The Role of Judges and Acknowledging Value Judgments

Sarah and David invite District Judge Vince Chhabria on the pod to explain the state of multidistrict litigation and answer the question: Why does he listen to Advisory Opinions?

The Agenda:

—Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence

—Judging vs. personal value judgments

—David’s cringe a cappella group name

—Constitutionality of magistrate judges

—How to fix forum shopping

—MDLs, explained

—The pros and cons of MDLs

—How to become a judge

—Judge Chhabria’s clerk hiring process

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