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Cases and Controversies — 278 episodes

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Supreme Court Term to Have Lasting Impact With Few Blockbusters

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Justices End Term with Split Decisions and Powerful Dissents

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Trans Advocates See Glimmer of Hope After Loss at High Court

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Busy Opinion Season in Full Swing at the Supreme Court

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Trump's Tariffs Likely to Land On Justices' Shadow Docket Soon

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Justices Cast Doubt on Long-Term Precedent With Trump Firings

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Justices Focus on Feasibility of Birthright Citizenship Limits

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Justices to Consider Procedure in Birthright Citizenship Suit

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Supreme Court Debates Bid for First Religious Charter School

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Justices Focus on Meaning of LGBTQ Books in Religious Rights Row

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Obamacare Is Back at Supreme Court in Preventive Care Fight

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Justices Walking 'Tightrope' With Modest Trump Victories

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Trio of Religious Liberty Cases Getting Heard at Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Backs 'Ghost Gun' Rule, Considers Agency Limits

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Justices to Weigh if Congress Can Hand Over Rulemaking Power

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Supreme Court in 'Eye of Storm' Before Taking on Major Cases

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High Court Ruling on Nuclear Waste Storage Site Hard to Predict

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Supreme Court Confronts Bid to Open Up Gunmakers' Liability

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Supreme Court Pulled Into First Trump Fight Over Executive Power

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Trump Will Force the Supreme Court to Face its Biggest Fear: Essay

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Justices to Weigh Evidence Rule in Reverse Discrimination Suit

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Trump Actions Spark Potential Legal Challenges for Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Mulls Test for Reasonable Force in Police Killings

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Justices Mull Scrutiny Test In Porn Site Age Verification Case

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Social Media, National Security Collide in TikTok Argument

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Broadway, Books, and Big Rulings Cap Supreme Court Year

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Justices Lean Into Agency Deference in Environmental Challenge

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Supreme Court Weighs Transgender Case Broader Impact

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High Court Vaping Case Tests FDA's Regulatory Powers

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Nvidia Highlights Justices' Struggle in Drawing Lines

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Justices Search for Line in Meta Investor Suit

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Biden Supreme Court Case Flips Possible if Trump Wins

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Is a Bush v. Gore Sequel Possible This Year?

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Injury Divides Supreme Court in Lawsuit Over CBD Oil

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Capital Defendant Seeks Rare Win at Supreme Court

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Diverse Groups Team Up On Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees

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'Ghost Guns' Fight Ahead in New Supreme Court Term

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Gorsuch, Jackson Books Top Busy Supreme Court Summer

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Blockbusters Bring Down Curtain on Supreme Court Term

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Supreme Court Nears Term End with Blockbuster Rulings

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Gun Ban Upheld in Opinion Dump Before Court Ends Term

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Justices Rule on Guns, Abortion as End of Term Nears

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Supreme Court to Crank Out Opinions as Term End Nears

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Programming Note & UnCommon Law Episode: AI Trained on Famous Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 1

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Official Act Is Sticking Point in Trump Immunity Claim

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Idaho Abortion Ban Getting Supreme Court Review

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US Supreme Court Considers Novel Charges Over Jan. 6

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Homeless Dispute Getting Rare Supreme Court Hearing

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Supreme Court Abortion Pill Argument Light on Merits

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Government Censorship Focus of Supreme Court Disputes

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Supreme Court Urged to Take Up Fight Over Trans Youth

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Divide Surfaces in Supreme Court Trump Ballot Ruling

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Supreme Court Digs into Guns, Social Media, and Trump Immunity

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Social Media Cases Could Impact Public Discourse Online

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Supreme Court Weighs Next Steps on Trump Immunity Bid

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Historic Trump Ballot Argument Explored Numerous Paths

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High Court ‘Friends’ Urge Caution in Trump Ballot Case

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Trump’s Supreme Court Case Raises Security Questions

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With Chevron Doctrine Likely to Fall, What Comes Next?

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Trump, Agency Power Fights Tee-Up Historic Court Term

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No Fly, Property Rights Start Supreme Court New Year

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Tense Exchanges, Big Supreme Court Argument Moments

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Grants in Abortion, Jan. 6 Add to Momentous Term

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O’Connor’s Trailblazing Career Marked By Grit, Charisma

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Justices Suggest Narrow Ruling on SEC Enforcement

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Supreme Court’s First Ethics Code Gets Cool Reception

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Justices Weigh New Gun Test in Domestic Violence Case

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Justices Seek Balance for Online Speech Protections

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Barrett Rocks Out As Justices Return to Courtroom

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Justices Take Up South Carolina Redistricting Dispute

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Barrett, Kavanaugh Could Be Key in CFPB Funding Fight

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Blockbuster Fallout Looms Over New Supreme Court Term

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Death Row Defendants Find Few Wins at Supreme Court

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'Cases and Controversies': A Dramatic First Decade

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Supreme Court ‘Supersized’ Major Questions Doctrine

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Supreme Court Wraps Up With Conservative Trifecta on Big Cases

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Biggest Cases Loom as Supreme Court Hits Homestretch

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Tribal Adoption Law Survives Colorblind Challenge

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Justices Surprise by Refusing to Remake Voting Rights

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New Jackson Milestone as Supreme Court Term Nears End

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Unanimity Doesn’t Mean Supreme Court Agrees Completely

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Jackson Breaks Mold for New Justices at Oral Argument

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High Court Veteran Examines Changing Oral Arguments

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Supreme Court Ethics, Agency Powers Draw Spotlight

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Supreme Court Opinion Season Begins With Big Backlog

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Supreme Court Abortion Dispute, Ethics Saga Intensify

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No Opinions or Arguments, But Not Quiet at High Court

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Worker Religious Accommodation Test Set for Top Court

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‘True Threats’ Free Speech Test for US Supreme Court

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Murder-For-Hire Trial Tests Reach of Sixth Amendment

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Supreme Court Faces Growing Calls for Ethics Code

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Jack Daniel's and Bad Spaniels Spat to Hit High Court

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CFPB Challenge Latest in Separation of Powers Remake

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Minority Borrowers Aim to Influence Court in Loan Case

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Internet’s Future Up to Justices in Social Media Cases

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Rare Rehearing Could Derail High Court Voting Ruling

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Lapses Shown in Leak Probe Raise Questions for Court

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Criminal Prosecution of Turkish Bank Divides Justices

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Slow Start, Smaller Docket Contrasts Hot-Button Term

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Covid Rules, Attorney Client Privilege Await Justices

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Supreme Court Slow on Opinions with Big Cases Ahead

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Justices Search For Middle Ground In Election Fight

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LGBTQ Rights, Elections On Tap In Year-End Arguments

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Texas Bid Spotlights Litigation Pressure on High Court

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Justices May Further Limit Where Business Can Be Sued

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Trump Shadow Docket, Election-Week Cases at SCOTUS

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Affirmative Action, Habeas, and Supreme Court Stamp

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American Indian Child Welfare Gets High-Court Hearing

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Race at Supreme Court in Voting, DNA-Testing Appeals

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Animal Cruelty, Andy Warhol Top High Court Arguments

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Voting Rights, Environment Kick Off Supreme Court Term

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Andy Warhol, Prince, and the New Supreme Court Term

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Nothing Comes Close: The Historic Supreme Court Term

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Blockbuster Term Ends, Jackson Joins and Makes History

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Overturning Roe: Supreme Court Ruling Explained

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Justices Speed Things Up and Close In on Blockbusters

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Law Enforcement Accountability Elusive at High Court

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Shadow Docket, Leak Probe Show Supreme Court Strain

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Beyond Abortion and Guns: What's Left For SCOTUS

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Behind the Ted Cruz Campaign Finance Ruling

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Supreme Court Leak Prompts Broader Reform Discussion

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Elected Prosecutors ‘Last Line of Defense’ if Roe Goes

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Supreme Court Leak May Start a New Era for Justices

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Justices Struggle With Trump-Era Immigration Policy

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Breyer Says Goodbye to the Supreme Court Bench

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Supreme Court Returns for Last Set of Oral Arguments

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School Prayer at High Court, Next on Judges for Biden

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Religion at Executions, Latest on Jackson and Thomas

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Thomas Health, Spouse Storm Bookend Jackson Hearings

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Inside Look at Jackson Hearings from Senate Counsel

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Army Reservist's Iraq Burn Pit Suit Before Justices

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Jackson Hearings Set, Wider Impact of EPA Case

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It's KBJ: Instant Reaction to Biden's Selection (Podcast)

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Supreme Court to Hear Trump Policy, Tribal Disputes

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Supreme Court Primed to Again Confront Agency Power

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Breyer’s Legacy and What’s Next for Supreme Court

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Breyer's Clerks Recall 'Happy Warrior'

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SCOTUS & Masks: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know

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Vaccine Rulings, Nazi-Looted Art, Campaign Finance

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Rare Vaccine Arguments Kick Off New Supreme Court Year

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Inside the Courtroom: 2021 Top Supreme Court Moments

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Texas Abortion Case Decided, Mississippi Looms

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After Dobbs, Justices Hear Cases on Crime and Religion

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Abortion Advocates Fear Outcome in Upcoming Case

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Supreme Court Gun Case to Set Gun Control's Future

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Texas Abortion Law Meets Supreme Court Skepticism

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Abortion and Guns Make for Big Week at Supreme Court

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Latest Abortion Decision the Result of Curious Vote Breakdown

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Justices Ponder Smoking Centaurs and State Secrets

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Marathon Bomber, Abortion Arguments Hit Supreme Court

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Justices Head Back to Their Courtroom For New Term

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What’s Happening in the Boston Marathon Bomber Case?

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Summer Abortion Bombshell, Explained

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Term Review with ACLU’s David Cole

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All Eyes on Breyer & Final Opinions of the Term

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Blockbuster Opinions! Obamacare, LGBT Among Supreme Court's Latest Cases

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Male-Only Military Draft Here to Stay After Court's Denial

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American Indian Law at the U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Punts on Qualified Immunity Again

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Kavanaugh and Kagan Go to War Over Precedent

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Was That Justice Breyer's Last Oral Argument?

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Updating Tinker for Social Media: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Profane Cheerleader to Have Her Day at Supreme Court (Podcast)

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Court Packing Is the Topic Du Jour at Supreme Court

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Donor Case Creates Strange Alliances

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Supreme Court Dunks on NCAA at Oral Argument

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NCAA at Supreme Court: The Perfect March Madness

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Tribal Powers and Limits Come to Supreme Court Once Again

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Warrantless Search Case is 'Hard Core' of 4th Amendment (Podcast)

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Future of Voting Rights in the Balance at Supreme Court

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Big Voting Rights Test on Deck at the Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Returns to Face Water, Immigration, & Warrants

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It's Florida Versus Georgia in Existential Legal War Over Water

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Roberts Skips Impeachment, and Other Supreme Court Punts

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The Inside Story From a Death Row Attorney

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Few Arguments But Lots of Action at the Supreme Court

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With Flipping of Senate, We're Now on 'Breyer Watch'

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Supremely Notable: Biggest SCOTUS Moments of 2020

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Top SCOTUS Lawyer Talks Business, Family, and Britney

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Saying Goodbye to 2020 at the Supreme Court

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Looted Nazi Art and Facebook Robocalls at High Court

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Introducing: Black Lawyers Speak

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Census Case Leads Off Latest Week of SCOTUS Arguments

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SCOTUS Eyes the Off-Ramps for Cases on Census, Religion

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SCOTUS Likely to Keep Obamacare Intact

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Barrett's First Blockbuster Case Comes to SCOTUS

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Barrett Takes the Bench and Election Issues Keep Coming

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A Deep Dive into Freedom of Religion at SCOTUS

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The Couture and Cuisine of Remote SCOTUS Arguments

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SCOTUS Takes Up Illegal Seizures & Military Sexual Assaults

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A Ginsburg-Less 'First Monday' at SCOTUS

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Trump Chose Barrett. What Will Democrats Do About It?

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A Somber Start to the Post-Ginsburg Era at SCOTUS

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Goodwin Liu on RBG's Legacy of Opinions and Dissents

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Trump SCOTUS Nominee Shortlist Not Very Short Anymore

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Election Law to Get a Workout in Run Up to Nov. 3

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SCOTUS Goes to Church—and to the Casinos

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‘Cases and Controversies’ Podcast: Movie Night, Trump, and RBG

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Consequential SCOTUS Decisions Lurk in the Shadows

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SCOTUS Crosses Finish Line After Supremely Eventful Term

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The Roberts Court Is Now Definitely Roberts' Court

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More Historic Moves as SCOTUS Likely Goes Into July

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Historic Week at SCOTUS With Big Losses for Trump Administration

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Kavanaugh Making His Mark With Swing Votes and Opinions

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After Puerto Rico Ruling, Is Qualified Immunity Next?

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Crunch Time at SCOTUS With Big Opinions Still to Come

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Qualified Immunity May Be Getting Axed by SCOTUS

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Lucky Jeans, Rogue Electors & Frodo Baggins at SCOTUS

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Phone-In Arguments, Trump Taxes and, Yes, That Flush

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SCOTUS Livestreaming, Once Unthinkable, Is Now a Reality

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Riyaz Kanji and a High Court Throwdown Over Precedent

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Neal Katyal on Historic Arguments Set for May (SCOTUS Virus Update)

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First Pandemic-Related SCOTUS Ruling and Kansas AG

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Tom Goldstein & RBG Works Out, Breyer Cooks In (SCOTUS Virus Update)

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The Show Must Go On: SCOTUS Covid-19 Update

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Arguments on Hold, Livestreaming Next?: SCOTUS Coronavirus Update

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Trump Financial Subpoena Cases: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Abortion, CFPB, and Immigration: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Abortion, Immigration, Wall Street: SCOTUS Sneak Peek:

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Pipeline, Prison, Terror, Grandmas: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Dominion, Duke Hike to Supreme Court in Trail Dispute

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Introducing Downballot Counts

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'Bridgegate' and Electors: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Impeachment, Drugs, and Religion: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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'Bridgegate,' Age Discrimination: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Supremely Funny: 2019's Funniest High Court Moments

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December Recap With Guest Elaine Goldenberg: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Neal Katyal on Raising Diversity in the SCOTUS Bar (Bonus Episode)

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Obamacare, Patents, Death Penalty: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian (Bonus Episode)

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Guns, Copyright, Environment: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Gun Rights Finally Get Day in Court: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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DACA, Border Shooting, Traffic Stops: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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DACA, Cross-Border Shooting: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Car Stops, Blackbeard, Clean Water: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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DACA Hits High Court: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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LGBT Discrimination, Puerto Rico: SCOTUS Deep Dive

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Puerto Rico, Preemption, DC Sniper: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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LGBT Rights, Juries & Patent Fees: SCOTUS Sneak Peek

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Discrimination, DACA & Guns: SCOTUS Preview Deep Dive

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Diversity Challenges in Supreme Court Bar (LIVE)

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End of SCOTUS Term Roundtable

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Double Jeopardy and Quirky Lineups: Weekly Recap

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Lots More Opinions to Go: Weekly Recap

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The Crossover Term: Weekly Recap

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Justice Thomas Breaks Tie This Time: Weekly Recap

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Gorsuch’s Turn to Join the Liberals: Weekly Recap

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The Death Penalty Wars: Weekly Recap

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Sentencing and the Census: Deep Dive

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Sneek Peek: Census, Blood Draws, & Mens Rea

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Sneak Peek: Scandalous Marks, Vague Laws

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Deep Dive: Census Hits High Court

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Deep Dive: Thomas Speaks!

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Sneak Peek: Partisan Gerrymandering & Agency Deference

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Sneak Peek: Gerrymandering, Whistleblowers, & Juries

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Deep Dive: Partisan Gerrymandering Back at SCOTUS

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Sneak Peek: Speech, Supervised Release, & Religion

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Sneak Peek: Patents, Bankruptcy, & RBG’s Return?

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Sneak Peek: Court Takes on a Case of Wine

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Sneak Peek: Debt, Trademarks, & a Three-Peat

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Tricky Texas Death Penalty Case Back at SCOTUS

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Supremely Funny: Robots, Ashtrays, & Nutless Brownies

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Deep Dive, Attorney General Edition: Constitutional Crisis?

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Sneak Peek: Money, Patents, & Gambling

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Sneak Peek: iPhones, Land Rovers, and Reservations

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Deep Dive: Female Justices, Kavanaugh's Surprising Questions and 48-Hour Arguments

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Sneak Peek: Federalism, Executions, and Hovercrafts

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Sneak Peek: Class Actions, Criminal Appeals, & Cougars

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Justice Kavanaugh’s First Arguments

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What's Next for SCOTUS After Fiery Confirmation Hearing?

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SCOTUS Long Conference; Kavanaugh Long Shot?

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Kavanaugh Hearings: How to Watch

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Will Trump's Tariffs Live Up to His Campaign Promises?

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The Trump Pardon Podcast

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Trump's Judicial Victory

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That’s a Wrap on SCOTUS… Sort Of

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After Masterpiece: Advocates Eye Next Battles

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Supremely Funny: The Funniest Moments from the 2017 Term