

Checks & Balances is a podcast of the Society for the Rule of Law Institute.

William Baude, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Constitutional Law Institute at the University of Chicago Law School, joins Gregg Nunziata, the Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law Institute, for a conversation about the postal service executive order, the White House ballroom, and cases to watch in the upcoming Supreme Court term. They also delve into Professor Baude’s research interests, including the development of uniform time, and how Professor Baude’s popular legal podcast Divided Argument came to be.

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Note: This episode was recorded on September 3, 2026.

Resources:

* Professor Baude’s podcast Divided Argument.

* Professor Baude’s articles on the 14th Amendment.

* Professor Baude’s lecture on William Winslow Crosskey, the “forgotten originalist.”

* The Society for the Rule of Law’s amicus briefs in the postal service case.