Lucky Jeans, Rogue Electors & Frodo Baggins at SCOTUS
The Supreme Court finished up its first livestreamed arguments with blockbuster cases involving subpoenas for the president's financial information and so-called "rogue" members of the electoral colle...
15 Touko 202033min
Phone-In Arguments, Trump Taxes and, Yes, That Flush
Supreme Court justices survived their first week of livestreamed arguments mostly unscathed, and now they’re ready to bring it home with the final week of phone arguments in this special May session. ...
8 Touko 202015min
SCOTUS Livestreaming, Once Unthinkable, Is Now a Reality
The Supreme Court is going to kick off its historic May argument sitting by hearing four cases the week of May 4. Two female advocates will kick off the first one, which is being argued over by phone ...
1 Touko 202013min
Riyaz Kanji and a High Court Throwdown Over Precedent
The Supreme Court issued six opinions the week of April 20, including one that got at the issue of precedent. It's a hot topic for court watchers, especially with an abortion rights case from Louisian...
25 Huhti 202033min
Neal Katyal on Historic Arguments Set for May (SCOTUS Virus Update)
The Supreme Court continued to adapt to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, allowing media outlets to live-stream arguments for the first time in its 230-year history. In another first, the court also s...
17 Huhti 202028min
First Pandemic-Related SCOTUS Ruling and Kansas AG
The Supreme Court’s first coronavirus-related ruling sparked a contentious 5-4 split, with the high court’s five Republican-appointed justices siding with Republicans over dissent form the four Democr...
10 Huhti 202025min
Tom Goldstein & RBG Works Out, Breyer Cooks In (SCOTUS Virus Update)
U.S. Supreme Court justices worked for the second straight week without taking the bench. But this time, there was a technological hitch. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rub...
3 Huhti 202021min
The Show Must Go On: SCOTUS Covid-19 Update
The U.S. Supreme Court building is closed to the public and the March arguments are postponed indefinitely. But, as they say, the show must go on. The court issued four opinions Monday March 23, inclu...
26 Maalis 202011min
