Court Watch with Alex Swoyer

Jessica Furst Johnson, partner at Lex Politica, and Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, join "Court Watch" host Alex Swoyer to discuss the 2025-2026 Supreme Court term and the biggest cases still pending. The justices are expeted to issue their rulings by the end of June. 

Conservative author Peter Schweizer joined "Court Watch" host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's pending birthright citizenship case and highlight national secuirty concerns he's uncovered from mass migration and birth tourism in his new book, "The Invisible Coup."

Veteran journalist James Rosen, who just released the second in his trilogy biography series of Justice Antonin Scalia, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss Scalia's arrival at the Supreme Court, who was greeted with disgust by fellow Justice Harry Blackmun. 

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr talks with 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer about his state's lawsuit defending a law to block tax dollars from being used for prisoners' gender transitioning procedures. The case is pending at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a lower court sided with the prisoners and blocked Georgia's law.

Former college athlete Madison Kenyon and her lawyer Matt Sharp, from Alliance Defending Freedom, joined 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's upcoming Jan. 13 hearing over state laws banning transgender athletes from girls' sports. The justices will decide if state laws banning trans athletes from female sports is lawful.

Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, talks with 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer about the most noteworthy Supreme Court arguments the justices have heard so far this term. Mr. Shapiro also previews a few other major legal battles coming up in January. 

The Supreme Court is poised to play referee on climate change lawsuits this term, with the justices being asked to decide where the court battles should take place. Climate activists have sought to sue in state courts, where they hope to get better treatment and use friendlier environmental laws to go after energy companies in what critics call "climate lawfare." O.H. Skinner, former Arizona solic...

Small businesses that sued President Trump over his tariffs aren't just looking to end them — they're also hoping to get a refund from Uncle Sam to make up for their losses over the last months. The Supreme Court will hear their case Nov. 5, in what is shaping up as one of the big cases this term testing the limits of the president's powers. Michael McConnell, one of the lawyers for the five small...

Jake Lang has been to the Supreme Court before. That was last year, when he led the case that saw the justices knock out one of the key criminal charges the Biden Justice Department used against those at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Mr. Lang is back, asking the justices to revive another case of his — a lawsuit alleging police brutality on that fateful day. He spoke to 'Court Watch' host Alex...

The Supreme Court kicks off its 2025-2026 term Oct. 6 and will grapple with major cases challenging President Trump's agenda -- from tariffs to firings. Ilya Shapiro from the Manhattan Institute joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to highlight key cases.

Court Watch host Alex Swoyer breaks down the biggest Supreme Court cases of the 2024-2025 term and Will Chamberlain, senior counsel for the Article III Foundation, joins her to discuss the birthright citizenship class action. 

Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's latest arguments over birthright citizenship, nationwide injunctions and the justices' decision to block the nation's first religious charter school from opening in Oklahoma. 

Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, joins 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss an upcoming case before the Supreme Court this week involving a Catholic charter school and he breaks down last week's arguments concerning LGBTQ storytime for pre-K and elementary age students in a Maryland county. Shapiro also highlights his new book rele...

Lawyer Nathan Lewin joined 'Court Watch' podcast host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's upcoming case involving Maryland parents, who challenge the school system's decision to have LGBTQ books read to pre-K and elementary school children without allowing them to opt out. 

Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, will argue the case on behalf of the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, which sought to make St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School the nation's first religious charter school. Mr. Campbell joined 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss the case, which will be heard in April.

John Bursch, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, will argue before the Supreme Court on April 2 to defend South Carolina's 2018 move to eliminate Medicaid dollars going to abortion clinics. He joined "Court Watch" host Alex Swoyer to discuss the case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, formerly Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

Andrew Willinger, executive director at Duke Center for Firearms Law, joined 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss an upcoming Supreme Court dispute involving Mexico suing U.S. gun manufacturers, attempting to hold them liable for allegedly aiding and abetting the drug cartel. The justices hear the dispute March 4.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joins 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court, incoming Trump administration and lawfare. 

Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, joined 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's oral arguments over a challenge to a law that bans TikTok from operating in the United States. Mr. Huebert represents a TikTok user challenging the ban.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to react to the Supreme Court hearing U.S. v. Skrmetti, where the justices are weighing Tennessee's law that bans medical treatment for youth suffering from gender dysphoria and looking to transition. The state law bans puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery. It was challenged by the Biden Administration and Am...

Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss the Supreme Court's November caseload, and he detailed the justices' upcoming dispute over a state ban on medical treatment for transgender youth, which is scheduled for Dec. 4. 

The Judicial Crisis Network's Carrie Severino, a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss the upcoming 2024-2025 Supreme Court term and shared comments about a recent leak out of the high court of a confidential memo to The New York Times. 

Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss his new book The New MAGA Deal, 2024 policy and his time behind bars for defying a Jan. 6 Committee subpoena. Mr. Navarro also commented on the assassination attempt against his former boss and said Secret Service agents should take lie detector tests as the probe into that shoo...

Supreme Court scholar and creator of the EMPIRICALSCOTUS blog Adam Feldman joins 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer to discuss the 2023 term's key rulings, trends and takeaways.

Texas lawyer Rod Phelan of Baker Botts spoke to 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer about Donald Trump's hush money appeal, comparing it to Harvey Weinstein's overturned conviction by New York's top court. He highlighted some similarities between how the cases were handled.