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
Macquarie Infrastructure v. Moab Partners (SEC Disclosure)
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation owns a subsidiary that operates terminals to store bulk liquid commodities, including No. 6 fuel oil, which has almost 3% sulfer. The UN adopted IMO in 2016, which set in in 2020. This regulation capped the ...
Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries (Federal Arbitration Act)
Flowers makes baked goods that are then distributed across the country. Bissonnette owned the distribution rights in a certain part of the country. Their contract subjected them to the F.A.A.. After Bissonnette sued under Labo...
FBI v. Fikre (No Fly List)
Respondent Yonas Fikre, a U. S. citizen and Sudanese emigree, brought suit alleging that the government placed him on the No Fly List unlawfully. In his complaint, Mr. Fikre alleged that he traveled from his home in Portland, Oregon to Su...
Wilkinson v. Garland (Immigration)
Wilkinson v. Garland Congress gives immigration judges discretionary power to cancel the removal of a noncitizen and instead permit the non...
O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier (Public Official Social Media)
O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier In 2014, Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T. J. Zane created public Facebook pages to promote their campaigns for election to the Poway...
Lindke v. Freed (Public Official Social Media)
James Freed, like countless other Americans, created a private Facebook profile sometime before 2008. He eventually converted his profile to a public “page,” meaning that anyone could see and comment on his posts. In 2014, Freed updated h...
Pulsifer v. United States (Statutory Construction / Sentencing)
PULSIFER v. UNITED STATES No. 22–340. Argued October 2, 2023—Decided March 15, 2024 After pleading guilty to distributing at least 50 grams of methamphet...
Trump v. Anderson (Per Curiam -- Majority)
Trump v. Anderson A group of Colorado voters contends that Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits former President Donald J. Trump, w...
Trump v. Anderson (Barrett Concurrence)
Trump v. AndersonDONALD J. TRUMP, PETITIONER v. NORMA ANDERSON, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO [March 4, 2024] JUSTICE BAR...
Trump v. Anderson (Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson Concurrence)
Trump v. AndersonJUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, JUSTICE KAGAN, and JUSTICE JACKSON, concurring in the judgment. "“If it is not necessary to decide more ...
McElrath v. Georgia (Double Jeopardy)
MCELRATH v. GEORGIA Damian McElrath was charged with malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault -- all related to the death of his mother. A ...
Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty (Maritime Contract)
Great Lakes v. RaidersGreat Lakes Insurance (organized in Germany and HQ in UK) entered into a maritime insurance contract with Raiders Retreat ...
USDA v. Kirtz (Fair Credit Reporting Act / Sovereign Immunity)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSING SERVICE v. KIRTZ Reginald Kirtz obtained a loan from the Department of Agriculture ...
Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC (Whistleblower / Retaliatory Discharge)
TREVOR MURRAY, PETITIONER v. UBS SECURITIES, LLC, ET AL. As part of Trevor Murray's job at UBS, he had to file reports to the Securities Exc...
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (ADA / Mootness)
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to address a circuit split -- whether Deborah Laufer has Article III standing to sue hotels that fail to include information about accessibility accommodations as required by the ADA. She sued hundreds...
Biden v. Nebraska (Student Loans)
In Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court reviewed whether the HEROES Act authorized the Secretary of Education to unilaterally forgive $10,000 of student loans...
Department of Education v. Brown (Student Loans / Standing)
In Department of Education v. Brown, the Supreme Court reviewed whether a person who was expecting student loan forgiveness, but not the maximum amount, ...
303 Creative v. Elenis (First Amendment / Anti-Discrimination)
In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court considered whether a Colorado based website designer could be compelled to speak in a manner that violates her religious beliefs--that is, whether she could be compelled to create custom web...
Groff v. DeJoy (First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Employment Accomodations)
In Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court reviewed whether a postal worker was entitled to a religious accommodation that would allow him to not be scheduled ...
Abitron v. Hetronic (Lanham Act)
In Abitron v. Hetronic, the Supreme Court answered whether certain sections of the Lanham Act were unconstitutionally extraterritorial. To decide this issue, the Court applies a two-part test. It first looks to: 1) whether “Congre...
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Affirmative Action)
In Students for Fair Admissions, the Supreme Court reviewed whether the admissions systems used by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina are cons...
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co. (Personal Jurisidction)
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from requiring an out of state corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction in order to do business in the state. Mallory, a Virginia resident, brought suit against...
Counterman v. Colorado (True Threats / First Amendment)
In Counterman v. Colorado, the Supreme Court reviewed whether a conviction for stalking based on "true threats" requires an objective or subjective test. The Court ruled that to government must prove true threats based on a subjec...