Cases and Controversies
250 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 134 ratingsBloomberg Law's Cases and Controversies brings you the latest from the Supreme Court. Each week we preview oral arguments at the Court or feature in-depth interviews. We explore critical legal issues with Supreme Court advocates, judges, law professors, lawyers, and legal journalists. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler.
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CFPB Challenge Latest in Separation of Powers Remake
March 02, 2023 20:54 - 21 minutesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a challenge to its existence in a case the US Supreme Court will take up next term. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the agency’s funding mechanism violates separation of powers principles because it’s paid for by the Federal Reserve, not through legislative appropriations. The Biden administration warns the ruling calls into question “every action” the CFPB has taken since its creation by Congress in the aftermath of the 2008 ...
Minority Borrowers Aim to Influence Court in Loan Case
February 23, 2023 21:00 - 24 minutesGenevieve Bonadies Torres, an associate director with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, joined “Cases and Controversies” podcast to discuss the amicus brief she filed in a pair of cases, Biden v. Nebraska and Dept. of Education v. Brown, set for argument on Feb. 28. The loan relief plan, which is on hold due to litigation, “will eliminate or markedly reduce” payments for millions of lower-income borrowers, many of whom experienced economic hardship during the pandemic, her br...
Internet’s Future Up to Justices in Social Media Cases
February 16, 2023 21:26 - 22 minutesDeadly terror attacks behind a pair of cases set for argument at the Supreme Court could change the legal landscape for social media and other online companies. Families of victims in the violence abroad say in separate cases that tech giants are partly liable for abetting extremists for content posted on their platforms. The claim in Gonzalez v. Google to be heard Feb. 21 contends the company’s YouTube site provided support for the Islamic State by allowing the posting of its videos and reco...
Rare Rehearing Could Derail High Court Voting Ruling
February 09, 2023 20:54 - 17 minutesA potential blockbuster ruling on the way states determine their voting rules could be hijacked by the North Carolina Supreme Court after the 2022 elections flipped control of the state court to Republicans. The justices heard arguments in Moore v. Harper in December, and are likely on their way to hammering out a decision. But on Feb. 2 the newly constituted North Carolina Supreme Court issued a rare rehearing order in the case, potentially depriving the justices of the opportunity to clarif...
Lapses Shown in Leak Probe Raise Questions for Court
January 20, 2023 18:54 - 14 minutesAlthough no suspect’s been identified so far in last year’s leak of a draft opinion in the Supreme Court’s blockbuster abortion case, investigators have revealed details about the inner workings of a court draped in mystique. A report on the probe released Thursday highlights technology gaps and weak security procedures. The system in this case is built “fundamentally on trust with limited safeguards to regulate and constrain access to very sensitive information,” investigators said. Cases an...
Criminal Prosecution of Turkish Bank Divides Justices
January 19, 2023 22:43 - 23 minutesThe US government’s criminal prosecution of a Turkish-owned bank stumped Supreme Court justices who were torn at argument between potentiality harmful implications for foreign affairs and executive branch authority in that area. University of Chicago law professor Curtis Bradley joins Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast to discuss outcomes available to the court, including one that could entangle courts for years in efforts to keep the US out of what Bradley called foreign relat...
Slow Start, Smaller Docket Contrasts Hot-Button Term
January 12, 2023 20:06 - 17 minutesA lack of opinions and an increasingly smaller caseload stand in contrast to the hot-button issues that the Supreme Court has agreed to tackle this term. Empirical SCOTUS founder Adam Feldman joins Cases and Controversies to discuss the possible reasons behind why the court hasn’t issued a single opinion since arguments kicked off in October, and how lower caseloads have set a new ceiling on the high court’s docket. “While the Roberts Court will be remembered for its ideological splits and ke...
Covid Rules, Attorney Client Privilege Await Justices
January 05, 2023 20:49 - 12 minutesThe scope of attorney client privilege headlines a lower-profile first sitting of the new year for the Supreme Court, which returns to the bench for arguments Jan. 9. But things won’t stay quiet for long. The February argument calendar features a fast-tracked GOP-led challenge to Biden administration attempts to end pandemic-era immigration restrictions. Supreme Court correspondents Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr break down the roster of cases and other happenings at the court in 2023’s fir...
Supreme Court Slow on Opinions with Big Cases Ahead
December 29, 2022 20:57 - 13 minutesThe US Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start having released no opinions in argued cases so far. Kimberly Robinson and Madison Alder break down possible reasons for the drought, including hearing cases early in the term that might not lend themselves to quick decisions. Meanwhile, the justices released a blockbuster February calendar that includes arguments in challenges to Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and liability protections for social media platforms. The hosts al...
Justices Search For Middle Ground In Election Fight
December 08, 2022 21:39 - 24 minutesThe US Supreme Court heard marathon arguments over the role state courts play in setting federal election rules. University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller says there was little appetite on the court during arguments Dec. 7 to cut state courts wholly out of the process. Muller joins Cases and Controversies hosts to discuss Moore v. Harper, the independent state legislature theory it implicates, and the concerns voiced by the justices. Do you have feedback on this episode of Cases & Controv...
LGBTQ Rights, Elections On Tap In Year-End Arguments
December 01, 2022 20:57 - 28 minutesThe justices next week will hear two of the term’s most consequential cases—one in the ongoing clash between LGBTQ and religious rights and another that could change the rules of election law nationwide. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr explain the most pressing issues facing the justices in 303 Creative v. Elenis and Moore v. Harper. In the first, the justices will consider whether a Colorado web designer can refuse to make custom wedding websites for same-sex c...
Texas Bid Spotlights Litigation Pressure on High Court
November 17, 2022 20:34 - 27 minutesA Supreme Court immigration case is center stage for a familiar showdown between Republican-led states suing Democratic administrations to rein in executive policies they say go too far. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr talk with University at Austin law professor Stephen Vladeck, who’s filed a friend-of-the court brief ahead of Nov. 29 arguments in United States v. Texas. Vladeck says Texas has filed more than two dozen challenges to Biden administration policie...
Justices May Further Limit Where Business Can Be Sued
November 10, 2022 20:29 - 16 minutesThe Supreme Court could continue to pull back on places where companies can be sued in a jurisdictional case that’s gotten little notice despite its importance to business. Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler break down Tuesday’s high-court back and forth in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway in the latest episode of Cases and Controversies podcast. The court in recent terms has limited where companies can be hauled into court to cut down on forum shopping and to increase predictability for ...
Trump Shadow Docket, Election-Week Cases at SCOTUS
November 03, 2022 19:16 - 15 minutesHigh profile shadow docket disputes from Donald Trump and others keep hitting the US Supreme Court as the justices gear up to hear an array of arguments during midterm-election week. Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporters Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin bring listeners up to speed in this latest episode of Cases and Controversies. The hosts give an update on those shadow-docket disputes plus a sneak peek of the cases being argued the week of Nov. 7, involving federal agency structure, rules...
Affirmative Action, Habeas, and Supreme Court Stamp
October 27, 2022 20:58 - 20 minutesAffirmative action is making headlines as a Supreme Court blockbuster, but there’s a closely watched financial reporting case and two others dealing with criminal matters on tap as well in the November sitting that actually kicks off on Halloween. Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporters Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin bring listeners up to speed in this latest episode of Cases and Controversies. The two affirmative action challenges out of Harvard and the University of North Carolina are set...
American Indian Child Welfare Gets High-Court Hearing
October 20, 2022 20:39 - 23 minutesThe Supreme Court is gearing up for its next argument sitting that will feature closely watched disputes about race and identity. While most attention may be on the affirmative action cases set for argument Oct. 31, the Nov. 9 hearing over the Indian Child Welfare Act is also consequential. Cherokee Nation deputy attorney general Chrissi Ross Nimmo joins the latest Cases and Controversies to preview the case and explain its importance to American Indian tribes and families. Do you have feedba...
Race at Supreme Court in Voting, DNA-Testing Appeals
October 13, 2022 19:45 - 38 minutesThe Supreme Court just wrapped up its October argument session, hearing disputes on voting, the environment, copyright, and more. The Legal Defense Fund’s Samuel Spital joins the latest Cases and Controversies to help hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin break down some of those cases. Spital, LDF’s director of litigation, discusses two appeals that the civil-rights group worked on, involving voting rights and DNA testing, as well as an LDF death-penalty petition that the justices recentl...
Animal Cruelty, Andy Warhol Top High Court Arguments
October 06, 2022 18:56 - 13 minutesA dispute over a California animal-cruelty law and the potential impact on other cultural and social issues tops Week 2 of the new Supreme Court term. The case to be argued on Oct. 11, National Pork Producers v. Ross, centers on Proposition 12, a voter-approved measure requiring a certain amount of movement space for pigs bred for pork production. Because California produces little of its own commercial pork, trade groups say compliance costs will disproportionately hurt out-of-state farmers ...
Voting Rights, Environment Kick Off Supreme Court Term
September 29, 2022 18:58 - 13 minutesThe First Monday in October kicks off Supreme Court arguments in a short week featuring disputes over the future of voting rights and environmental regulation. Bloomberg Law reporters Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin give a sneak peek of the action on the latest Cases and Controversies. Hearing cases Monday and Tuesday with a holiday on Wednesday, the court will also consider a clash between Delaware and a host of states over unclaimed Money Gram financial instruments, as well as an appeal ...
Andy Warhol, Prince, and the New Supreme Court Term
September 22, 2022 20:05 - 20 minutesWith the new US Supreme Court term set to start Oct. 3, Cases and Controversies returns with a deep dive episode on a big copyright dispute over Andy Warhol images of Prince. Orrick partner Mel Bostwick joins hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin to discuss Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, which is set to be argued Oct. 12. The dispute centers on whether Warhol prints of a Prince photo changed original work’s meaning. Bostwick, who submitted an amicus brief in the case, says this is an...
Nothing Comes Close: The Historic Supreme Court Term
July 08, 2022 20:06 - 18 minutesFrom shifts in the law to public reaction to its rulings, the US Supreme Court’s just-concluded term appears to be a blockbuster like no other. Since the Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s, “I don’t think we’ve seen any term that comes close to the one we just saw,” said A.E. Dick Howard, a constitutional law professor at the University of Virginia and a former clerk to Justice Hugo Black. During the term that wrapped up June 30, the court overturned the 1973 landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade a...
Blockbuster Term Ends, Jackson Joins and Makes History
July 01, 2022 18:53 - 28 minutesThe Supreme Court is finished with its blockbuster term but the focus is already shifting to the next one, with Ketanji Brown Jackson now sworn-in as the first Black woman justice. Jackson comes aboard following a tumultuous nine months that included her confirmation to replace the now-retired Stephen Breyer. Controversies flared over the court's independence with the conservative majority making transformative changes to abortion, guns, religion. Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr j...
Overturning Roe: Supreme Court Ruling Explained
June 24, 2022 20:26 - 13 minutesThe Supreme Court justices finally issued their ruling in the Mississippi abortion case, with the conservative majority striking down the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. Cases and Controversies host Kimberly Robinson and guest-host Lydia Wheeler explain the reasoning behind Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion. They also look at Chief Justice John Roberts’ failed bid to find middle ground and the dissent by the court’s three liberals decrying the effect on women’s rights and the court’s legitimac...
Justices Speed Things Up and Close In on Blockbusters
June 17, 2022 18:53 - 19 minutesThe Supreme Court made up a lot of ground fast on issuing decisions, and appears to be in good position to finish the term on its customary timeline. The justices handed down 11 opinions in recent days, and have 18 more to go by the end of the month or early July. More decisions are expected on Tuesday with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, and religion outstanding. On this episode of Cases and Controversies, host Kimberly Robinson highlighted a flurry of decisions on June 13 and 15. An ...
Law Enforcement Accountability Elusive at High Court
June 10, 2022 20:21 - 25 minutesThe Supreme Court again chipped away at the ability of those alleging constitutional violations by federal law enforcement to sue, effectively immunizing Border Patrol agents from being hauled into court. Athul Acharya, of the public interest law firm Public Accountability, says the June 8 ruling in Egbert v. Boule is one of several judge-made barriers to suing government officials. There are many stages “in the gauntlet that civil rights plaintiffs have to run before they can have their clai...
Shadow Docket, Leak Probe Show Supreme Court Strain
June 03, 2022 18:59 - 16 minutesThough the justices took the unusual step of not issuing orders during the first week of June, there was still plenty going on at One First Street. Cases and Controversies host Kimberly Robinson and producer David Schultz discuss the latest shadow docket developments, and how the handling of emergency orders highlight a broader divide between conservative and liberal justices. And news on the court’s ongoing investigation into the draft abortion opinion leak last month suggests the atmosphere...
Beyond Abortion and Guns: What's Left For SCOTUS
May 27, 2022 18:35 - 26 minutesWith all eyes on abortion and guns, the US Supreme Court still has potentially major opinions to issue in the coming weeks on other big issues such as administrative law, religion, and immigration. Goodwin partner Jaime Santos joins Cases and Controversies to remind listeners of the cases that in any other term would be the headlining cases, but which have taken a backseat in this headline-grabbing year. Do you have feedback on this episode of Cases & Controversies? Give us a call and leave ...
Behind the Ted Cruz Campaign Finance Ruling
May 20, 2022 18:57 - 27 minutesThe Supreme Court’s latest decision chipping away at campaign finance reform was a victory for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who challenged a limit on how much candidates can expect to recoup when loaning their campaigns money. University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller joins Cases and Controversies to review the May 16 decision striking down another provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Muller explains how the issue of campaign finance splits the justices along ideological lines and ...
Supreme Court Leak Prompts Broader Reform Discussion
May 13, 2022 18:18 - 19 minutesThe Supreme Court’s public approval ratings have taken a hit since a leaked draft opinion signaled that the conservative majority is poised to strike down the Roe v Wade abortion precedent. Gabe Roth of the watchdog group Fix the Court joins host Kimberly Robinson of Cases and Controversies to discuss what the court could do to boost public confidence, and whether Congress has legal authority to rein in what he calls the “most powerful, least accountable” branch of government. Do you have fe...
Elected Prosecutors ‘Last Line of Defense’ if Roe Goes
May 06, 2022 19:01 - 16 minutesThe possibility of American life without federal abortion rights puts a spotlight on state prosecutors. “These elected prosecutors are going to become the last line of defense,” Miriam Krinsky said of a potential post-Roe world. Krinsky, head of reform group Fair and Just Prosecution, discussed the issue on the latest Cases and Controversies episode with Bloomberg Law’s Jordan Rubin. “This is simply a draft,” Krinsky emphasized, referring to Justice Samuel Alito’s proposed opinion circulated ...
Supreme Court Leak May Start a New Era for Justices
May 03, 2022 20:02 - 14 minutesWe got a window into the inner workings of the usually secretive Supreme Court with a leaked draft opinion in a landmark abortion case. As surprising, even shocking, as this leak was, it could be the beginning of a new era at the court in which the justices' private deliberations are no longer sacrosanct and leaks become more common. On this special breaking news edition of Bloomberg Law's "Cases and Controversies" podcast, hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin talk about what this might m...
Justices Struggle With Trump-Era Immigration Policy
April 29, 2022 19:00 - 28 minutesThe Biden administration from the start has sought to unwind a Trump-era policy known as “Remain in Mexico.” It requires would-be immigrants to stay outside the U.S. while their cases are reviewed. That issue reached the Supreme Court on April 26, as the justices wrestled with what presidents must do to change course from their predecessors. Cases and Controversies host Kimberly Robinson and guest host Lydia Wheeler go live on Twitter to try to break down this “messy” case with professor Jona...
Breyer Says Goodbye to the Supreme Court Bench
April 22, 2022 18:57 - 16 minutesThe U.S. Supreme Court’s final scheduled arguments of the term—Justice Stephen Breyer’s last ever—features the dispute over whether President Joe Biden can end Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy. During the April 25-27 session, the court also will hear appeals over public-school prayer at football games, habeas corpus, method-of-execution litigation, and a follow-on case to the landmark 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma decision on criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. Cases and Co...
Supreme Court Returns for Last Set of Oral Arguments
April 15, 2022 19:29 - 10 minutesSupreme Court justices are taking the bench for their last batch of oral arguments after Justice Clarence Thomas was photographed at the court with Georgia Republican Senate candidate and former football star Herschel Walker. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin give a sneak peek of the April sitting’s first week of arguments, including one on the famed Miranda warnings. All eyes also are on Thomas, who’s been called on to recuse from 2020 election-related cases ov...
School Prayer at High Court, Next on Judges for Biden
April 08, 2022 19:18 - 29 minutesThe Supreme Court is set to hear its next big religion case with a First Amendment dispute over prayer at school football games. The justices will consider the limits on such prayer at argument April 25 in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. A lawyer for Bremerton, Bradley Girard of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, joins Bloomberg Law’s Cases and Controversies to discuss the case with host Jordan Rubin. Bloomberg Law judiciary reporter Madison Alder also joins to talk ab...
Religion at Executions, Latest on Jackson and Thomas
April 01, 2022 19:41 - 29 minutesDeath-row inmates may have an easier time getting religious accommodations at executions after the Supreme Court rejected Texas’ attempt to block a pastor from laying hands on and praying aloud for an inmate in the chamber. Ramirez v. Collier was an unusual case in a number of ways, including because the inmate won. John Ramirez’s lawyer Seth Kretzer joins Cases and Controversies to talk about his experience arguing the novel dispute on an expedited timeline. Hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jorda...
Thomas Health, Spouse Storm Bookend Jackson Hearings
March 25, 2022 19:33 - 24 minutesOn the eve of confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court disclosed that Justice Clarence Thomas had been hospitalized two days earlier with an infection. Following the close of those hearings on Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Thomas’ wife, Ginni, had encouraged the White House to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election in text message to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Cases and Controversies details the controversy swirling a...
Inside Look at Jackson Hearings from Senate Counsel
March 18, 2022 19:34 - 18 minutesKetanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings kick off March 21 as her potential future colleagues continue to hear oral arguments. Former Senate Judiciary counsel Nick Xenakis joins Cases and Controversies to give an inside look at the process and what to expect in Jackson’s hearings. The hosts also give a sneak peek of the arguments that will be heard while Senate Judiciary Committee members question the nominee, including two arbitration disputes. Do you have feedback on this episode of C...
Army Reservist's Iraq Burn Pit Suit Before Justices
March 11, 2022 20:47 - 19 minutesSupreme Court justices will consider a dispute over congressional powers to authorize discrimination suits against states brought by service members injured abroad. Cases and Controversies discusses former Texas State Trooper Le Roy Torres' suit against the state Department of Public Safety for employment accommodations. He says he suffered lung damage due to exposure to burn pits while deployed in Iraq as an Army reservist. His attorney, Brian Lawler, explains how Texas and a handful of stat...
Jackson Hearings Set, Wider Impact of EPA Case
March 04, 2022 20:48 - 22 minutesIt's been a week since President Biden announced he would be nominating Kejanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. Since then, there have been few if any signs that Democrats will have trouble confirming her. Cases and Controversies recaps the latest on the Jackson nomination and looks into what, if anything, Republicans can do to stop it. Guest host David Schultz also examines this week's oral argument in West Virginia v. EPA, in which the justices appeared less ho...
It's KBJ: Instant Reaction to Biden's Selection (Podcast)
February 25, 2022 22:54 - 15 minutesWe finally have an answer: President Biden has picked federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick to replace the outgoing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. We have instant reaction from hosts Jordan Rubin and Kimberly Robinson along with a preview of next week's arguments. The Supreme Court kicks off the argument week with a potential blockbuster over the executive branch's ability to tackle climate change. Although consequential on its own, the challenge to EPA's authority to regulat...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump Policy, Tribal Disputes
February 18, 2022 20:11 - 5 minutesSupreme Court justices are set for a short week of arguments while the country awaits Joe Biden’s decision on his choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer. An announcement is expected by month’s end. With the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the justices are hearing two cases on Tuesday over tribal gaming and double jeopardy for American Indians. A procedural argument follows Wednesday over the Trump-era public-charge rule that blocked green cards for noncitizens needing public benefits. Cas...
Supreme Court Primed to Again Confront Agency Power
February 11, 2022 21:46 - 31 minutesThe Supreme Court appears ready to continue reining in the so-called administrative state in an EPA climate case set for argument this month. On the latest Cases and Controversies podcast, hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin preview the next chance for the 6-3 conservative majority to flex its muscles in this blockbuster term. The hosts are joined by Case Western law professor Jonathan Adler to explain the upcoming challenge to EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and how it fits ...
Breyer’s Legacy and What’s Next for Supreme Court
January 28, 2022 20:47 - 26 minutesJustice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement gives President Joe Biden the chance to put the first Black woman on the high court and prevent Democrats from losing another seat to Republicans. On the latest Cases and Controversies episode, Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin break down Breyer’s impending departure, his legacy, his potential replacements, and what that replacement means—and doesn’t mean—for the future of the court. Do you have feedback on this episode of Cases & Controversi...
Breyer's Clerks Recall 'Happy Warrior'
January 27, 2022 14:24 - 9 minutesJustice Stephen Breyer is known for letting his flamboyant intellect shine on the bench. And, according to those who clerked for him, Breyer's personality outside of the courtroom was no different. It was reported earlier today that this will be the 27-year veteran of the Supreme Court's final term. To learn more about who Breyer is, we spoke with some of the attorneys who clerked for the Justice over the years. Breyer was described as someone with an insatiable, extroverted mind, who thrived...
SCOTUS & Masks: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know
January 21, 2022 22:13 - 42 minutesThe Supreme Court had a short but busy week, issuing orders on the Texas abortion law and Donald Trump’s attempt to keep records from the Jan. 6 commission, while hearing arguments and also issuing rare public statements on mask-wearing at the high court. Cases and Controversies podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin recap the “Maskgate” controversy that stemmed from an NPR report on Justice Gorsuch's alleged refusal to wear a mask during oral arguments. They also talk to Josh McDan...
Vaccine Rulings, Nazi-Looted Art, Campaign Finance
January 14, 2022 20:23 - 17 minutesThe Supreme Court issued its anticipated rulings on the Biden administration’s vaccine rules affecting millions of Americans, as the justices continue to hear cases in the first oral-argument sessions of 2022. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin recap the vaccine opinions and give a sneak peek of upcoming arguments on Jan. 18 and 19. Those hearings include disputes over religion in Boston, Nazi-looted art in Spain, campaign finance in the Ted Cruz campaign, and cr...
Rare Vaccine Arguments Kick Off New Supreme Court Year
January 05, 2022 20:31 - 19 minutesThe Supreme Court starts 2022 with an ultra-rare Friday argument session over President Joe Biden’s vaccine policies as the country continues to struggle with Covid-19. The justices will hear back-to-back arguments Friday over the employer and healthcare-worker mandates, an unusual step for the sort of emergency litigation that the court generally decides with briefs alone. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin give a sneak peek of the action and also preview the ar...
Inside the Courtroom: 2021 Top Supreme Court Moments
December 21, 2021 20:56 - 14 minutesThe Supreme Court opened up its doors once again, returning to in-person arguments in October 2021. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin discuss the biggest moments from this consequential year—from reproductive rights, to the justices’ roadshows, to a covid diagnosis.
Texas Abortion Case Decided, Mississippi Looms
December 10, 2021 21:57 - 23 minutesThe Supreme Court effectively kept the Texas abortion ban in place, with a decision coming later this term in the Mississippi case that could decide the future of abortion rights nationwide. Cases and Controversies podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin break down the Texas S.B. 8 decision on Friday and, with guest Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute, recap the Dec. 1 argument in the Mississippi case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. They also talk about the school-fundi...