Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
We Read The Supreme Court's own Syllabus or Per Curium word for word, then maybe say hin then shut the microphone back off.
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Episodes
583 episodes
Andrew v. White (Trial Evidence)
Andrew v. WhiteIn Andrew v. White, the Supreme Court reviewed the Tenth Circuit's decision to reject Brenda Andrew's due process challenge to her convic...
TikTok v. Garland (Special Edition)
***Special edition -- with no syllabus in this case -- the recording includes the entire per curiam decision, as well as the two concurring opinions.***In TikTok Inc. v. Garland, the Supreme Court reviewed the constitu...
E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera (Labor / Overtime Wages)
E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera (Decided January 15, 2025)In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the Supreme Court considered the standard of proof employers must meet to classify employees as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards A...
Royal Canin USA Inc. v. Wullschleger (Federal Jurisdiction)
Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger (Decided January 15, 2025)In Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, the Supreme Court addressed whether a federal court retains supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1367 when...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (Immigration)
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (Decided December 10, 2024)In Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, the Supreme Court addressed whether federal courts have jurisdiction to review the revocation of a previously approved visa petition under the Immigratio...
Moody v. NetChoice (Social Media / First Amendment)
Florida and Texas both enacted laws regulating social media companies and other online platforms. Netchoice alleges a facial challenge to the statutes under the First Amendment. Held: both judgments (of the Eleventh and Fifth Circui...
Trump v. United States (Presidential Immunity)
Trump v. United StatesA federal grand jury indicted former President Donald J. Trump on four counts for conduct that occurred during his Presidency following the Nove...
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (Public Camping Laws)
City of Grants Pass v. JohnsonGrants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Li...
Fischer v. United States (Obstruction of Official Proceeding)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 imposes criminal liability on anyone who corruptly “alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availabil...
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Administrative Law / Chevron Deference)
Loper Bright Enterprises v. RaimondoThis is a consolidated opinion of two cases that were argued this term. Both of them bring into question rules promulgat...
Moyle v. United States (Abortion)
In this very brief Per Curiam decision, RJ Dieken also reads the concurring opinions authored Justice Kagan and Justice Barrett.
Ohio v. EPA (Clean Air Act)
Ohio v. EPAThe Clean Air Act requires both the States and federal government to help develop environmental regulations. When the EPA creates certain standard...
Harrington v. Purdue Pharma (Bankruptcy)
Harrington v. Purdue PharmaPurdue Pharma pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal felony based on its role in misbranding Oxycontin -- which was far more addictive than th...
SEC v. Jarkesy (Jury Trial / Securities)
SEC v. JarkesyIn the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Congress passed a suite of laws designed to combat securities fraud and increa...
Murthy v. Missouri (Standing / Social Media / First Amendment)
Murthy v. MissouriMissouri, alongside a few other states, sued the federal government alleging that certain federal officials illegally coordinated with social med...
Snyder v. United States (Corruption)
Snyder v. United StatesSnyder served as the Mayor in a town in Indiana. After the town awarded a $1.2 million contract to a trucking company, he received a $13,...
Texas v. New Mexico (Rio Grande Compact)
Texas v. New MexicoApproved by Congress in 1938, the Rio Grande Compact is an interstate agreement that apportions the waters of the Rio Grande River among Col...
Department of State v. Munoz (Immigration)
Department of State v. MunozSandra Munoz is an American citizen who married Luis Ascenio-Cordero -- an El Salvador resident -- in 2010. He was denied ent...
Erlinger v. United States (Sixth Amendment -- Jury Trial)
Erlinger v. United States Paul Erlinger pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U. S. C. §922(g). At sentencing, the judge f...
Smith v. Arizona (Expert Witnesses)
Smith v. Arizona The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront the witnesses against him. In operation, the Cla...
United States v. Rahimi (Second Amendment)
United States v. Rahimi Respondent Zackey Rahimi was indicted under 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(8), a federal statute that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic vio...
Gonzalez v. Trevino (Section 1983)
Gonzalez v. TrevinoThe decision of the 5th Circuit is vacated and remanded for further proceedings. Gonzalez was 72 years old, when in 2019, she was electe...
Moore v. United States (Tax)
Moore v. United StatesCongress generally taxes the income of American business entities in one of two ways. Some entities, such as S corporations and partnerships...
Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon (Malicious Prosecution)
Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon This case involves a dispute between petitioner Jascha Chiaverini and police officers from Napoleon, Ohio. The officers charged C...
Diaz v. United States (Evidence / Expert Testimony)
Petitioner Delilah Diaz was stopped at a port of entry on the United States-Mexico border. Border patrol officers searched the car that Diaz was driving and found more than 54 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle. Diaz was char...