Coale Mind Podcast
1) Ken Paxton v. Big Tex
In this episode, I examine a debate between gun rights and property rights, in the specific context of the decision by the State Fair of Texas to ban firearms.--and the announcement of Texas Attorney ...Show More
2) Interview with Dr. Ben Voth about James Farmer, Jr.
In this episode, I interview my old friend Ben Voth, a professor of rhetoric and the director of debate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In 2019, Ben wrote a book called James Farmer Jr.: T...Show More
3) What is the Fifteenth Court's Precedent?
With apologies for the pun, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals faces an “unprecedented” situation. Unlike the other intermediate courts of appeal in Texas, the newly created Fifteenth Court of Appeals has...Show More
4) How Good is Generative AI? ChatGPT and I Co-Author a Tale
About a year ago, in a popular episode I had ChatGPT as my guest, and we discussed several issues of the day. To start this year off right, I invited ChatGPT back—now updated to version 4.0—and asked...Show More
5) Can the Texas Supreme Court do that? "Adminstrative stays" in the state courts of Texas
In mid-December of 2023, the Texas Supreme Court resolved a high-profile abortion case in which a woman sought an emergency injunction to immunize her health-care providers from liability under Texas&...Show More
6) University Presidents, Calls for Genocide, and Aristotle
While the furor over recent Congressional testimony by three prominent university presidents has died down somwhat (after the president of the University of Pennsylvania resigned), there are still imp...Show More
7) Jury Consultant Jason Bloom Returns - The "New Normal" of Jury Selection for 2024
Favorite guest Jason Bloom, one of the country's most respected jury consultants, returns to offer his insights on jury selection for 2024 (and with them, insight on how our modern society makes ...Show More
Jury Consultant Jason Bloom Returns - The "New Normal" of Jury Selection for 2024
26:20 | Dec 10th, 2023
8) How to Fix Political-Candidate Debates
I recently watched the second televised debate among Republican candidates for President and was disappointed by the conduct of those proceedings—they were hard to follow and offered little useful inf...Show More
9) Slavery and the Republic of Texas Supreme Court: What Can we Learn?
Back during the pandemic, I got a copy of "Dallam's Decisions." It’s a one-volume work with all the opinions of the short-lived Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas (1840-45, give or take).  I...Show More
10) Mifepristone May: Upcoming Argument About "Conservatism"
In a recent article in Slate, I note that the Texas medication-abortion case highlights the distinction between "political" and "judicial" conservatism. The district court's ruling reached a desi...Show More