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Institute for Justice · 43 episodes with transcripts

Bound by Oath is a podcast series from the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice. It’s where the Constitution’s past catches up with the present. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution requires every judge to be “bound by Oath” to uphold “this Constitution.

Spoken has transcripts of 43 Bound By Oath by IJ episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from May 29, 2026.

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Needless Friction. And Treason.

May 29, 2026

John Ross (0:01)

In 1821, in the case of Coens v. Virginia, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote some immortal words that are foundational to our law today. The Supreme Court, he said, must decide the cases that are properly before it. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties a case may be attended, we must decide it if it be…

Hello and welcome to episode two of season four of Bound By Oath, a podcast on legal and constitutional history brought to you by the Institute for Justice's Center for Judicial Engagement. On this episode, we are going to explore another slightly treasonous doctrine that allows federal courts to decline to decide…

Lauren Robell (1:12)

All abstention doctrines are balanced against that deep duty of the federal courts to hear cases that are within their jurisdiction.

John Ross (1:21)

We'll start this episode with a look at the Pullman case itself, which was both a challenge to Jim Crow and a classic case of economic protectionism. Then we'll dig into the doctrine that the case produced.

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