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I upload United States Supreme Court Oral Arguments so that the average American can listen on their smartphone. I do not modify the audios. Each episode is identical to the MP3 file provided at supremecourt.gov. This podcast has no affiliation with the Supreme Court of the United States.

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  1. First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin (2025)

    Docket Number 24-781 Date Argued: 12/02/25

  2. Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen. (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-777 Date Argued 12/01/25

  3. Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-171 Date Argued: 12/01/25 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/24-171_ap6c.pdf

  4. Rutherford v. United States (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-820 Date Argued: 11/12/25 24-820 RUTHERFORD V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 120 F.4th 360 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-1904 QUESTION PRESENTED: The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling...

  5. Fernandez v. United States (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-556 Date Argued: 11/12/25 24-556 FERNANDEZ V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 104 F.4th 420 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-3122 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a district court has broad discretion to reduce the term of imprisonment in any case if it finds that...

  6. GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-758 Date Argued: 11/10/25 24-758 THE GEO GROUP, INC. V. MENOCAL DECISION BELOW: 2024 WL 4544184 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-1409 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, the courts of appeals "have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts." This...

  7. Landor v. LA DOC (2025)

    Docket Number: 23-1197 Date Argued: 11/10/25 23-1197 LANDOR V. LA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS DECISION BELOW: 82 F.4th 337 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-30686 QUESTION PRESENTED: Congress has enacted two "sister" statutes to protect religious exercise: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA),...

  8. Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S. (2025) (Presidential Tariffs)

    Docket Number: 24-1287 Date Argued: 11/05/25 24-1287 LEARNING RESOURCES, INC. V. TRUMP DECISION BELOW: LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 25-5202 QUESTION PRESENTED: The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. ("IEEPA") permits the President, upon a valid emergency…

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  9. Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-724 Date Argued: 11/04/25 24-724 HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP V. PALMQUIST DECISION BELOW: 103 F.4th 294 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-40197 QUESTION PRESENTED: Respondents, citizens of Texas, filed this products-liability suit in state court against Petitioners Hain Celestial Group…

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  10. Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-808 Date Argued: 11/04/25 24-808 CONEY ISLAND AUTO PARTS, INC. V. BURTON DECISION BELOW: 109 F.4th 438 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-5881 QUESTION PRESENTED: Well-settled legal principles dictate that a judgment entered in the absence of personal jurisdiction is void. Federal Rule...

  11. Hencely v. Fluor Corp. (2025)

    24-924 HENCELY V. FLUOR CORP. DECISION BELOW: 120 F.4th 412 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 21-1994 QUESTION PRESENTED: Former U.S. Army Specialist Winston T. Hencely was critically and permanently injured by a suicide bomber inside Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The bomber, Ahmad Nayeb, worked on base...

  12. Rico v. United States (2025)

    24-1056 RICO V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 720900 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 24-2662 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies in the context of supervised release. CERT. GRANTED 6/30/2025...

  13. Case v. Montana (2025)

    24-624 CASE V. MONTANA DECISION BELOW: 553 P.3d 985 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: DA 23-0136 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring, or whether the emergency-aid exception requires probable...

  14. Louisiana v. Callais (2025) (Voting Rights Act)

    Docket Number: 24-109 Decision Below: 732 F.Supp.3d 574 Question Presented Over the State's strenuous objections, the Middle District of Louisiana held, Robinson v. Ardoin , 605 F. Supp. 3d 759 (M.D. La. 2022)-and the Fifth Circuit affirmed, Robinson v. Ardoin , 86 F.4th 574 (5th Cir. 2023)-that...

  15. Ellingburg v. United States (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-482 Decision Bellow: 113 F.4th 839 (8th Cir. 2024) Question Presented Whether criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) is penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause. John F. Bash, Esquire, of Austin, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this…

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  16. Bowe v. United States (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-5438 Decision Below: CA 11 Order 6/27/2024 Lower Court Case Number: 24-11704 Question Presented Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1), "[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented in a prior application shall be…

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  17. USPS v. Konan (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-351 Date Argued: October 8, 2025 Decision Below: 96 F.4th 799 (5th Cir. 2024) Lower Court Case Number: 23-10179 Question Presented Whether a plaintiff's claim that she and her tenants did not receive mail because Postal Services employees intentionally did not deliver it to a...

  18. Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-568 Date Argued: October 8, 2025 Decision Below: 114 F.4th 634 (7th Cir. 2024) Lower Court Case Number: 23-2644 Question Presented Federal law sets the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the federal Election Day. 2 U.S.C. §§ 1, 7; and 3 U.S.C. § 1. Several…

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  19. Barrett v. United States (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-5774 Decision Below: 102 F.4th 60 (2d Cir. 2024) Lower Court Case Number: 21-1379 Question Presented 1. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and§ 924(j), a question that divides seven circuits but about which the...

  20. Chiles v. Salazar (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-539 Date Argued: October 07, 2025 Decision Below: 116 F.4th 1178 Question Presented Kaley Chiles is a licensed counselor who helps people by talking with them. A practicing Christian, Chiles believes that people flourish when they live consistently with God's design, including...

  21. Berk v. Choy (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-440 Decision Below: 2024 WL 5354482 Lower Court Case Number: 23-1620 Question Presented This case presents a clear, recognized, entrenched conflict over an important question about the application of state procedural rules in federal court. Delaware, like numerous states…

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  22. Villarreal v. Texas (2025)

    Docket Number: 24-557 Date Argued: October 6, 2025 Decision Below: 707 S.W.3d 138 Lower Court Case Number: Pd-0048-20 Question Presented Whether a trial court abridges the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel by prohibiting the defendant and his counsel from discussing the defendant's...

  23. Trump v. CASA, Inc. (24A884) 05/15/25

    24A884 TRUMP V. CASA, INC. DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 654902 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: -- 24A885 TRUMP V. WASHINGTON DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 553485 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: -- 24A886 TRUMP V. NEW JERSEY DECISION BELOW: 131 F.4th 27 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: -- QUESTION PRESENTED: THE APPLICATIONS...

  24. OK Charter School Board v. Drummond (24-394) 04/30/25

    24-394 OK CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD V. DRUMMOND DECISION BELOW: 558 P.3d 1 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 121,694 QUESTION PRESENTED: This Court has "repeatedly held that a State violates the Free Exercise Clause when it excludes religious observers from otherwise available public benefits." Carson as next...

  25. Laboratory Corp. of America v. Davis (24-304) 04/29/25

    24-304 LABORATORY CORP. OF AMERICA V. DAVIS DECISION BELOW: 2024 WL 489288 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-55873 QUESTION PRESENTED: o Whether a federal court may certify a class action when some of its members lack any Article III injury. THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IS GRANTED LIMITED TO…

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  26. Martin v. United States (24-362) 04/29/25

    24-362 MARTIN V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 2024 WL 1716235 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-10062 QUESTION PRESENTED: Petitioners are the innocent victims of a wrong-house raid conducted by an FBI SWAT team in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeking a remedy for torts committed against them, Petitioners brought…

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  27. Soto v. United States (24-320) 04/28/25

    24-320 SOTO V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 92 F.4th 1094 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 2022-2011 QUESTION PRESENTED: This case determines whether thousands of medically retired combat veterans should receive all the combat related special compensation (CRSC) that Congress specifically authorized for...

  28. A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools (24-249) 04/28/25

    24-249 A.J.T. V. OSSEO AREA SCHOOLS DECISION BELOW: 96 F.4th 1058 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-1399 QUESTION PRESENTED: Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Rehabilitation Act) require public entities and organizations that receive…

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  29. Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA (24-7) 04/23/25

    24-7 DIAMOND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, LLC V. EPA DECISION BELOW: 98 F.4th 288 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-1081, 22-1083, 22-1084, 22-1085 QUESTION PRESENTED: Section 209(a) of the Clean Air Act generally preempts States from adopting emission standards for new motor vehicles. 42 U.S.C. § 7543(a). But...

  30. CIR v. Zuch (24-416) 04/22/25

    24-416 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE V. ZUCH DECISION BELOW: 97 F.4th 81 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-2244 QUESTION PRESENTED: o Whether a proceeding under 26 U.S.C. 6330 for a pre-deprivation determination about a levy proposed by the Internal Revenue Service to collect unpaid taxes becomes…

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  31. Mahmoud v. Taylor ( 24-297) 04/22/25

    24-297 MAHMOUD V. TAYLOR DECISION BELOW: 102 F.4th 191 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-1890 QUESTION PRESENTED: Respondent Montgomery County Board of Education requires elementary school teachers to read their students storybooks celebrating gender transitions, Pride parades, and same-sex playground...

  32. Parrish v. United States (24-275) 04/21/25

    24-275 PARRISH V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 74 F.4th 160 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 20-1766 QUESTION PRESENTED: Ordinarily, litigants must file a notice of appeal within 30 or 60 days of an adverse 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a)-(b). Under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c) and Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6), however, district...

  33. Kennedy, Sec. of H&HS v. Braidwood Mgmt., Inc. (24-316) 04/21/25

    24-316 KENNEDY V. BRAIDWOOD MANAGEMENT, INC. DECISION BELOW: 104 F.4th 930 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-10326 QUESTION PRESENTED: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force), which sits within the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issues clinical...

  34. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (23-1275) 04/02/25

    23-1275 MEDINA, DIRECTOR SC DEPT OF HEALTH V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD DECISION BELOW: 95 F.4th 152 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 21-1043 QUESTION PRESENTED: More than 30 years ago, this Court first applied what would become known as the "Blessing factors," holding that a Medicaid Act provision created a...

  35. Fuld v. PLO (24-20) 04/01/25

    24-20 FULD V. PLO DECISION BELOW: 82 F.4th 74 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-76, 22-496 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 18 U.S.C. § 2331 et seq., provides an extraterritorial private right of action for victims of terror attacks committed against American nationals abroad. In 2019,...

  36. Rivers v. Guerrero (23-1345) 03/31/25

    23-1345 RIVERS V. GUERRERO DECISION BELOW: 99 F.4th 216 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 21-11031 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under the federal habeas statute, a prisoner "always gets one chance to bring a federal habeas challenge to his conviction," Banister v. Davis, 590 U.S. 504, 509 (2020). After that,...

  37. Catholic Charities Bureau v. WI Labor Review Comm'n (24-154) 03/31/25

    QUESTION PRESENTED: Wisconsin exempts from its state unemployment tax system certain religious organizations that are "operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches" and that are also "operated primarily for religious purposes."...

  38. FCC v. Consumers' Research (24-354) 03/26/25

    24-354 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION V. CONSUMERS' RESEARCH DECISION BELOW: 109 F.4th 743 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-60008 QUESTION PRESENTED: In 47 U.S.C. 254, Congress required the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) to operate universal service subsidy programs using...

  39. Oklahoma v. EPA (23-1067) 03/25/25

    23-1067 OKLAHOMA V. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DECISION BELOW: 93 F.4th 1262 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-9514 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under the Clean Air Act, each state must adopt an implementation plan to meet national standards, which EPA then reviews for compliance with the Act. See 42…

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  40. EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. (23-1229) 03/25/25

    23-1229 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY V. CALUMET SHREVEPORT REFINING DECISION BELOW: 86 F.4th 1121 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-60266, 22-60425, 22-60433, 22-60434 QUESTION PRESENTED: In a pair of final actions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied 105 petitions filed…

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  41. Riley v. Bondi, Att'y Gen. (23-1270) 03/24/25

    QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner Pierre Riley, ineligible for cancellation of removal or discretionary relief from removal, sought deferral in withholding-only proceedings, pursuant to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. After the Board of...

  42. Louisiana v. Callais (24-109) 03/24/25

    QUESTION PRESENTED: Over the State's strenuous objections, the Middle District of Louisiana held, Robinson v. Ardoin, 605 F. Supp. 3d 759 (M.D. La. 2022)-and the Fifth Circuit affirmed, Robinson v. Ardoin, 86 F.4th 574 (5th Cir. 2023)-that Louisiana likely violated Section 2of the Voting Rights…

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  43. Trump v. Hawaii (17-965) 04/25/18

    Trump v. Hawaii Docket Number: 17-965 Date Argued: 04/25/18 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/17-965_l5gm.pdf QUESTION PRESENTED The Constitution and Acts of Congress confer on the President broad authority to prohibit or restrict the entry of aliens outside…

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  44. CC/Devas Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. (23-1201) 03/03/25

    CC/Devas Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. Docket Number: 23-1201 Date Argued: 03/03/25 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1201_n758.pdf Question Presented: Whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over...

  45. Murphy v. NCAA (16-476) 12/04/17

    DECISION BELOW: 832 F.3d 389 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 14-4546, 14-4568, 14-4569 QUESTION PRESENTED: This Court's decision in New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992), holds that the Constitution's fundamental federal structure does not permit Congress to "directly . . . compelthe States to...

  46. NRC v. Texas (23-1300) 03/05/25

    NRC v. Texas Docket Number: 23-1300 Date Argued: 03/05/25 Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas (23-1312) Consolidated 23-1300_e29g.pdf23-1300 NRC V. TEXAS DECISION BELOW: 78 F.4th 827 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 21-60743 QUESTION PRESENTED: 1. Whether the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. 2341 et seq., which...

  47. Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (23-1141) 03/04/25

    Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos Docket Number: 23-1141 Date Argued: 03/04/2523-1141_8m59.pdfDECISION BELOW: 91 F.4th 511 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-1823 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Mexican Government has sued leading members of the American firearms industry, seeking to hold them...

  48. BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman (23-1259) 03/03/25

    BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman Docket Number: 23-1259 Date Argued: 03/03/25 23-1259_3e04.pdf23-1259 BLOM BANK SAL V. HONICKMAN DECISION BELOW: 6 F.4th 487 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-1039 QUESTION PRESENTED: For more than 70 years, this Court has "required a movant seeking relief under Rule 60…

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  49. Ames v. OH Dept. of Youth Services (23-1039) 02/26/25

    Ames v. OH Dept. of Youth Services Docket Number: 23-1039 Date Argued: 02/26/25 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1039_1an2.pdf DECISION BELOW: 87 F.4th 822 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-3341 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether, in addition to pleading the other...

  50. Perttu v. Richards (23-1324) 02/25/25

    Perttu v. Richards Docket Number: 23-1324 Date Argued: 02/25/25 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1324_bq7d.pdf DECISION BELOW: 96 F.4th 911 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 22-1298 QUESTION PRESENTED: In cases subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, do…

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