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Episode 118: Hitman Bloodmoney
Retro Spectives - April 08, 2024 08:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHitman: Blood Money, first released in 2006 by Eidos, is considered by many to be the best Hitman game ever made. After the first few games played around with novel ideas and concepts to mixed success, Blood Money honed in on the formulae of specific, small and dense environments filled with ‘a...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Randal v. Tulsa, Case No. SD-121502
Audio Arguendo - April 03, 2024 14:26 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCivil Rights: May the survivors of the Tulsa Massacre sue the city to provide an abatement for the Massacre's lingering effects? - Argued: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:26:1 EDT
USCA, Fifth Circuit Emden v. Museum of Fine Arts, Case No. 23-20224
Audio Arguendo - April 03, 2024 14:09 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsInternational Law: Did a Dutch museum's transfer of a painting looted during the Holocaust constitute an act of the Dutch government? - Argued: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:9:4 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Connelly v. United States, Case No. 23-146
Audio Arguendo - March 28, 2024 13:07 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsTax: Are the proceeds of a life-insurance policy taken out by a closely held corporation on a shareholder considered a corporate asset when calculating the value of the shareholder's shares for purposes of the federal estate tax? - Argued: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 9:7:15 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Erlinger v. United States, Case No. 23-370
Audio Arguendo - March 28, 2024 13:05 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCriminal Procedure: Must a jury find that a defendant's prior convictions were "committed on occasions different from one another" to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act? - Argued: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 9:5:22 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court FDA v. Alliance Hippocratic Medicine, Case No. 23-235
Audio Arguendo - March 26, 2024 19:07 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAbortion: Did the FDA act arbitrarily and capriciously in approving mifepristone for use in abortions? - Argued: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:7:48 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Harrow v. Dept. of Defense, Case No. 23-21
Audio Arguendo - March 25, 2024 20:32 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCivil Procedure: Is the 60-day deadline to petition for review from the Merit System Protection Board jurisdictional? - Argued: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:32:36 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, Case No. 23-250
Audio Arguendo - March 25, 2024 20:29 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAdministrative Law: must the Indian Health Service pay "contract support costs" to support the tribe's expenditure of income collected from third parties? - Argued: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:29:56 EDT
USCA, Fourth Circuit Bianchi v. Brown, Case No. 21-1255
Audio Arguendo - March 22, 2024 13:00 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSecond Amendment: May a State ban the possession of assault weapons? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 9:0:29 EDT
USCA, Fourth Circuit United States v. Price, Case No. 22-4609
Audio Arguendo - March 22, 2024 12:59 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSecond Amendment: May Congress criminalize the possession of a firearm without a serial number? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 8:59:18 EDT
USCA, Ninth Circuit Duncan v. Bonta, Case No. 23-55805
Audio Arguendo - March 21, 2024 13:53 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSecond Amendment: May California prohibit high capacity gun magazines? - Argued: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 9:53:27 EDT
USCA, Ninth Circuit Olson v. California, Case No. 21-55757
Audio Arguendo - March 21, 2024 13:52 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsLabor: Did California violate the equal protection rights of app-based services by categorizing their workers as employees? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 9:52:18 EDT
USCA, Ninth Circuit Olson v. California, Case No. 21-55757
Audio Arguendo - March 21, 2024 13:52 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsLabor: Did California violate the equal protection rights of app-based services by categorizing their workers as employees? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 9:52:18 EDT
USCA, Fifth Circuit United States v. Texas, Case No. 20-2024
Audio Arguendo - March 20, 2024 20:54 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsImmigration: May Texas enforce federal immigration laws? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:54:42 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Texas v. New Mexico And Colorado, Case No. Orig.141
Audio Arguendo - March 20, 2024 20:52 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFederalism: May the United States intervene to object to the entry of a proposed consent decree based upon New Mexico's alleged violation of the Rio Grande Compact? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:52:26 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Gonzalez v. Trevino, Case No. 22-1025
Audio Arguendo - March 20, 2024 17:10 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFirst Amendment: What must a plaintiff plead to sustain a First Amendment retaliation claim based upon a pretextual arrest? - Argued: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:10:45 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Case No. 22-1079
Audio Arguendo - March 19, 2024 18:40 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsBankruptcy: Is an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim a "party in interest" that may object to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization? - Argued: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:40:55 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Diaz v. United States, Case No. 23-14
Audio Arguendo - March 19, 2024 18:39 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCriminal Procedure: In a prosecution for drug trafficking, may a governmental expert witness testify that most couriers know they are carrying drugs to establish the defendant's mens rea? - Argued: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:39:14 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court NRA v. Vullo, Case No. 22-842
Audio Arguendo - March 18, 2024 19:50 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFree Speech: Does the First Amendment allow a government regulator to threaten regulated entities with adverse regulatory actions if they do business with a controversial speaker? - Argued: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:50:16 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Murthy v. Missouri, Case No. 23-411
Audio Arguendo - March 18, 2024 19:48 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFree Speech: When the government encourages social-media companies to engage in content-moderation, do those decisions become state action for First Amendment purposes? - Argued: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:48:19 EDT
USCA, Second Circuit United States v. Maxwell, Case No. 22-1426
Audio Arguendo - March 15, 2024 14:05 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCriminal Procedure: Did Jeffrey Epstein's non-prosecution agreement in Florida immunize Ghislaine Maxwell from prosecution for sex trafficking? - Argued: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:5:3 EDT
USCA, Fifth Circuit National Center for Public Policy Research v. SEC, Case No. 23-60230
Audio Arguendo - March 13, 2024 13:48 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAdministrative Law: May the SEC impose "board diversity rules" that require disclosures when the boards of public companies fail to meet ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation quotas? - Argued: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 9:48:52 EDT
USCA, Fifth Circuit Kovac v. Wray, Case No. 23-10284
Audio Arguendo - March 13, 2024 13:44 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsNational Security: Do citizens have the right to know whether they have been included on the federal government's terrorist watchist? - Argued: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 9:44:34 EDT
USCA, D.C. Circuit Iowaska Church of Healing v. Werfel, Case No. 23-5122
Audio Arguendo - March 13, 2024 13:40 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsReligious Freedom: Did the IRS wrongfully deny tax exempt status to an Iowa church because it uses the psychedelic substance ayahuasca in its ceremonies? - Argued: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 9:40:19 EDT
USCA, Eighth Circuit Griner v. King, Case No. 22-3623
Audio Arguendo - March 13, 2024 13:35 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsIntellectual Property: Does a political campaign's use of a meme without the permission of the meme's creator violate copyright? - Argued: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 9:35:23 EDT
USCA, Fifth Circuit Braidwood Management v. Becerra, Case No. 23-10326
Audio Arguendo - March 13, 2024 13:29 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAdministrative Law: Does the Obamacare requirement that employers cover preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for HIV prevention, violates their religious rights? - Argued: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 9:29:51 EDT
Episode 117: Final Fantasy VII
Retro Spectives - March 11, 2024 12:47 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFinal Fantasy VII is a landmark title not only for the JRPG genre, but for all video games. First released in 1997 and developed by Square, it took the format of the previous games and brought them to life with 3D models and environments. Featuring an ambitious and creative setting, a complica...
U.S. Supreme Court Coinbase v. Suski, Case No. 23-3
Audio Arguendo - February 28, 2024 19:54 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsArbitration: Where an arbitration agreement contains a delegation clause, should an arbitrator or a court decide whether that arbitration agreement is narrowed by a later contract that is silent as to arbitration and delegation? - Argued: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:54:16 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Garland v. Cargill, Case No. 22-976
Audio Arguendo - February 28, 2024 19:53 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSecond Amendment: Is a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in the National Firearms Act? - Argued: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:53:50 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court Cantero v. Bank of America, Case No. 22-529
Audio Arguendo - February 27, 2024 20:22 ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFederalism: Does the National Bank Act preempt the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks? - Argued: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:22:50 EDT