What SCOTUS Wrote Us

 Brief in opposition to Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition for writ of certiorari before judgment in  United States v. Donald J. Trump , filed December 20, 2023.   Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Brief in opposition to Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition for writ of certiorari before judgment in United States v. Donald J. Trump , filed December 20, 2023.   Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Brief of respondent, United States, in opposition (filed October 13, 2023) to petition for a writ of certiorari in Fischer v. United States. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-5572/288406/20231030160318259_23-32%20Lang%20et%20al.%20-%20final.pdf Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Brief of respondent, United States, in opposition (filed October 13, 2023) to petition for a writ of certiorari in Fischer v. United States. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-5572/288406/20231030160318259_23-32%20Lang%20et%20al.%20-%20final.pdf Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Fischer v. United States petition for writ of certiorari filed September 11, 2023; granted on December 13, 2023 Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Fischer v. United States petition for writ of certiorari filed September 11, 2023; granted by the Supreme Court December 13, 2023 Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Motion of the United States to expedite briefing on the petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and for expedited merits briefing if the Court grants the petition in: United States of America, Petitioner v. Donald J. Trump (filed Dec 11, 2023).   Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to the second half of Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition for a writ of certiorari before judgement to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in United States, Petitioner v. Donald J. Trump (December 11, 2023). Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition for a writ of certiorari before judgement to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in United States, Petitioner v. Donald J. Trump (December 11, 2023). Listen to audio of Supreme Court opinions on What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts.

In Memoriam: Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Press Release Regarding Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — December 1, 2023 Press Release Regarding Lying in Repose and Funeral Service Statements of the Justices  

The Supreme Court has issued the first opinion in an argued case this term: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (Dec 5, 2023)   Access additional resources about this case on oyez.org https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/22-429   Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts. www.whatscotuswroteus.com

Justice Thomas, dissenting from the Court's denial of certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott (November 20, 2023), a case in which DuPont asked the Court to review the District Court's application of collateral estoppel. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-13_d18e.pdf   Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts. www.whatscotuswroteus.com

Justice Jackson, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, dissenting from the denial of certiorari in a case involving an Eighth Amendment challenge to a prisoner's conditions of confinement: J ohnson v. Prentice (2023). https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-693_21p3.pdf   Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts. www.whatscotuswroteus.com  

Today I'll be reading the statement of Justice Kavanaugh regarding the denial of application for stay in Griffin v. HM Florida-Orl, LLC ; Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have granted it. Issued November 16, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a366_i42k.pdf   Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts. www.whatscotuswroteus.com

In United States v. Alvarez (2012) , the Supreme Court was asked whether the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 violated the First Amendment. Listen to audio of the majority opinion now.   Access a pdf copy of the opinion here: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/567/11-210/case.pdf   Access additional resources about the case on oyez.org: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-210   Listen to What SCOT...

In United States v. Alvarez (2012) , the Supreme Court was asked whether the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment. Listen to audio of the majority opinion now.   Access additional resources about the case on oyez.org: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-210   Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us wherever you get your podcasts. www.whatscotuswroteus.com

The Court's official commentary accompanying the recently issued Code of Conduct for Justices . Commentary begins on page ten of the linked document.  

Audio of the newly-issued Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, dated November 13, 2023. Access the original document here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_11-13-23

A new case before SCOTUS this term, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, threatens to overturn the landmark decision of the case I'll be reading today: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984) Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us anywhere you listen to podcasts.  

A new case before SCOTUS this term, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , threatens to overturn the landmark decision in the case I'll be reading today: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984) Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us anywhere you listen to podcasts.    

A preview of the Supreme Court term ahead and the podcast's third season. Listen to What SCOTUS Wrote Us anywhere you listen to podcasts or at www.whatscotuswroteus.com .

May a federal inmate who did not challenge their conviction on the ground that the statute did not criminalize their activity subsequently apply for habeas relief after the Supreme Court retroactively invalidates the circuit precedent on which the inmate relied in not challenging their conviction? Audio of the opinion of the Supreme Court in Jones v. Hendrix (2023) Access Additional resources abou...

May a federal inmate who did not challenge their conviction on the ground that the statute did not criminalize their activity subsequently apply for habeas relief after the Supreme Court retroactively invalidates the circuit precedent on which the inmate relied in not challenging their conviction? Audio of the opinion of the Supreme Court in Jones v. Hendrix (2023) Access Additional resources abou...

Does the government have the authority to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by an individual on behalf of the government if it initially declined to take over the case, and if so, what standard applies? Audio of the opinion of the Supreme Court in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. (2023) Access Additional resources about this case at oyez.org: https://www....

Does the government have the authority to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by an individual on behalf of the government if it initially declined to take over the case, and if so, what standard applies? Audio of the opinion of the Supreme Court in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. (2023) Access Additional resources about this case at oyez.org: https://www....