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Rightly Decided is a legal podcast from the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for the American Future, whose attorneys defend the Constitution through legal opposition to government overreach.
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Geofencing, Flappy Bird, and the 4th Amendment (opens the original)
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Can the government use a geofence warrant to track every cell phone near a crime scene without violating the Fourth Amendment? Welcome back to Rightly Decided, the mostly originalist takes of the litigators of the Texas Public Policy Foundation! In our season finale, Laura Beth Latimer, Chance Weldon, Nathan Seltzer, and Clayton Calvin break down the Supreme Court's major digital privacy ruling in Chatrie v. United States. The crew dives into a 2019 armed bank robbery where police used Google lo
Pirates, Cessnas, & Civil Asset Forfeiture feat. Dr. Derek Cohen (opens the original)
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Did you know that modern civil asset forfeiture laws originated from the seizure of 18th-century pirate ships? Welcome back to Rightly Decided, the mostly originalist takes of the litigators of the Texas Public Policy Foundation! This week, Laura Beth Latimer and Chance Weldon break their usual rule against discussing policy to welcome a special guest: Dr. Derek Cohen, TPPF's Chief Policy and Research Officer. If you want to know how Texas polices its judges, why the government can legally seize
When the Government Sells Your Stuff and Keeps the Change (opens the original)
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TPPF's Laura Beth Latimer, Nathan Seltzer, Clayton Calvin, and Chance Weldon get fired up over property rights and home equity theft. The team looks deep into the world of tax sales, breaking down how local governments have been seizing properties for minor tax debts and pocketing the excess equity. The discussion covers two major Supreme Court cases: the landmark 2023 case Tyler v. Hennepin County and the recent follow-up, Pung v. Isabella County . Along the way, they discuss originalism, the M
Election Day & Campaign Cash (opens the original)
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TPPF litigators Laura Beth Latimer, Chance Weldon, Nathan Seltzer, and Clayton Calvin are wrapping up some of the final Supreme Court drops of the session with an analysis of two major election cases. First, the team wades into a fascinating statutory interpretation battle in Watson v. Republican National Committee . What does the word "elect" actually mean, and does Election Day end when a ballot is postmarked or when it is received by the government? Then, the crew battles a labyrinth of feder
Culture Wars & The Spending Clause (opens the original)
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TPPF litigators Laura Beth Latimer, Clayton Calvin, Nathan Seltzer, and Chance Weldon play catch-up on the Supreme Court docket, tackling two major "culture war" cases. But don't worry, constitutional nerds—the team balances out the cultural heat with a massive, juicy deep dive into the Spending Clause (which, as Nathan helpfully reminds us, doesn't actually exist in the Constitution). The crew breaks down Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections , an unbelievable religious liberty case tha
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