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John is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at Berkeley.

He also holds positions at the University of Texas in his School of Civic Leadership and the Civitas Institute.

John served in all three branches of government with extensive experience in terrorism and national security issues.

He's written many books and over 100 articles, frequently contributes to the op-ed pages of our leading newspapers.

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You have been listening to another edition of the Three Whiskey Happy Hour, sponsored by the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, where John and Lucretia and I are fellows and contributors to Civitas Outlook, hosted and produced by Ricochet.com.

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He suggested that, this is SCOTUS blog reporting, in his view, the Postal Service might have the power to issue the rule, but even if it does, Justice Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Kavanaugh continued, election officials, quote, do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the November elections.

I welcome Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute, teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago, to comment on the Supreme Court unsigned, rejecting the administration's opinion that it can regulate the voting booth by administering its authority over the U.S. Post Office.

Richard, a very good evening to you.

My observation here is what you've taught me.

But if it is, then you have to do it conscientiously.

And there are ways that that can be done.

Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute, we turn to foreign affairs.

We don't vote foreign affairs, I'm told repeatedly, except when it affects the price of milk.

I'm John Batchelor.

I welcome Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute, teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago.

Mail in voting, the center ring for a conversation circus-like these last weeks.

Now we have decisions from the Court of Appeals, and that's significant, and Richard's here to help me understand it.

Mail-in voting.

I welcome Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute, teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago.

It's back, just like the Great White Whale.

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Thursday, that's within 24 hours, asking the justices to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Boston that blocks the government from implementing parts of a U.S.

And so on that ground, he's strong.

And it turns out there may be a political response to that, which will go beyond the last executive order.

Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute commenting on One More Time, Birthright Citizenship, headed to the Supreme Court.

I'm John Batchelor.

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You have been listening to another edition of the Three Whiskey Happy Hour, sponsored by the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, where John and Lucretia and I are fellows and contributors to Civitas Outlook, hosted and produced by Ricochet.com.

Always remember to drink your whiskey neat and come back again next week for another edition of the Three Whiskey Happy Hour.

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I'm John Batchelor.

I welcome Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute.

He teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago.

To comment on news from the federal court to do with the Trump administration's ambitions to regulate, make uniform, alter, in some fashion influence state elections for the midterms.

We do not want this case to turn on the reasonableness of the regulations.

We want it to turn on the fact that the Congress has to authorize this and the president cannot.

I'm speaking with Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute.

We're addressing a matter that's Inaction right now.