Worker Religious Accommodation Test Set for Top Court
An Evangelical Christian postal carrier in Pennsylvania, who says he was forced out of the job for refusing to work on Sundays, wants the US Supreme Court to do more to accommodate workers’ religious ...
6 Apr 202325min
‘True Threats’ Free Speech Test for US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court is set to hear a free speech case that tests when statements are considered true threats not protected by the First Amendment. The justices are being asked in Counterman v. Colora...
30 Mars 202312min
Murder-For-Hire Trial Tests Reach of Sixth Amendment
The Supreme Court is considering an appeal that could force prosecutors to reconsider their tactics in criminal cases. This includes what evidence to introduce and how to try multiple defendants. Case...
27 Mars 202315min
Supreme Court Faces Growing Calls for Ethics Code
Questions involving their family ties and associations with other powerful people are nothing new for US Supreme Court justices. But now those relationships are generating more attention and criticism...
20 Mars 202310min
Jack Daniel's and Bad Spaniels Spat to Hit High Court
The Jack Daniel’s brand is at the heart of the US Supreme Court’s latest intellectual property dispute that pits free speech protections against trademark concerns. Debevoise & Plimpton’s Megan K. Ban...
10 Mars 202327min
CFPB Challenge Latest in Separation of Powers Remake
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a challenge to its existence in a case the US Supreme Court will take up next term. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the agency’s fund...
2 Mars 202321min
Minority Borrowers Aim to Influence Court in Loan Case
Genevieve Bonadies Torres, an associate director with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, joined “Cases and Controversies” podcast to discuss the amicus brief she filed in a pair of cas...
23 Feb 202324min
Internet’s Future Up to Justices in Social Media Cases
Deadly terror attacks behind a pair of cases set for argument at the Supreme Court could change the legal landscape for social media and other online companies. Families of victims in the violence abr...
16 Feb 202322min
