Rightly Decided

TPPF litigators Laura Beth Latimer, Clayton Calvin, Nathan Seltzer, and Chance Weldon play catch-up on the Supreme Court docket, tackling two major "culture war" cases. But don't worry, constitutional nerds—the team...

Laura Beth Latimer, Chance Weldon, Nathan Seltzer, and Clayton Calvin are unpacking the final drops of the Supreme Court's October 2025 session. The team is zeroing in on two landmark Second Amendment decisions: United...

Welcome to Rightly Decided , where the litigators of the Texas Public Policy Foundation bring you mostly originalist takes and zero media hysteria. In this episode, Laura Beth Latimer is joined by Nathan Seltzer...

A major morning drop at the Supreme Court completely reshaped the landscape of administrative law and the unitary executive theory. In this episode of Rightly Decided , Laura Beth Latimer is joined by Nathan Seltzer and...

What happens when a Texas Supreme Court Justice walks into a podcast studio? You get an episode packed with everything from Monsters, Inc. jokes to hardcore constitutional theory. Hosts Laura Beth Latimer and Clayton...

In this episode of Rightly Decided, the litigators from the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future begin by breaking down a major Fifth Circuit victory that struck down an 1869 federal ban on...

In this episode of Rightly Decided , the litigators from the Texas Public Policy Foundation return to the hallowed (and slightly dusty) halls of the Supreme Court. Fresh off getting sworn into the SCOTUS bar, Clayton...

TPPF's National Election Protection Project Director Josh Findlay provides a timely deep dive into the seismic changes in redistricting following the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais . Josh, a veteran...

What happens when cruise lines dock at “stolen” Cuban property? In Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean , the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that using confiscated Havana docks triggers massive liability under the LIBERTAD Act —...

When the FDA openly admits it skipped its own procedural rules to fast-track the Biden administration’s post- Dobbs agenda, who exactly has the right to drag them into court over it? This week on Rightly Decided , Laura...

This week, the crew wades into two fresh-from-the-Court opinions (with a healthy dose of side-eye and sword-of-Damocles metaphors). First up: Can a pro-life pregnancy center sue in federal court when the New Jersey AG...

In a razor-thin 9-8 en banc decision, the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas’ law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom. Laura Beth Latimer is joined by Chance Weldon and Nathan Seltzer to...

In this week’s episode, we begin with Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent address at the University of Texas, where he offered a glimpse into his judicial philosophy and the interaction between natural law and the...

It's Rightly Decided live from the 2026 Texas Policy Summit! The Texas Public Policy Foundation is on the front lines of the legal war over the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act (Texas House Bill 2127), better known as...

Does the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. § 1983) still protect individuals from egregious constitutional violations—or has it been gutted by the doctrine of qualified immunity? In this episode of Rightly Decided, we...