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The shadow docket with Steve Vladeck

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Section 230 and the internet

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SCOTUS Spotlight: Daniel Geyser

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What’s going on with Munsingwear?

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Three decades covering the Supreme Court

6

Looking back at the term so far

7

The 800-pound gorilla

8

Can a web designer refuse to design websites for same-sex weddings?

9

The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

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SCOTUS Spotlight: Michael Dreeben on helping the justices have a conversation

11

Affirmative action comes to the Supreme Court

12

The first week

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The October term 2022 preview

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What it’s like to be a new justice

15

SCOTUS Spotlight: Kannon Shanmugam on dealing with hostile questions

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SCOTUS Spotlight: An interview with Roman Martinez

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Courtartist Art Lien on his work and retirement

18

Climate change at the Supreme Court

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An important week for immigration law

20

The woman who argued Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Entering the homestretch

22

The Dobbs draft

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Prayer at the 50-yard line

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The “reasonable observer” of prayer in school

25

The Jackson hearings: A week in review

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The Jackson hearings: Key moments from Day 3

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The Jackson hearings: Key moments from Day 2

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The Jackson hearings: Key moments from Day 1

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The historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Midterm Review

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Alabama’s redistricting on the shadow docket

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Chris Geidner and Kimberly Robinson on Stephen Breyer's legacy

33

The retirement of Stephen Breyer

34

Squabbles over masks and shadow-docket tasks

35

Breaking down the vaccine arguments

36

Term limits, transparency, and other proposed Supreme Court fixes

37

The Texas abortion decision and the Mississippi abortion argument

38

Roe, Dobbs, and the current state of abortion access

39

Two weeks of action-packed arguments

40

Abortion, guns, and the rocket docket

41

A top 10 list for the justices’ return to the courtroom

42

First Monday in October

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A short guide to the long conference

44

The Texas abortion law and other shadow-docket controversies

45

Joan Biskupic on interviewing Breyer and other SCOTUS scoops

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SCOTUS spotlight: Jeffrey Fisher on arguing during the pandemic

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How do you solve a problem like the shadow docket?

48

Tom Goldstein reviews a transitional Supreme Court term

49

From 9th grade study hall to the Supreme Court

50

Stacey Abrams on While Justice Sleeps

51

Lyle Denniston on the current state of the court

52

The biggest leak in Supreme Court history

53

Mic flip: A catch-up and a look ahead with Amy Howe

54

Writing Supreme Court thrillers

55

The Biden bench

56

Wintry mix at the Supreme Court

57

Who will be the next solicitor general?

58

Looking back and looking ahead during a transitional term for the court

59

A decade-long surge in amicus briefs

60

SCOTUS spotlight: Beth Brinkmann on cracking the glass ceiling

61

Another glimpse into the shadow docket

62

A scalpel, a bulldozer and the Affordable Care Act

63

The Final Countdown: Election Litigation Breakdown with Edward Foley

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The return of virtual SCOTUS

65

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

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“We’ll just have to keep doing the work”: Ginsburg’s clerks remember her example in a tumultuous year

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"Like playing with Michael Jordan": Three former Ginsburg clerks talk about what it was like working for the justice

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Grieving RBG: Words of sorrow and gratitude from mourners at the court

69

SCOTUStalk heads to the ballot box: The Supreme Court and the 2020 election

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SCOTUS spotlight: Deanne Maynard on ‘split-second decisions’ as an oral advocate

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SCOTUS spotlight: Tom Goldstein on 'hitting singles' as an oral advocate

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Obamacare back at the court: ACA Challenge This Fall with Julie Rovner on SCOTUStalk

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SCOTUStalk’s end-of-term review with Lyle Denniston

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SCOTUSblog co-founders discuss use of live audio in May oral arguments

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Courtroom access: SCOTUStalk stands in line for Supreme Court seats

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Abortion and the structure of the CFPB: Marcia Coyle joins Amy Howe to discuss last week's oral arguments

77

2020 Supreme Court Preview (pt 2)

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2020 Supreme Court Preview presented by Casetext and SCOTUSblog

79

Are we all textualists now?: Amy Howe and Kevin Russell discuss oral arguments in LGBT employment discrimination cases

80

SCOTUStalk joins We the People podcast to preview the new term

81

SCOTUS Spotlight: Tony Mauro on the Supreme Court beat

82

SCOTUS spotlight: William Jay on oral advocacy

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SCOTUS spotlight: Paul Smith on oral advocacy

84

Tom Goldstein and Sarah Harrington review past Supreme Court term with Casetext’s Laura Safdie

85

From 12 to 8: Final countdown at the Supreme Court

86

Monday at the Supreme Court: Four opinions and a GVR

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The final three weeks of October term 2018

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Tom Goldstein and David Savage talk through abortion, precedent and the Supreme Court

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SCOTUS spotlight: John Elwood on petitions for certiorari

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“Because of sex”: Tom Goldstein and Kevin Russell join Amy Howe to discuss new cases involving whether federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees

91

Judicial enumeration: Amy Howe and Kimberly Robinson count five justices for the citizenship question in Department of Commerce v. New York

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A trademark case with colorful language: Amy Howe and Mark Walsh talk through Iancu v. Brunetti

93

Spring in Washington: Retirement talk

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FWOTSC: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court

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SCOTUS spotlight: Life at OSG

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Tom Goldstein unpacks stay in Louisiana abortion case

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SCOTUStalk: Justices confront constitutional "hot mess" in Peace Cross case