Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana

Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)

Government EN ↓ 576 episodes

Following what the Supreme Court is actually doing can be daunting. Reporting on the subject is often only done within the context of political narratives of the day -- and following the Court's decisions and reading every new case can be a non-starter. The purpose of this Podcast is to make it as easy as possible for members of the public to source information about what is happening at the Supreme Court. For that reason, we read every Opinion Syllabus without any commentary whatsoever. Further, there are no advertisements or sponsors. We call it "information sourcing," and we hope that the p...

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Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana

Episodes

MN Voters aly. v Mansky 15.06.2018 11:48

Send us Fan Mail Court strikes down MN law on political apperal inside the polling places (limited to a problem with wording ambiguity) Support the show

Animal science products v Hebei Welcome (deference to foreign governments) 15.06.2018 8:01

Send us Fan Mail Court rules “bound to defer” should not be the standard of deference for submissions of foreign government agencies to US Courts. Support the show

Washington v US (Indigenous peoples' Treaties) 11.06.2018 2:26

Send us Fan Mail Court affirms the below judgement because of a 4/4 Split. Support the show

Sveen v Melin (Contracts / Divorce) 11.06.2018 7:22

Send us Fan Mail Court upholds Minnesota law about life insurance bennificiary designation revocation upon divorce Support the show

China Agritech v Resh 11.06.2018 8:41

Send us Fan Mail More fun with “tolling” Support the show

Husted v Randolph institute (removal from voter rolls) 11.06.2018 8:54

Send us Fan Mail Ohio’s way of determining if a voter has moved or died, and subsequent removal of said person from their voting rolls is lawful. Support the show

Lamar v Appling (“statement respecting”) 05.06.2018 9:03

Send us Fan Mail Court decides what “statement respecting” means in re the bankruptcy code. Support the show

Azar v Garza (Abortion/Moot) 05.06.2018 9:01

Send us Fan Mail Court in part moots an abortion debate. Support the show

Masterpiece Cake v Colo Civil rights Commission 04.06.2018 8:54

Send us Fan Mail 1st Amendment free exercise over-rules civil rights of a gay couple in this specific instance - due to the colorado civil rights commission’s obvious hostility to a religious belief. Support the show

Hughes v US (type c sentincing reductions) 04.06.2018 9:31

Send us Fan Mail Court rules type C sentencing agreements can be considered for modification after a retroactive sentincing guidelines reduction. Support the show

Koons v US (sentencing reductions) 04.06.2018 5:18

Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Collins v Virginia (4A curtilage) 29.05.2018 7:08

Send us Fan Mail Supreme court refuses to grant 4th autombile exception to an officer who encroaches upon a home’s curtilage for a search. Support the show

Lagos v US (Victims Restitution Act) 29.05.2018 5:28

Send us Fan Mail Restitution under MVRA 1996 may not include investigations a victim does itself. Support the show

Skagit tribe v Lundgren (Late argument rejection) 21.05.2018 4:02

Send us Fan Mail The court rejects an argument made for the first time during the appeals process. Support the show

Epic sys v Lewis (Arbitration & NLRB Unfair labor practices). 21.05.2018 10:17

Send us Fan Mail Upholding Arbitration agreements Support the show

McCoy v Louisiana (6th Amendment) 14.05.2018 7:53

Send us Fan Mail Counsel may not Plead Not-Guilty, at the client's insistence, and then--at trial--admit guilt, over the objection of his client. (Sixth Amendment) Support the show

New Jersey v NCAA (10th Amendment) 14.05.2018 11:27

Send us Fan Mail Court strikes down federal anti sports gambling provisions based on the 10th amendment. Support the show

Dahda v US (Wiretap warrants) 14.05.2018 5:25

Send us Fan Mail Just because a judge tried to overstep his jurisdictional limits, does not mean that the evidence gathererd inside of his jurisdiction is inadmissable. Support the show

Byrd v US (4th Amendment) 14.05.2018 7:16

Send us Fan Mail Rental car contract violations do not eliminate 4th amendment privacy expectations Support the show

US v Sanchez-Gomez (Moot) 14.05.2018 6:32

Send us Fan Mail Case is moot because nothing could be decided because petitioners cases are over. Support the show

Oil States v Greene’s (Patent law) (stitcher re-release) 08.05.2018 7:59

Send us Fan Mail Patent review, and article 3 separation of powers. Support the show

SAS v Patent office (inter partes wholeness) 24.04.2018 7:08

Send us Fan Mail Court rules patent office director can not choose which parts of an inter partes review will proceed, only that it will or will not proceed. Support the show

Jesner v Arab Bank (Alien Torts) (Stitcher re-release) 24.04.2018 18:13

Send us Fan Mail Court holds that the ATS does not allow people to sue corporations. Support the show

Willson v Sellers (Looking through silent decisions) 17.04.2018 7:08

Send us Fan Mail Court rules that higher courts may should “look through” (in a narrow sense) silent appeals court decisions, to the last reasoned result. Support the show

Sessions v Dimaya (void for vagueness) 17.04.2018 13:37

Send us Fan Mail Court compares immigration deportation statue void for vagueness. In that it’s language was too similar to the unconstitutional language found in the ACCA. Support the show