Supreme Court Brief

On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover takes an inside look at Monday's blockbuster hearing on the fate of independent federal agencies and how it could vastly expand the powers of the presidency. Plus: a breakdown of Tuesday's arguments on the constitutionality of a campaign finance law aimed at preventing public corruption by federal officials. Jimmy looks at why one key is...

On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover breaks down the latest highlights from the courtroom as the justices considered copyright liability for internet service providers, and a pro-life group's civil rights lawsuit over a Democratic attorney general's subpoena. Today's guest is Harvard Law Professor Richard Re, who joins Supreme Court Brief to discuss his latest scholarship o...

On this episode of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover interviews Second Amendment scholar Haley Proctor of Notre Dame Law School on the major gun cases to be decided during the 2025-2026 term. Plus, a look at the court's decision this week to take up a case about the right of immigrants facing persecution to seek asylum in the U.S., and a recent trend of retired judges filing amicus briefs to...

On this week's episode of  Supreme Court Brief , host Jimmy Hoover discusses the court's intervention in a battle over food stamp benefits, new briefing over President Donald Trump's efforts to deploy the National Guard, and oral arguments in the case of a Rastafarian prisoner who was forcibly shaved by prison guards.   This week's guest is law professor Carolyn Shapiro, who explains how the Supre...

On this edition of  Supreme Court Brief , Jimmy analyzes Wednesday's lengthy hearing over the fate of President Donald Trump's tariffs, arguably the keystone economic policy of his second term. This weeks guest is Law.com litigation reporter Alyssa Aquino, who has closely followed the tariff cases since the challenges began. In their conversation, Jimmy and Alyssa highlight the most notable exchan...

On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy updates listeners on a significant development in the case over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Chicago. In an unusual order Wednesday, the court signaled that it is unlikely to take any action in the case until at least mid-November—despite Trump's desire for "immediate" permission to proceed with the deployment.  To...

On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief from Law.com, host Jimmy Hoover provides an overview of a major new Second Amendment case to be decided this term and breaks down the latest emergency case over President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Chicago. Later on, Supreme Court lawyer Deepak Gupta joins the show to talk about the coming showdown at the court over the fate of independent...

On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief from Law.com, host Jimmy Hoover breaks down the Supreme Court's Wednesday oral arguments in  Louisiana v. Callais,  involving a major challenge to the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act cases.  Jimmy explains why, following Wednesday's hearing, the Supreme Court's conservative majority now seems poised to strike a significant blow to minority voting distric...

On the inaugural episode of Supreme Court Brief, constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law School Erwin Chemerinsky discusses the upcoming October 2025 term, which kicked off on Monday. Erwin explains how the Supreme Court will be considering cases that could shape the power of the presidency, and whether the court's conservative majority will continue to side with President Donald Trump...