Supreme Court Opinions

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Lindke v Freed. In this case, the court considered this issue: When does a public official’s social media activity constitute state action subject to the First Amendment? The case was decided on March 15, 2024. The Supreme Court held that a public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official’s s...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Trump v Anderson. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualify Donald Trump from holding the office of President of the United States and thus from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot? The case was decided on March 4, 2024. The Supr...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Great Lakes Insurance SE v Raiders Retreat Realty Co. In this case, the court considered this issue: Is a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract unenforceable if enforcement would conflict with the “strong public policy” of the state whose law is displaced? The case was decided on February 21, 2024. The Sup...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in McElrath v Georgia. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibit a second prosecution for a crime of which a defendant was previously acquitted? The case was decided on February 21, 2024. The Supreme Court held that the Double Jeopardy Clause of t...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Murray v UBS Securities, LLC. In this case, the court considered this issue: Under 18 U-S-C § 1514A, must a whistleblower prove his employer acted with “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief? The case was decided on February 8, 2024. The Supreme Court held that a whistleblower who invokes §1514A must...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v Kirtz. In this case, the court considered this issue: Do the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign immunity of the United States? The case was decided on February 8, 2024....

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Acheson Hotels, LLC v Laufer. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does an ADA “tester” have Article III standing to challenge a hotel’s failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if she has no plans to visit the hotel? The case was decided on December 5, 2023. The Sup...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does application of the Colorado AntiDiscrimination Act to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment? The case was decided on June 30, 2023. The Supreme Court held that the First Amendme...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Department of Education v Brown. In this case, the court considered this issue: Do these two student-loan borrowers have Article III standing to challenge the Department of Education’s Student Loan Debt Relief Plan? In addition, is the Plan an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power by the Secretary of th...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Biden v Nebraska. In this case, the court considered these issues: 1. Do Nebraska and other states have judicial standing to challenge the student-debt relief program? 2. Does the student-debt relief program exceed the statutory authority of the U.S. Secretary of Education, or does it violate the Administrative...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Abitron Austria GmbH v Hetronic International, Inc. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the Lanham Act permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not likely to cause confusion in...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard College. In this case, the court considered this issue: May institutions of higher education use race as a factor in admissions? If so, does Harvard College’s and UNC’s race-conscious admissions process violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Groff v DeJoy. In this case, the court considered this issue: Is inconvenience to coworkers an “undue burden” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 such that it excuses an employer from providing an accommodation requested for religious exercise? The case was decided on June 29, 2023. The Supreme Court...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Counterman v Colorado. In this case, the court considered this issue: To establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, must the government show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement? The case was decided on June 27, 20...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Mallory v Norfolk Southern Railway Co. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does a state registration statute for out-of-state corporations that purports to confer general personal jurisdiction over the registrant violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? The case was decided on June...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Moore v Harper. In this case, the court considered this issue: Under the U-S Constitution, does the state legislative body, independent of any constraints by state courts or other laws, have sole authority to regulate federal elections?  The case was decided on June 27, 2023. The Supreme Court held that the Fede...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in United States v Texas. In this case, the court considered these issues: 1. Do the state plaintiffs have Article III standing to challenge the Department of Homeland Security’s Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law? 2. Do the Guidelines violate the Administrative Procedure Act? 3. Does 8 U-S-C §...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Coinbase, Inc. v Bielski. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration oust a district court’s jurisdiction to proceed with litigation pending appeal? The case was decided on June 23, 2023. The Supreme Court held that a district court...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Samia v United States. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment? The case was decided on June 23, 2023. The Supreme Court held tha...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in United States v Hanson. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the federal prohibition on encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain violate the First Amendment of the U-S Constitution? The case was decided on June 23, 2023. The Supreme Court held...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Arizona v Navajo Nation. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the 1868 Treaty between the Navajo Nation and the United States impose an affirmative duty on the United States to secure water for the tribe? The case was decided on June 22, 2023. The Supreme Court held that the 1868 treaty establishi...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Yegiazaryan v Smagin. In this case, the court considered this issue: Does a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States state a cognizable claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act when it suffers an injury to an intangible property? The case was decided on J...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Jones v Hendrix. In this case, the court considered this issue: 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 i...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in Pugin v Garland. In this case, the court considered this issue: Is Virginia’s offense of accessory after the fact to a felony an “offense relating to obstruction of justice” under the Immigration and Nationality Act? The case was decided on June 22, 2023. The Supreme Court held that Virginia’s offense of accesso...

Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you’ll hear the Court’s opinion in United States ex rel. Polansky v Executive Health Resources, Inc. In this case, the court considered this issue: 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 standa...