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Insular Cases | Interview: Chief Judge Jeff Sutton and Neil Weare
10 September 2026

Insular Cases | Interview: Chief Judge Jeff Sutton and Neil Weare

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Supreme Court updates on two cases: preferred advertising rates for political committees and Missouri’s congressional districts. Then, Judge Jeff Sutton, chief judge of the 6th Circuit and No. 1 AO judicial crush, and Neil Weare, co-director of Right to Democracy, join to discuss insular cases and where birthright citizenship stands after Trump v. Barbara. 

The Agenda:

–Political campaigns and discounted ad rates

–Chaos in the Missouri congressional map

–Our first Olympian guest

–Background on insular cases

–Trump v. Barbara

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