modus SCOTUS16 Maj 2021

Ep. 17 Terry v. United States

Bill and Venesia wrap up the 2020-2021 term with a discussion of the final oral argument and a brief review of past and future decisions. ModusSCOTUS will be putting out new podcasts BIWEEKLY during the term break so that Bill and Venesia can study for the July bar exam. Yay. But don't worry! We will keep an eye out for SCOTUS opinions and stay up-to-date on all of the SCOTUS happenings during our biweekly roundups. If you miss us: find us on Twitter or Instagram!

Information from this episode:

Terry v. United States, oral argument: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2020/20-5904

Terry v. United States, Oyez: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/20-5904

21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C): https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:21%20section:841%20edition:prelim)

Oral arguments mentioned during trivia:

Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc (1hr 12m 54s) you can hear a toilet flush in the background.

Colorado Department of State v. Baca (37m 36s) Thomas votes for Frodo.

Bush v. Gore (37m 51s) Scalia reminds the advocate, “I’m Scalia.”

Kerry v. Din (opinion) (4m 50s) Scalia calls Ginsburg, “Goldberg” and Breyer laughs.

Kansas v. Colorado (33m 15s) Advocate calls J. Souter, “Ginsburg.”

Yates v. United States: (7m 25s) Scalia tells Kagen how to pronounce a latin term.

Central Va. Community College v. Katz (43m 20s) light bulb explodes during Ginsburg’s question

A Computational Analysis of Oral Argument in the Supreme Court, Gregory M. Dickinson: https://ww3.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/JLPP/upload/Dickinson-final.pdf

SCOTUSblog statistics: https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/05/on-a-new-conservative-court-kavanaugh-sits-at-the-center/

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