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Part 4: United States v. Donald J. Trump - Indictment (2020 Election)

Part 3: United States v. Donald J. Trump - Indictment (2020 Election)

Part 2: United States v. Donald J. Trump - Indictment (2020 Election)

Part 1: United States v. Donald J. Trump - Indictment (2020 Election)

Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski (June 23, 2023) Arbitration, Interlocutory Appeal

Pugin v. Garland (June 22, 2023) Immigration & Nationality Act; Aggravated Felony

Part 5: Thomas, Concurring in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (June 29, 2023)

Part 4: Thomas, Concurring in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (June 29, 2023)

Part 3: Thomas, Concurring in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (June 29, 2023)

Part 2: Thomas, Concurring in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (June 29, 2023)

Part 1: Thomas, Concurring in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (June 29, 2023)

Counterman v. Colorado (June 2023) True Threats, First Amendment Speech, Recklessness Standard

Part 5: Sotomayor, Dissenting in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College

Part 4: Sotomayor, Dissenting in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College

Part 3: Sotomayor, Dissenting in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College

Part 2: Sotomayor, Dissenting in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College

Part 1: Sotomayor, Dissenting in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College

Part 4: Sotomayor, Dissenting in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Part 3: Sotomayor, Dissenting in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Part 2: Sotomayor, Dissenting in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Part 1: Sotomayor, Dissenting in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Part 2: Biden v. Nebraska (June 30, 2023) Is Biden’s student debt relief plan legal?

Part 1: Biden v. Nebraska (June 30, 2023) Is Biden’s student debt relief plan legal?

Part 3: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (June 30, 2023) Does Colorado’s public accommodations law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation violate the First Amendment?

Part 2: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (June 30, 2023) Does Colorado’s public accommodations law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation violate the First Amendment?

Part 1: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (June 30, 2023) Does Colorado’s public accommodations law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation violate the First Amendment?

Part 4: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (June 29, 2023) (Affirmative Action, Race, College Admissions)

Part 3: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (June 29, 2023) (Affirmative Action, Race, College Admissions)

Part 2: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (June 29, 2023) (Affirmative Action, Race, College Admissions)

Part 1: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (June 29, 2023) (Affirmative Action, Race, College Admissions)

Part 3: Moore v. Harper (June 27, 2023) Does the Constitution give state legislatures sole, unreviewable authority to regulate federal elections?

Part 2: Moore v. Harper (June 27, 2023) Does the Constitution give state legislatures sole, unreviewable authority to regulate federal elections?

Part 1: Moore v. Harper (June 27, 2023) Does the U.S. Constitution give state legislatures sole, unreviewable authority to regulate federal elections?

Lora v. United States (June 16, 2023) Does § 924(c)’s bar on concurrent sentences apply to a §924(j) conviction?

Part 2: United States v. Hansen (June 23, 2023) The scam that promised a path to U.S. citizenship through adult adoption.

Part 1: United States v. Hansen (June 23, 2023) The scam that promised a path to U.S. citizenship through adult adoption.

United States v. Texas (June 23, 2023) Homeland Security’s Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law

Part 2: Haaland v. Brackeen (June 15, 2023) Placing Native foster kids in Native homes first.

Part 1: Haaland v. Brackeen (June 15, 2023) Placing Native foster kids in Native homes first.

Federal Indictment of Donald J. Trump (Documents Case)

Dupree v. Younger (May 2023) Preserving for appeal a legal issue rejected at summary judgement.

Part 2: Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC (June 8, 2023) Is humorous use of another’s trademark protected by the First Amendment?

Part 1: Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC (June 8, 2023) Is humorous use of another’s trademark protected by the First Amendment?

Part 2: Allen v. Milligan (June 8, 2023) Does Alabama’s 2021 congressional district map violate §2 of the Voting Rights Act?

Part 1: Allen v. Milligan (June 8, 2023) Does Alabama’s 2021 congressional district map violate §2 of the Voting Rights Act?

Update on new opinions and the remainder of the term.

Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters (June 1, 2023) Does the NLRA protect a union whose members ruined an employer’s property during a strike?

Tyler v. Hennepin County (May 25, 2023) Can the government pocket the excess when taking property to satisfy a debt?

Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (May 22, 2023) (FDIA, FDIC, Financial Industry Sanctions)

Part 2: Sackett v. EPA (May 25, 2023) Are wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act?

Part 1: Sackett v. EPA (May 25, 2023) Are wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act?

Part 2: Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (May 18, 2023) Did Amgen’s patents describe their invention sufficiently?

Part 1: Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (May 18, 2023) Did Amgen’s patents describe their invention sufficiently?

Ohio Adjutant General’s Dept. v. FLRA (May 18, 2023) Regulating the labor practices of state militias.

Gonzalez v. Google, Inc. (May 18, 2023) Are internet platforms’ targeted recommendations immunized by the Communications Decency Act?

Part 2: Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh (May 18, 2023) Are internet platforms helping terrorists by not preventing their content?

Part 1: Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh (May 18, 2023) Are internet platforms helping terrorists by not preventing their content?

Polselli v. IRS (May 18, 2023) Can the IRS summons anyone’s records if it might help collect from a delinquent taxpayer?

Santos-Zacaria v. Garland (May 11, 2023) (Board of Immigration Appeals, §1252 Exhaustion Requirement)

Part 2: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Lynn Goldsmith (May 18, 2023) (Copyright Infringement, Fair Use Defense, Transformative Works)

Part 1: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Lynn Goldsmith (May 18, 2023) (Copyright Infringement, Fair Use Defense, Transformative Works)

Part 2: National Pork Producer’s Council v. Ross (May 2023) (Dormant Commerce Clause, Interstate Commerce, CA Proposition 12)

National Pork Producer’s Council v. Ross (May 2023) (Dormant Commerce Clause, Interstate Commerce, CA Proposition 12)

Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. (May 11, 2023) (PROMESA, Sovereign Immunity, Fiscal Transparency)

Percoco v. United States (May 11, 2023) (Honest Services Fraud)

Ciminelli v. United States (May 11, 2023) (Right to Control Theory of Fraud, Wire Fraud)

Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. (1970) (Interstate Commerce)

KP Permanent Makeup v. Lasting Impression (2004) (Trademark Infringement, Classic Fair Use Defense, Likely Confusion)

About the Court, Part III: History and Tradition

Shaw v. Reno (1993) Justice White, Dissenting (Racial Gerrymandering, Equal Protection Clause, Redistricting, North Carolina)

About the Court II: The Justices

Part 2: Shaw v. Reno (1993) (Racial Gerrymandering, Equal Protection Clause, Redistricting, North Carolina)

Part 1: Shaw v. Reno (1993) (Racial Gerrymandering, Equal Protection Clause, Redistricting, North Carolina)

About the Court I: The Supreme Court at Work

Burns v. Mays (April 24, 2023) Justice Sotomayor, Dissenting from Denial of Certiorari (Ineffective Assistance of Council, Death Penalty)

Brown v. Louisiana (April 3, 2023) Justice Jackson Dissenting from Denial of Certiorari (Failure to disclose codefendant’s confession in a death penalty case)

Donziger v. United States (March 27, 2023) Justice Gorsuch, Dissenting from Denial of Certiorari (Chevron, Texaco, Court-appointed Prosecutors, Separation of Powers)

Part 2: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC (April 19, 2023) Majority Opinion (Sears; §363(m) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code)

Part 1: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC (April 19, 2023) (Sears; §363(m) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code)

Turkiye Halk Bankasi a.k.a. Halkbank v. United States (April 19, 2023) (Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA)

Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (April 21, 2023) Justice Alito, Dissenting from Grant of Application for Stay (Abortion Pill, Mifepristone, FDA)

Reed v. Goertz (April 19, 2023) (42 U. S. C. §1983 Suit Statute of Limitations)

New York v. New Jersey (April 18, 2023) (Interstate Compacts)

Part 2: Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (April 14, 2023) Majority Opinion (SEC, FTC, District Court Federal Question Jurisdiction)

Part 1: Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (April 14, 2023) (SEC, FTC, District Court Federal Question Jurisdiction)

West Virginia v. B.P.J. (Apr 6, 2023) Justice Alito, Dissenting from Denial to Vacate Injunction (Title IX, Transgender Athletes)

Wilkins v. United States (2023) Dissenting Opinion (Quiet Title Act; Subject-matter Jurisdiction, Nonjurisdictional Claims-processing Rules)

Wilkins v. United States (March 28, 2023) (Quiet Title Act; Subject-matter Jurisdiction, Nonjurisdictional Claims-processing Rules)

Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools (March 21, 2023) (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA))

Chapman v. Doe (March 20, 2023) Justice Jackson, Dissenting to Grant for Certiorari (Abortion, Munsingwear Vacatur, Dobbs v. Jackson, Mootness)

Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt (2019) (States are immune from suit in the courts of other states)

Nevada v. Hall (1979) Majority Opinion (State immunity from suit in the courts of another state)

Ramos v. Louisiana (2020) Dissenting Opinion (Unanimous jury requirement for conviction of a serious crime, Incorporation of Sixth Amendment)

Part 2: Ramos v. Louisiana (2020) Majority Opinion (Unanimous Jury, Guilty Verdict, Incorporation of Sixth Amendment)

Part 1: Ramos v. Louisiana (2020) Majority Opinion (Unanimous jury requirement for conviction of a serious crime, Incorporation of Sixth Amendment)

City of Ocala v. Art Rojas (Mar 6, 2023) Justice Thomas, Dissenting to Denial of Certiorari

City of Ocala v. Art Rojas (Mar 6, 2023) Justice Gorsuch on Denial of Certiorari (Lemon Test, Kennedy v. Bremerton, Establishment Clause)

Davis v. United States (Feb 21, 2023) Justice Jackson Dissenting to Denial of Certiorari (Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Plea Deal Negotiation)

Bittner v. United States (Feb 28, 2023) Justice Barrett, Dissenting (Bank Secrecy Act, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR))

Part 2: Bittner v. United States (Feb 28, 2023) (Bank Secrecy Act, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR))