# William Baude
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William Patrick Baude is an American legal scholar who is currently a professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and the director of its Constitutional Law Institute. He is a leading scholar of constitutional law and originalism.
== Life and career ==
Baude graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. with honors in 2004, majoring in economics.
Judge v. (Unethical) Lawyer
Sarah Isgur and David French react to Donald Trump’s latest legal battles and talk to friend of the pod Judge Amul Thapar about his new wellness Substack.
\The Agenda:
—Birthright citizenship oral argument
—Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act blocked
—The FAFO bucket
—Criminal contempt proceedings aga…
The Rise of the Nationwide Injunction and What It Means for the Courts
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, ALI President David Levi moderates a timely and incisive discussion on nationwide (or universal) injunctions—court orders that extend relief beyond the parties in a case, often halting federal policy nationwide. Featuring legal scholars William Baude and Samu…
Philosopher Agnes Callard Has Some Questions About Questions
Our goal at Chicago Humanities Tapes is to help you get closer to the answers to life's biggest questions with the brightest minds the world offers. And we'll get those answers eventually according to philosopher Agnes Callard, though it might take another 10,000 years of humanity. So, how do we li…
You’re Wrong About Originalism
Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by William Baude, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the scandalizing origins of originalism. But first, a recap of SCOTUS cases.
The Agenda:—Narrowing the Fourth Amendment— Where is Kilmar Abrego Garcia?—AARP v. Trump is an unfo…
SCOTUS Sides with Trump
Divided Argument hosts Daniel Epps and William Baude join Sarah Isgur to unpack the Supreme Court’s decision (ahem, non-decision) on birthright citizenship. Plus: a little showdown between two justices.
The Agenda:—What the Supreme Court did NOT decide—What the Court DID decide—Similarities to Mar…
Why Won’t Courts Question Qualified Immunity?
Courts are loathe to take cases that might alter or weaken qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that protects police from some of the consequences of serious misconduct. Why? William Baude of the University of Chicago Law School comments.
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Always Already
The big opinions are coming fast and furious as the Term ends. This episode, we take on two related cases from the penultimate opinion drop day: Trump v. Slaughter, which overrules Humphrey's Executor and clears away for-cause protection for the independent agencies, alongside its interim-docket co…
Smart Microwave
After a quick check on the Nina Totenberg embargo kerfuffle and one more revelation from Justice Thomas's memoir, we devote the episode to Chatrie v. United States, the Court's first major Fourth Amendment decision in years. We trace how the geofence-warrant ruling builds on — and goes beyond — Kat…
The Based Direction
We're back from vacation and chipping away at the summer backlog. Before the substance: listeners weigh in on our AI-generated cover art, Claude's new prediction scorecard grades our respective forecasting records, and Justices Kagan and Barrett take the Court's budget request — and some docket-ter…
Google Launches Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash With 15-Second AI Video Generation And 30% Lower Pricing - Pulse 2.0 — 2026-11-08
## Short Segments
Google's latest AI tool, the Elephant-Goldfish Model plugin, is transforming how developers approach coding by enforcing a spec-first methodology. Today, we'll explore how this plugin is reshaping AI-driven software development, a rogue AI incident that wiped out a professor's sy…
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