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Fauci Pleads the Fifth | Interview: Elie Honig

8/6/2026 • 71 min

Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig to discuss Anthony Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment. Is it okay? Is it not okay? How does this relate to the pardon power? Then it’s on to a constitutional game show where each member of this three-person team picks two constitutional amendments they would magically ratify … Play episode

The Island of Rationality and the First Amendment
Receipts on the Senate Filibuster | Interview: Mike “Frags” Fragoso
Reviewing the Court’s Criminal Law | Interview: Rory Little and Orin Kerr
Alaska v. a Charter Plane and a Six-Pack of Beer
Defy the Gods
A Bucket Full of Trump Bait
Plenty of Culture War Stuff
SCOTUS Vibe Check
Complicating the Polarization Narrative
It’s the End of the Term
Supreme Court Weighs In on Unitary Executive Theory
Court Rules TPS Decisions Can’t Be Judicially Reviewed
Enforcing International Law in U.S. Courts
SCOTUS Rules on Illegal Drug Users Owning Firearms
The Trump Administration's Internal Arguments Over Habeas Corpus
Can Transgender People Serve in the Military?
Counting Down the Supreme Court Term
Getting Out of the Redistricting Business
President Trump’s Losing Streak
District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms
SCOTUS Through the Decades | Interview: Nina Totenberg
All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund
Let’s Sue the Government
SCOTUS Clears Way for Alabama to Use Congressional Map
The TED Talk Heard ‘Round the World
Congress Did Something!
Justice Alito Stays Ruling on Abortion Pill by Mail
Gutting the Voting Rights Act | Interview: Judge Roy K. Altman
Arguing In Front of SCOTUS | Interview: Lisa Blatt
Overturning Religious Precedent
The Chief Justice Didn’t Hate President Obama | Interview: Gov. Kevin Stitt
There Is No Historic Defeat for Civil Rights
Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh?
Trump’s ‘War Crimes’
You’re Fired, Pam Bondi
Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments
In Mourning for the DOJ | Interview: Chris Christie
Mail-In Ballot Deadlines Challenged in Court
You Can’t Preach Jesus Here | Interview: Judge Rebecca Taibleson
Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End?
Judge Gets Vulgar in Transgender Spa Case
Supreme Court Justices Spar Publicly
What Are the Liberties Not in the Constitution?
Can Marijuana Users Be Barred from Owning Guns?
Trump Bypasses Congress on Iran
The Immunity Episode
What’s Next After Friday’s Tariff Decision?
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
Justice Alito’s Next Moves

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